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Friedman is a hack: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/contest-come-up-with-the-ultimate-thomas-friedman-porn-title-20130502 http://www.rollin
by ebbv 14y ago
Friedman is a hack:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/contest-come-up-with-the-ultimate-thomas-friedman-porn-title-20130502 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/contest-...
TL;DR - Friedman's been doing minor variations on this "the world is increasingly hyperconnected" bullshit for years and years. It's bad writing and it means nothing.
- cwsteinbach 14y agoSeveral years ago I had the idea of using Markov chain algorithms to auto-generate Thomas Friedman articles. I was going to build a site around it called mechanicalfriedman.com. I just discovered someone else beat me to it: http://thomasfriedmanopedgenerator.com/ http://thomasfriedmanopedgenerator.com/ There goes my billion dollar exit...
- cwsteinbach 14y agoMatt Taibbi practically makes a living writing takedowns of Thomas Friedman's Op/Ed pieces and books. Here's a selection: http://nypress.com/flathead/ http://nypress.com/flathead/ http://nypress.com/flat-n-all-that/ http://nypress.com/flat-n-all-that/
- ebbv 14y agoHe likes calling bullshit on other writers, and it just so happens Friedman is an endless font of bullshit.