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Seeking Relevance by Seeing People Differently
Each person we communicate with is unique, yet we share and are loosely connected by topics of interest. Instinctively we are drawn to communities that share our deepest desires. Leaders and trend setters pave the way for community formation…
Robust Statistics Suppress Anomalies at the Cost of Concealing Emerging Trends
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Not many of us trust a single source, or expend the time to read one fully. We simply can’t keep up with all of our favorite inbound channels and authors. But we can influence and personalize the flow of media…
There’s Nothing Quite Like a Customer
Ever expanding web services would lead us to believe millions of users attention is golden. Grow now, monetize later is the moto celebrated by Venture Capitalists who are looking for massive returns from a few companies. But there…
Efficient Markets: Tools which extract value from aggregate leisure
Are Crowd Farmed Volunteers Efficient?
After reading a detailed background article on Caterina Fake and Hunch (the company she’s helping Chris Dixon build) early this AM, I wondered at the efficiency of “volunteer labor”. Here’s the quote that caused…
Refinement
Much of modern labor brings the abstract into socially valued products, the remainder providing direct services. Automobiles are designer’s dreams long before we drive them. Smart phones existed in our imagination before technology was ready to support their physical reality*.…
The Rise of Net Nations and Political Mobility
I’ve often wondered why I’m subject to the higher taxes of social democrats, while also forced to obey the restricted individual rights of conservative republicans. It is the product of a forced convergence of basic rights, local law, and philosophical/behavioral…
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------Fuck you iOS dev team
*update I rewrote the post*
My apologies for the rant without proper explanation.
