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Thomas Friedman: Stop bailing out the losers and give VC’s the money

by Corey on March 4, 2009

Thomas Friedman in his recent op-ed in the New York Times, Start Up the Risk-Takers  writes that Obama by giving another $20 billion bailout to General Motors and Chrysler is bailing out the losers and that GM has become a giant wealth destruction machine. He believes a better approach to creating jobs would be to give the money to [...]

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Barry Schwartz’s TEDTalk: The real crisis? We stopped being wise

by Corey on February 24, 2009

Today’s thought comes from Psychologist Barry Schwartz who recently talked at TED calling for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. His argument is that we need more practical, everyday wisdom as an antidote to more rules and incentives, which often backfire or fail.

For those who have not heard of TED, [...]

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The New Alphabet Song: A is for Amazon, B is for Best Buy…

by Corey on February 18, 2009

Searching on google.com I realized that the google suggest feature has created a new alphabet song. Very different from the days of “A,” you’re adorable, “B,” you’re so beautiful… and it is created and changed by us every time we search.
Google Suggest Alphabet (Nov 2008)
A = amazon
B = bebo
C = craigslist
D = dictionary
E =

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