April 2010
13 posts
“Innovation is almost insane by definition: most people view any truly innovative...”
– Why We Prefer Founding CEOs // ben’s blog
David Brooks - The Goldman Drama - NYTimes.com →
BOOM. AK said it, and he’s correct:
adamkatz:
As is often the case, I think Brooks is spot on. My problem with FinReg so far (similar to my problem with Health Care Reform) was that it continues a process of centralizing control and power in both bureaucrats and big business. I have little faith that a new financial stability regulator will be any better than the Fed, Treasury, OTS, FDIC,...
“After much soul searching – and by the way, it was nowhere to be found – I have...”
– Larry David
HBO renews ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ for eighth season - NYPOST.com
(h/t DB)
The World's Information, by Facebook
Google’s mission has always been to organize the world’s information, and it has sought to do so algorithmically, crawling out into the chaos and trying to make sense of what it finds. Facebook has engineered incentives for people to do the heavy lifting — creating, gathering, and organizing information into the FB ecosystem. Powerful, granular privacy settings (starting with the...
“Remember that in 1997, when asked what he would do if he ran Apple, Michael Dell...”
– Apple Shares Soar Past $250 After Earnings. Market Cap Skyrockets Towards $240 Billion.
A refreshing departure from watching record Q1 earnings for paper pushing leeches: seeing a company that actually *makes things* — really innovative things that make people’s lives better —...
“Are the brightest minds working on the most important problems? Probably not.”
– Bill Gates Talks About How To Change The World
(via jayparkinsonmd)
Have your cake and eat it too. Afterall, what’s the point in merely posessing cake? I am not a cake collector.
Persian Version →
oh no. this is not good.
“What cable news needs, instead, is something more like what Stewart himself has...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Can CNN Be Saved? - NYTimes.com
As noted by AK last month, when we want a hard hitting, thought provoking interview in America, we turn to… Comedy Central.
“Break Up the Banks” – in the National Review →
(via adamkatz)
“Web users will have to pay for what they watch and use, or else we will have to...”
– The Collapse of Complex Business Models « Clay Shirky
A powerful idea expressed beautifully. Shirky doesn’t explore the implications of this thesis for our dramatically over-complex financial system, but the ideas apply very nicely.
