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by jiganti 16y ago
This reminds me of what Clay Shirky talks about in "Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age". It's the difference between intrinsic motivations and extrinsic (generally financially related) motivations. These guys wa
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Classic example of where records are set down to the point where the definitions get hazy.
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You are operating from the perspective that the "right word" is the one that the dictionary defines as the most accurate based on the context. If the people you are communicating to will receive the message better if you choose alternative,
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I was just implying that a lack of vision generally reduces a project's value. The more something seems to accurately predict the direction of the web, the better the vision. If a project looks spontaneous, it could indeed be a great idea,
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I think the criticism would be that if their philosophy used to be focusing solely on search, and now they are doing other things, these side projects were never part of the "endgame". Perhaps they suffered from this.
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"There seems to be two types of encouragement others give me: encouragement and discouragement."
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An action that would imply intelligence, I'd say.
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One thing I've noticed is that when people first become open minded and try marijuana, despite everything they've been told by authority figures, they don't necessarily try anything more dangerous because their peers know it's bad. Since it
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This is a great idea; this is exactly the type of incentive needed to promote cleanup of the spill.
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Pretty ironic.
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Or provigil. But I don't suggest either as longterm solutions unless you get psychiatric confirmation that medication is necessary.
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A very reasonable ruling, glad to a ruling that recognizes the ubiquity of computers.
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How to start a movement(ted.com)
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If it's a widely useful startup and a genuinely good idea, it won't be as hard to get noticed. For something more technical/niche oriented, it's going to be harder. I'd recommend Seth Godin's "Unleashing the Ideavirus" for a good outline on
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I wonder how much influence, if any, Gates/Buffett and their recent push for the wealthiest Americans to give 50% away before death had on him. With Americans potentially giving away more, it makes the rest of the world look worse by contra
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What were the results of Google's experiment?
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If anyone is interested in further reading on the subject of ideas and how to manipulate the "drifting" of them, I suggest reading "The DaVinci Method". A decent amount of research has been done correlating the tendency to be distracted wit
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I agree for the most part, it was a very poetic, feel-good way of saying that entrepreneurs look at the world differently.
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Transferring to USFCA- how to network?
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