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   by mncolinlee 16y ago

   In light of Nokia's latest struggle with iOS and Android, aren't they both a success story and a cautionary tale for due diligence and proactive management. Nokia had a second fire-- a burning platform. By the logic of the book excerpt tha
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   by mncolinlee 16y ago

   By "barely adequate" health care, I mean that we should focus much more on nutrition and lifestyle and less on drugs and prosthetic organs. It doesn't matter how many surgical robots a country has if we make food choices that amount to poi
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   by mncolinlee 16y ago

   He's right about giant corporations becoming stifling to innovation, but I disagree about Norway. There is no reason why Americans should need to pay over twice as much per capita to provide the same barely adequate health care for their e
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   by mncolinlee 16y ago

   Your Wikipedia-based contention does not appear to be relevant. Paul Baran's original research does not match what the Internet actually became. On that point, we agree. I based my contention strictly on the primary source-- Paul Baran's
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   by mncolinlee 16y ago

   This article reflects a constant theme in American innovation. Capitalism by itself does not demand innovation, but its militant thirst for resources does. What Stephenson calls lock-in is a product of a system that demands maximal effici