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"By delegating information curation to multiple independent parties with demonstrated domain knowledge and critical ability, I ensure that what I read is not a mere reflection of what I believe."

Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Do you have any specific critique of "Abnormal Returns" and "The Big Picture," the curators he cites?

1. Removing latent anxiety related to trying to keep track of all that needs to be done, which can in turn free one to focus on creative pursuits.

2. Making conscience decisions to defer certain projects and goals, which can also have quite a liberating effect.

That type of innovation is the key to significant progress. And this sort of discussion will drive it forward.

So many people seem eager to pick the winners and losers in this space right now. It is a bit early for that.

On this last point, is there any documentation of the role of the Internet in the development of the tea party movement?

Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2009-2014

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/...

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One of the more interesting predictions:

"Picoprojectors are a nascent feature addition to smartphones. Although very small in number, this category promises to create higher multiples of traffic due to the high bandwidth required to project images and videos from an advanced mobile device."

I'm not so sure, though. Will picoprojectors really change consumption habits that dramatically?

This is a great post describing the mechanics of SBG. You'll get a sense of how it can work in a rigorous high school classroom.

One of the basic premises of SBG is that students know exactly what knowledge and skills they have to master. They are assessed and then encouraged to address weaknesses so that they can be re-assessed. This is opposed to a "gotcha!" based assessment system.

This approach can have a profound impact on students because it encourages them to assess their own learning and take the initiative to grow and improve.

Nonetheless, I find it incredibly helpful to take a critical look at the communities I am a part of and the thinking that pervades them.

It can mean "being in the earliest stages of development" or "basic; minimal"

After playing with it for a few minutes, I am excited by its simplicity and ease of use. I've bounced around from Google docs to omni outliner to paper and pencil with just about everything in between, but I'm glad to have this tool at my disposal.

This seems to be a response to PG's essay about superangels, including this section of it:

"So I think VC funds are seriously threatened by the super-angels. But one thing that may save them to some extent is the uneven distribution of startup outcomes: practically all the returns are concentrated in a few big successes. The expected value of a startup is the percentage chance it's Google. So to the extent that winning is a matter of absolute returns, the super-angels could win practically all the battles for individual startups and yet lose the war, if they merely failed to get those few big winners."

Recent blogs have taken issue with this claim, but I would like to see more throw their hats into the ring and specifically address the shifting dynamics among VCs, superangels, and founders.

Many schools are addressing the perceived urgency of these federal mandates by doing whatever they can to get the kids out the doors in four years.

Do you mean the collapse of the economy or the stock market crash? They are different. The article is about the stock market which is up close to 50% since the March 2009 lows.

I had a similarly terrible experience in which I called the night before to confirm a hotel room in Boston that was paid for in advance. I was told by the hotel that the room was canceled by Priceline! No other rooms were available and Priceline denied any responsibility and made no effort to secure another room or provide a refund. Their customer service was wretched. Everyone shifted responsibility to someone else. No one provided a timely response. And no one had the authority or ability to make the situation right.

If you use Priceline, be prepared to make (pricey) alternative arrangements at the last minute.

Let's say that there is a high demand for electric generators after a hurricane. You "borrow" as many generators from out of state friends as you can, and proceed to sell them at a premium (let's say $1500 each). After some time passes you find them on sale at Home Depot for $500. You buy enough of them to return to everyone you originally borrowed from, making a tidy profit in the process.

To answer the question more directly, short sellers borrow stocks from other stockholders. And, yes, the people lending the stocks are hoping for the stocks' success.

For example on page 5, the FTC asks the question,

"Is a “wait-and-see” approach preferable at this time, when experimentation to find new revenue sources is ongoing and the likely effects of some proposals may be difficult to gauge?"