Things I Learned Recently... Part Purple 2.7

• Apparently the new health care law is having a lot of unintended consequences considering some people are finding it as an opportunity to quit their jobs because they no longer need to be employed to get healthcare
• Don't know how I feel about this one. On one hand, good for you for being a little more empowered and taking charge of your life. On the other hand, you either could have done this earlier and I'm scared that lazy people will use this as an excuse to leave their jobs with limited penalty
• So Satya Nadella is Microsoft CEO now 
• He's a Booth alum. Big props. Apparently, some Indians are seeing this actually as a negative reflection on their culture as it highlights how so many people are moving away from India and becoming more successful abroad, which highlights the brain drain that is currently occurring in their country
•  Dartmouth has experienced low application rates this year. They guess its because of some of the bad publicity they've received regarding sexual assault/hazing on their campus
• They say they're working on it, and they're building new centers to combat any negative occurrences on campus, but I don't know if a new center is going to fix all of their problems
• So Ali Baba is killin' it. They were just valued at $153B after surging sales, and is probably what's really propping up Yahoo (a main shareholder)
• As a B2B sourcing portal between Asia and...everywhere else, this isn't surprising anyone. Expect their valuation to keep going up and their IPO price (supposedly later this year) to be ridiculous
• Apparently inequality is kind of unavoidable
• Some scientists set up an experiment awhile ago where everyone starts with equal talent and equal wealth. Setting up incentives to protect the non-wealthy actually resulted in an aggregated wealth disparity

• Sao Paulo, facing a drought, just figured out its largest water supply may run dry in 45 days
• So, I'm not a scientist, but I don't think that's good. It's compounded because much of the petrochemical refinery that happens requires a lot of water, which could result in extreme difficulties
• Technologist and futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that, contrary to the popular belief of nerds everywhere, technology will simply allow humans to be the best versions of themselves
• Not only will we have the benefits of gene selection, but we'll also be healthier thanks to tiny blood-cell-sized nanobots, better monitoring of our everyday health and be more productive