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by janj 13y ago
Thank you, I was trying to figure out how to say this. For far too long politicians have ignored ethical considerations when mapping out how to maximize opportunities in the private sector.
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by janj 13y ago
Besides the civil war what others have the US started?
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by janj 13y ago
I was fooled by Obama during his first campaign but learned quickly during his first term that he is no different. I might be a bit partisan in thinking if we had a democratic president during 9/11 we might not've gone to war with
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by janj 13y ago
We define the values we hold as a society through our actions and choices and that is the way it should be. I didn't necessarily agree with the Eich ousting but it shows a shift in values that I agree with. The perpetrators of the Iraq
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by janj 13y ago
Starting an unnecessary war is a big deal. Denying due process and torturing detainees is a big deal. The Patriot Act was one of the most un-American acts of Congress. Rice had a significant role in destroying the values I once thought were
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by janj 13y ago
They can keep her on their board but it's our duty to react in ways that are consistent with our own personal values. My wife was recruited this morning for an HR position with Dropbox. We briefly imagined how exciting the opportunity
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by janj 13y ago
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking This book was my first introduction to stoicism. I loved the book and idea behind stoicism. I meant to find more but had forgotten about it. Thanks for the book sugge
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by janj 13y ago
The book does talk about how this lifestyle is available only because of the consumerist lifestyle that dominates this country and the paradox this seems to present. The thing is there's an entire spectrum between how this man lives an
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by janj 13y ago
He has a very active blog which he is posting to and replying to comments most days. He does volunteer work and other work in exchange for food or other provisions. I think he still travels frequently staying with people who offer room. He
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by janj 13y ago
I just finished a book about a man who has been living without money for over 10 years titled "The Man Who Quit Money". It's a different perspective on not needing money. Instead of having plenty of money this book is about a
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by janj 13y ago
Have you experienced any places or cultures that have not yet adopted a debt based economy? I don't know if any still exist but if so is there any concern for introducing a debt based economy in an area that has so far resisted it? I g
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by janj 13y ago
I'm Brandeis '01, I was a little surprised to see that link. Along with justice for this individual event what about something bigger. Right now there is no way to track these violent interactions officers have with the public. Th
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by janj 13y ago
I posted this in another thread today but it's even more relevant here. We need a way to track when police officers have violent interactions with the public. We should be able to look up any officer and find their history of abuse of
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by janj 13y ago
This country has its fair share of over zealous prosecutors and out of control cops. We need a way to track these events to the individual to make it easier to identify patterns. When deputy Erik Gelhaus shot and killed an innocent 13 year
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by janj 13y ago
It was the homework assignment. You might not have intended it this way but I saw it as you asserting yourself as a credible teacher before earning it. I did enjoy your article and have given you my email in hopes that I gain some valuable
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by janj 13y ago
I've always considered marketing by super-huge companies to be the majority of marketing. When you consider the number of brands owned by Yum!, GM, InBev, and the ones in the financial industry, that's a ton of marketing efforts d
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by janj 13y ago
That's just one side of marketing. A large part of marketing is in understanding how to manipulate the thoughts, desires and behaviors of people. If Coca-Cola was focused on finding out what their customers needed they would be out of
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by janj 13y ago
I'm building a community around the cruising industry. It was recently sold to a holding company who is now throwing some decent money behind marketing efforts. I stayed on and am strictly on the technical side. From what I've see
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by janj 13y ago
Maybe the biggest problem in forming my perception of marketing is that the good, quality marketing is the marketing least likely to get noticed consciously. The scummy marketing might not be more prevalent but it's more obvious so tha
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by janj 13y ago
Maybe I'm just too cynical a person but I thought his CTA was awkward and couldn't help thinking about how giving his readers 'homework' was a great marketing technique to automatically place him in a mentor position in
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by janj 13y ago
I'm one of those developers who thinks that marketing in general is 'scummy' and this article has done nothing to change that perception. I'm willing to acknowledge that there can exist marketing that is not scummy but i
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by janj 13y ago
I've been completely reliant on Parse as a backend for a long time. The acquisition made me nervous but I've been reassured and am now comfortable with Parse as a long term solution for a few reasons. For one, the development of t
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by janj 13y ago
I've noticed many airports have HSBC plastered all over the walls. This has been amusing to me after it came out that HSBC runs the world's largest money laundering operation for drug cartels. It's surreal thinking about how
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by janj 13y ago
Is Facebook vulnerable to people not taking Facebook and its 'likes' seriously anymore? I've started liking every page that is 'suggested' by Facebook only because I've grown bored with Facebook and was curious
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by janj 13y ago
Is it a dumb idea to to see if I can get visited after doing some Google searches? Is there a law against trying to get noticed by authorities in this way?
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by janj 13y ago
This is how I would now explain what I've created for the cruise and travel industry. For a while I thought I was creating a tech company but it's become apparent that we're just using tech to reach an underserved audience and connect them
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An Economic Makeover For The Catholic Church(npr.org)
1 points by janj 14y ago|0 comments
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by janj 14y ago
Is there somewhere where founders can share and receive feedback on issues they are currently dealing with? I never claim to be "killing it" but in casual conversation if asked about my startup I'll respond with a generally positive stateme
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by janj 14y ago
There were three solutions given and not one mentioned taking money away from the banks: One option is to make banks fund their activities with more equity from shareholders, a measure that would make them less likely to need bailouts (we
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KQED Signs On As Founding Partner in Matter Ventures to Spur Media Innovation(blogs.kqed.org)
1 points by janj 14y ago|0 comments

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