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The Motion Picture Association of America has never written me a paycheck for anything. They're not backing my picture. These are not nice guys. They are not in this business to help filmmakers at all.

Jim Bell, 02/22/12

Planetary Scientist; Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University

Recent deep funding cuts by the Administration and Congress for NASA's space exploration programs are turning the final frontier into an ever-receding dream.

Natalie Pace, 02/22/12

Author, 'You vs. Wall Street'; CEO and Founder, Women's Investment Network, LLC

Facebook filed its initial paperwork for its IPO on Feb. 1, 2012, in what is assured to be the most talked about IPO in 2012. However, before you "friend" the Facebook share, it will pay to do some digging into their StockVille.

Dylan Ratigan, 02/22/12

Host, MSNBC's 'The Dylan Ratigan Show'; Author, 'Greedy Bastards'; Founder, Get Money Out Foundation

I've found myself more enthusiastic than I've been in years as I've shifted my attention from D.C./NYC to cities both burgeoning with ideas and struggling with the excruciating pain that Washington and New York have inflicted on them. What's become apparent to me is that the rate of change on this planet, due to technological, ecological, and financial mechanisms, is the highest it's ever been. That means that our rate of adaptation must also be high, that we must adapt our communities, companies, and selves to what is quickly becoming a new and different world. We must experiment, or die.

Joel Simon, 02/21/12

Executive Director, Committee to Protect Journalists

In the last year the battle for press freedom has moved firmly into the digital front and while there have been notable breakthroughs the cost in lives and liberty has also been exceedingly high.

Tom Vander Ark, 02/21/12

Blogger, GettingSmart.com

Your history teacher probably told you the printing press was a turning point in human history. Just watch what the shift to digital learning will do.

Lauren Elyse Matison, 02/21/12

Co-founder/Editor, offMetro.com

You may like to vacation without guidebooks and Google maps, but don't let the thrill of discovering a destination on your own keep you from checking out these 12 social travel apps.

Emily Jacobi, 02/21/12

Co-Founder and Exec. Director, Digital Democracy

Once again, a global record was shattered in Burma. This time, it wasn't for the world's longest-running civil conflict, or the jailing of dissidents. Instead, it broke the record for the largest number of attendees at a BarCamp, a user-generated technology conference.

Dean Baker, 02/21/12

Co-Director of CEPR; Author, 'The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive'

The United States continues to be at the forefront in innovation, but this likely will not always be the case. It is worth asking whether we should care.

Eric K. Clemons, 02/21/12

Professor of Operations and Information Management at The Wharton School

Eventually, Congress will have to consider SOPA. Here we suggest several questions that Congress will need to address and very short suggestions of what we expect they will conclude.

Larry Magid, 02/21/12

Technology journalist

The recent revelations that some iPhone and Android apps are uploading and storing users' phone address books without permission not only violates the privacy of the person using the phone but, potentially, everyone in that person's address book.

Jonathan D. Moreno, 02/21/12

Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Senior Fellow, CAP; Author, 'The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America'

At one time a candidate for office would have been sorely tempted to kiss Albert Einstein's balding pate along with that of an infant. So why does Rick Santorum feel compelled to assure us that he is pro-science? And why now?

Beverly Macy, 02/19/12

Co-founder and CEO, Gravity Summit LLC

When ESPN created an especially stupid and racially charged headline, it only took 36 hours for the fallout to begin. Thanks, in part, to the loud thunderstorm on social media.

Camilla Webster, 02/17/12

Author and Journalist

The following apps have changed my financial life, my health and my creativity. They're not the new "in" thing; they are money tools I've used for a year or more, which give me time to enjoy my life in NYC.

Alyson Schafer, 02/18/12

Parenting expert

The old parenting rule of keeping the Internet on the family PC in the living room where it can be supervised has gone the way of the dodo bird. Like it or not, parents today have to embrace technology.

Robert Whent, 02/21/12

Entrepreneur in Residence, WEtech Alliance

Going public and raising a boat load of cash doesn't guarantee success. As we all eagerly await Facebook's Initial Public Offering (IPO), I can't help but to think that history is going to repeat itself.

Mark Drapeau, 02/17/12

Microsoft Office of Civic Innovation

We're not really picking on any particular social network effort here. But why haven't any of these platforms truly caught on in the scientific community?