I hate to be Scrooge McAndrew, but I must continue the smart rant I made a few posts down (the phrase “smart ___” is done).  While I love the substance, I hate the lingo in this IBM/Columbia partnership to prepare students for the post-carbon jobs market.  The initiative is called, painfully, “Smarter Students for a Smarter Planet.”  And the ‘smarts’ are abundant in the discussion.  At least the Columbia professor proves my point on the overuse:

“We call it ‘Smart X,’ because right now you’ve got the smart city stuff, but eventually we’ll have smart medical practices, smart law, and so on, and we need everyone working together on these challenges,” McGourty says.