Archive: The Gnovis Blog
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The Affordable Care Act: Website Glitches and Enrollment Numbers
The Affordable Care Act has been under intense scrutiny in recent months for a number of issues ranging from website difficulties to enrollment numbers. Since the failed rollout of the healthcare law,
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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A Social Reality: Teens and Tweens’ New Fixation on Fame
Recently, there’s been a fair amount of discourse surrounding a perceived rise in narcissism among young Americans, alongside a marked decline in empathy. A lot of this discourse focuses on how narcis
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Linear Technology, Robots, And Law Enforcement
When people think of robots, they often think of anthropomorphic machines such as R2-D2 and C-3PO, the Star Wars characters we all have come to know and love. These robots are seen as cute, futuristic
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Power Couples and the Illusion of Authenticity
Two of the greatest pop culture events of the last two months have a hyper-modern and brilliantly calculated power couple at heart: Frank and Claire Underwood of House of Cards, and Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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The End of an Era: The Death of the Album and Its Unintended Effects
In his recent article, music industry analyst Rob Lefsetz expounds on the imminent death of the album release, citing a combination of technological and sociological factors that have rendered the
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Evolving Processes: Technology and Common Law
As economist Brian Arthur struggled to define “technology” in his book, The Nature of Technology, I started thinking about how it is almost equally challenging to concretely explain the concept of “Co
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Robots and Scientific Innovation
Robots and automated systems have become an important, yet controversial and misunderstood phenomenon. Due to the lack of understanding of robots and robolaw, innovation and consumer acceptance is be
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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How Advertisers are Finding Success Through Narratives
Following the Seattle Seahawks’ victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Conference Championship game in the NFL playoffs, Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman made national news for his polarizi
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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IP and Copyright Squash Creativity
Intellectual property and copyright are all around us. Whether we are listening to music, watching a movie, or using a computer program, laws surrounding these two fields shape our actions. While ther
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Twitter: Secret Weapon or Overhyped?
This is a golden moment for Twitter. Its IPO just began trading and is currently trading up. The platform has shown ongoing user growth, with over 500 million users worldwide. It is touted as an excit
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog