A great book to make you feel good about globalization and bad about most everything that inhibits free trade. In particular, the author’s explanation of how sweatshops have been key to improving the lives of the impoverished is truly eye-opening. And her descriptions of the incredible bureaucracy that governs the trade of apparel makes me wonder how stores have clothes to sell at all.
Kinecting.
I wonder if, perhaps, lack of attention span is merely a specific manifestation of an inability to delay gratification.
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“The Kinect’s astonishing technology creates a completely new activity that’s social, age-spanning and even athletic. Microsoft owes a huge debt to the Nintendo Wii, yes, but it also deserves huge credit for catapulting the motion-tracking concept into a mind-boggling new dimension. Just this once, the gods have lifted the Curse of the Microsoft Hardware.”
Because networks don’t have a centralized leadership structure and clear lines of authority, they have real difficulty reaching consensus and setting goals. They can’t think strategically; they are chronically prone to conflict and error. How do you make difficult choices about tactics or strategy or philosophical direction when everyone has an equal say?
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Sunset in San Diego.
Sunset