Tag Archives: Mark Zuckerberg

face to face

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Dave

A death spiral already? The new car smell has worn off. And Facebook shares are tanking, a kind of lagging indicator for the drop-off in usage. The early adopters are using less, and too busy to get involved in the … Continue reading →

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124…surely you must be joking mr. feynman

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Dave

One of the most divisive issues in Western society today are IQ tests. Hundreds of IQ societies exist which appear to be nothing more than serve a palliative function, enhance intellectual masturbation and serve as dating sites.Call it the IQ … Continue reading →

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fast food on the game reserve

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Dave

Roadkill? Maybe its a metaphor for sexual tourism. Maybe he doesn’t really kill the animal, going through the whole tracking and shooting. Instead, he hers them into a fenced in area and runs them over in a Land Rover. Or … Continue reading →

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ambition gap

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Dave

You can’t expect these women to be the Jackie Robinson’s of Silicon Valley. If they want to swar and cuss and piss on the walls of their office. Well. Who cares? The stereotyped role of being self-effacing, demure, caring and … Continue reading →

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trading places: go forth

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Dave

In part, its simply a question of asserting their sheer existence. An unadulterated demand for visibility that exposes the limitations of democracy. … This descending of the mob onto the shopping arteries, and the looting, well, it has terrorized the … Continue reading →

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bank run but you can’t hide

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Dave

Discrepancy of wealth, that yawning chasm between the haves the have haves and the uber haves vs. the slaves on the bottom of the pyramid has always been a populist theme. Our brains seem to be hard-wired to rearrange the … Continue reading →

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FACING UP TO ELITISM: Not A Private Affair

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Dave

Are you an elitist? Does the phrase make you insecure, vulnerable? is it a metaphor for other personal fears ? Meanwhile, it is usually elitists that accuse other elitists of being ….elitists. Then how can they despise elitism? Can you … Continue reading →