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by darien 17y ago
I think you won me over. I'm not a journalist, but I do work as a web analyst for a conglomerate of local newspapers. Not having access to real financials, I've always convinced myself that there had to be a definitive reason behind the dec
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by darien 17y ago
I don't completely disagree with you here. But I think a distinction needs to be made between national papers and local papers. I find it completely plausible that small city papers, such as the AnnArbor and RockyMountain Newspapers, could
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by darien 17y ago
The nail in the coffin occurred the moment it became illegal for newspaper companies to telemarket. The US government granted no exception to newspapers when passing the 'National Do Not Call Registry' and thus signed newspapers death warra
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by darien 17y ago
Off the top of my head, I seem to think that any book by Malcolm Gladwell would fit that description. Would you disagree?
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by darien 17y ago
Intelligence is expressed in the quality of ideas, not the quality of words. An editorial could be written using 5th grade vernacular but also express ideas associated with post-grad work. This is just another sensationalistic article.
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by darien 17y ago
"The next time they face a twenty-something who doesn't look them in the eye, who slouches and sighs for no apparent reason, who seems distracted and unaware of the rising frustration of the other people in the room, and who turns aside to
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by darien 17y ago
Unfortunately that is very true and good point. I work for a newspaper company and was baffled during a conversation with the Classifieds-Jobs manager when she told me something to the tune of "95% of job openings are posted online, but 75%
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by darien 17y ago
Hey if we're lucky maybe Ray Kurzweil's Technological Singularity will set us free. :p
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by darien 17y ago
Last I checked only 0.012% of people actually reach age 100.
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by darien 17y ago
Interesting thought, but a couple caveats. A good economy self-regulates supply and demand for industries/job positions. This is especially true when all online job postings are online; it is easy for anyone to see what type of jobs are hir
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by darien 17y ago
Certainly, information isn't necessarily governed by Moore's law, it's information processing that is! Exponential information creation would require an exponential rise in population, and that's just not the case - thankfully.
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by darien 17y ago
I'm curious whether having himself written on by the NYTimes in this way will help or hurt his chances for employment. Like you guys suggested, this guy sure is a whiner.
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by darien 17y ago
I think this is easy to explain scientifically. If one spends money on other people, those people will express genuine feelings of happiness. Seeing those facial expressions of happiness will activate 'mirror neurons' which in kind secrete