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2041.
by m0llusk 11y ago
This piece makes a general statement and focuses on one company. Another Silicon Valley Company, Zonare Medical Systems, has moved ultrasound forward so that it can be used for more diagnostic tests more accurately. They are also quite st
2042.
by m0llusk 11y ago
Baumol's Cost Disease: this phenomenon is very well understood and documented with great accuracy
2043.
by m0llusk 11y ago
A particularly interesting and relevant account of the south sea bubble can be found in the Brief History of the Corporation post on Ribbonfarm: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/06/08/a-brief-history-of-the-...
2044.
by m0llusk 11y ago
The most reasonable expectation would be for incremental improvement. There are already a wide range of self-driving small cargo carriers in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, hospitals, and large archives. Currently product distributi
2045.
by m0llusk 11y ago
Limb dropping is not well understood and can happen at any time. There is no inspection that can predict limb drop. No tree rope swing can be assured as safe.
2046.
by m0llusk 11y ago
Enabling people to share their property is going to continue to get easier. The problems with housing are related primarily to a supply that is greatly lower than demand. AirBnB isn't the problem so much as a lack of available reside
2047.
by m0llusk 11y ago
Making room for newcomers is what made cities in the first place. This situation is an unexpected problem and we need to fix this.
2048.
by m0llusk 11y ago
Ribbonfarm covered this better and in greater detail in A Brief History of the Corporation: 1600 to 2100 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/06/08/a-brief-history-of-the-...
2049.
by m0llusk 11y ago
Interesting, but study of human consciousness suggests that the basic model used for human cognition is sequences of framed and situated actions. If this is true then a different model might be better for planning and evaluating progress r
2050.
by m0llusk 11y ago
The real story here is that Handy outcompeted Homejoy and disrupted their business. Both companies define ladders for professionals to climb by claiming and servicing more bookings and receiving high ratings. Pay for pros at the top of th
2051.
by m0llusk 11y ago
nonviolent communication (cnvc.org)
2052.
by m0llusk 11y ago
This advances the art, but it is not clear that economies of large scale production can be easily overcome and thus it is likely that the future will be a mix of mass produced components assembled by various automated processes.
2053.
by m0llusk 12y ago
Venkatesh Rao has an interesting take on this published in Forbes: Forbes: Entrepreneurs Are The New Labor: Part I http://www.forbes.com/sites/venkateshrao/2012/09/03/entrepre... Forbes: Entrepreneu
2054.
by m0llusk 13y ago
crappy bird, tap to crap