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My favorite painting from the impressionists show at the de young.
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The iPad is a great casual computer, but the Kindle is the superior reading device. And there doesn’t need to be any “killing”. If you really like an iPad for its other uses, now that a Kindle’s entry price is $140, it’s perfectly reasonable to have both.
While the internet makes it easier than ever to spread ideas, it makes it far more compelling to coordinate actions.
For example, see: Ferriss, Timothy.
You can probably take it as a rule of thumb from now on that if people don’t think you’re weird, you’re living badly.
Societies eventually develop antibodies to addictive new things.
The Acceleration of Addictiveness
“unless the rate at which social antibodies evolve can increase to match the accelerating rate at which technological progress throws off new addictions, we’ll be increasingly unable to rely on customs to protect us.”
I’d like to believe there’s a change agent pushing government to get more agile in this fashion. To lead the group intelligently, thoughtfully, and rather quickly. Maybe there is… I hope so.
