The common thread in most of these is dematerialization: like the phone example, discrete physical objects have been replaced by software functions running on generic computing devices, i.e., the main cause of…
And in addition to a predictable revenue stream, the monopoly made Bell research more visible because the 1956 Consent Decree prevented Bell from entering other industries, leading them to publish or give away their…
I believe that this is intended to preserve the principle of local _control_ over education. I don't see how that would prevent the DoEd from creating a series of reference textbooks, adoption of which would be…
"As a globalist: the people living south of our border are just as deserving of a livelihood as we are." As a ctiizen, I believe the opposite. In a representative government, the state exists for the benefit of its…
And not just his art, but his life as well: "they lived off his wife's teaching salary. During the 1970s, Gibson made a substantial part of his living from scouring Salvation Army thrift stores for underpriced artifacts…
In fairness to the grads, they have just "invested in themselves" for 4 years plus a direct cost of possibly $200k or so, and really have nothing left to give at that point. Seriously: if 4 years of expensive, official,…
I found his honesty refreshing, and didn't see much bragging, only a description of the lifestyle and sacrifices that are necessary to achieve success. Claims of effortless success are a more intense form of bragging:…
Immigration policy is far too consequential and complex to be decided merely on the basis of an anecdote about roadside assistance (or tasty food).
There's actually an upside, though: labor laws force kids to get creative and pursue activities which are at least entrepreneurial and generally more educational than the dead-end McJob that might first come to mind for…
Yeah, but I think "his parents' very technical books" is a little more central. During my first few weeks of college, I asked my mother to buy a book on UNIX if she ran across one. She blanched and said "What on earth…
Yes. Experience is great, but everyone has to start somewhere. The unemployment rate for under 25 is extremely high. Society doesn't focus much attention these days on "upward mobility." But but an overreliance on…
Wow: 7 whole months of paid schooling! The minimum standard for an engineer / programmer these days seems to be: * Hard classes in high school * 4 years of undergrad paying $$$$$$ * Internships / side projects as…
If your prediction is correct, then the location of these SuperFactories is even more essential then they are today. You are also skipping over the part of Grove's thesis that the IP ("knowledge-work") jobs follow…
Aaronontheweb, why wait for government action? Come work at my apartment TOMORROW 16 hours/day for $0.20/hr. I'll try to find a way for you to inhale some heavy metals and asbestos while you work. Imagine the fun of…
No comment on whether the $1M AUD goal is reasonable (other than you have to start where YOU are and don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good). But, since you mentioned your age and other posters are also…
Better article from Failure Magazine: http://failuremag.com/index.php/feature/article/cool_custome...
Newspapers' role in cheering on, validating, and accelerating the Trillion Dollar Housing Bubble helped seal their death warrant. In addition (especially in this case), many "reporters" functioned merely as…
The spirit of volunteerism and innovation that you admire is impractical when managers define the employee's primary responsibilities in a way that requires unpaid overtime every week.
Security prices have two basic outcomes: "up" and "down." Usually they fluctuate, so almost any call will "eventually" be proven correct. Sporting events are also mostly binary outcomes, so "the Cubs will reach the…
The common thread in most of these is dematerialization: like the phone example, discrete physical objects have been replaced by software functions running on generic computing devices, i.e., the main cause of…
And in addition to a predictable revenue stream, the monopoly made Bell research more visible because the 1956 Consent Decree prevented Bell from entering other industries, leading them to publish or give away their…
I believe that this is intended to preserve the principle of local _control_ over education. I don't see how that would prevent the DoEd from creating a series of reference textbooks, adoption of which would be…
"As a globalist: the people living south of our border are just as deserving of a livelihood as we are." As a ctiizen, I believe the opposite. In a representative government, the state exists for the benefit of its…
And not just his art, but his life as well: "they lived off his wife's teaching salary. During the 1970s, Gibson made a substantial part of his living from scouring Salvation Army thrift stores for underpriced artifacts…
In fairness to the grads, they have just "invested in themselves" for 4 years plus a direct cost of possibly $200k or so, and really have nothing left to give at that point. Seriously: if 4 years of expensive, official,…
I found his honesty refreshing, and didn't see much bragging, only a description of the lifestyle and sacrifices that are necessary to achieve success. Claims of effortless success are a more intense form of bragging:…
Immigration policy is far too consequential and complex to be decided merely on the basis of an anecdote about roadside assistance (or tasty food).
There's actually an upside, though: labor laws force kids to get creative and pursue activities which are at least entrepreneurial and generally more educational than the dead-end McJob that might first come to mind for…
Yeah, but I think "his parents' very technical books" is a little more central. During my first few weeks of college, I asked my mother to buy a book on UNIX if she ran across one. She blanched and said "What on earth…
Yes. Experience is great, but everyone has to start somewhere. The unemployment rate for under 25 is extremely high. Society doesn't focus much attention these days on "upward mobility." But but an overreliance on…
Wow: 7 whole months of paid schooling! The minimum standard for an engineer / programmer these days seems to be: * Hard classes in high school * 4 years of undergrad paying $$$$$$ * Internships / side projects as…
If your prediction is correct, then the location of these SuperFactories is even more essential then they are today. You are also skipping over the part of Grove's thesis that the IP ("knowledge-work") jobs follow…
Aaronontheweb, why wait for government action? Come work at my apartment TOMORROW 16 hours/day for $0.20/hr. I'll try to find a way for you to inhale some heavy metals and asbestos while you work. Imagine the fun of…
No comment on whether the $1M AUD goal is reasonable (other than you have to start where YOU are and don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good). But, since you mentioned your age and other posters are also…
Better article from Failure Magazine: http://failuremag.com/index.php/feature/article/cool_custome...
Newspapers' role in cheering on, validating, and accelerating the Trillion Dollar Housing Bubble helped seal their death warrant. In addition (especially in this case), many "reporters" functioned merely as…
The spirit of volunteerism and innovation that you admire is impractical when managers define the employee's primary responsibilities in a way that requires unpaid overtime every week.
Security prices have two basic outcomes: "up" and "down." Usually they fluctuate, so almost any call will "eventually" be proven correct. Sporting events are also mostly binary outcomes, so "the Cubs will reach the…