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"Piccarda Donati", "Saffo", "Rosalinda", etc. Subjects from modern and medieval history were treated by him, and he followed his father's example in drawing from Dante.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The shift in the next half century is going to be as profound as the industrial revolution," says Saffo."
US jobs market falters while Obama struggles to put plans in action 2011
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Now Saffo says technology really is taking human jobs, and they're are not coming back.
US jobs market falters while Obama struggles to put plans in action 2011
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Paul Saffo, managing director of Discern Analytics and a Stanford professor, is not so sure that president Obama, or his succesor can really address the US job crisis anyway.
US jobs market falters while Obama struggles to put plans in action 2011
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Saffo envisions a near future in which today's home computer feels like yesterday's brick-size cellphone, an immobile hunk of hardware that doesn't mesh with our always-on-the-go lives.
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"I call it the iPhone Hunch: people who are on their phones but not using them to talk," says Paul Saffo, a Silicon Valley futurist and consulting associate professor at Stanford University.
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"When was the last time you talked to anyone at Amazon?" asks Saffo.
US jobs market falters while Obama struggles to put plans in action 2011
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"A one-click purchase appeals to our need for instant gratification, and the low cost means that you can buy at will," Saffo says.
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The grandfather of science fiction, says Saffo, is probably Jules Verne, who wrote "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
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The grandfather of science fiction, says Saffo, is probably Jules Verne, who wrote "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
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