The High Costs of the Cloud
Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.
In the January/February 2008 interview with Ichiro Kawachi, a professor of social epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, (full article here) Dr. Kawachi discussed his research linking inequality to public health problems.
An article in Monday's Washington Post discusses the disturbing findings of studies showing the potentially harmful links between poverty and mental and physical health issues, beginning in childhood.
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