Everyone who follow the “stem cell news” noticed that whole last week passed under “obama-stemcell” stamp. US president reverses Bush embryonic stem cell ban. So what??? Why is it matter to the world?
I just remembered a talk given by Alisa Miller in TED conference last year – how US shares the news about the news. The message is drawn in pictures:
this is true world map:
and this is how Americans see the world through mass media (taken from Alisa Miller’s talk):
That’s explain whole obama-stemcell bubble. Also this picture explains why we know less than ever about the world.
Why did I tell you that? I just wanted encourage you to use an incredible tool Worldmapper in your presentations.
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When Nature Podcast is talking about the first ever stem cell clinic trial, they pointed out specifically that it is NOT political!!!