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May 09

The Net Effect

From On The Media “The Net Effect“, Lee Rainie said:

“One of the surprising things we found in that survey was that those who are the most technologically adept and those who are the most engaged with information actually are not in the echo chamber pattern; they are actually seeking out and finding out more arguments opposed to their views than those who are less technologically adept and less interested in political information.”

Or perhaps another way to say it: those who are technologically adept tend to have more balanced viewpoints.

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Mar 09

Cilmate Change Graphic

The United Kingdom’s Met Office put together this graphic on climate change. I think it is one of the most informative, succinct graphics I’ve seen in a long time. Very nice.

[via Climate Progress]

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Dec 08

Give the Big Three to Apple

Cringely writes for PBS, What if Steve Jobs ran one of the Big Three auto companies? ”It wouldn’t be boring, that’s for sure, and I’m fairly certain Steve could do a better job than the Detroit executives currently in charge.”

I found it an enjoyable idea to ponder. Considering Apple’s market share is vastly greater (80B) than the “Big Three” put together (Ford at 7B, Chrysler at 7B?, GM at 3B), one has to wonder what the fuss is all about.

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Dec 08

Honda – American or Japanese?

WSJ writes about America’s Other Auto Industry:

These are the 12 “foreign,” or so-called transplant, producers making cars across America’s South and Midwest. Toyota, BMW, Kia and others now make 54% of the cars Americans buy. The internationals also employ some 113,000 Americans, compared with 239,000 at U.S.-owned carmakers, and several times that number indirectly.

The international car makers aren’t cheering for Detroit’s collapse. Their own production would be hit if such large suppliers as the automotive interior maker Lear were to go down with a GM or Chrysler. They fear, as well, a protectionist backlash. But by the same token, a government lifeline for Detroit punishes these other companies and their American employees for making better business decisions.

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Nov 08

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

If you only read one book this year, make it: Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman.

 

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