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fit as a fiddle
So, people are projected to live longer, barring apocalyptic events or wanton acts of nation state nihilism it appears that surpassing the longevity of parents and grandparents is becoming conventional wisdom and this phenomenon which has been paralleled with increased … Continue reading
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Tagged George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, James Hilton, Jimmy Carter, Longevity, Louis Cyr, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, mike wallace, Princeton Longevity Center, Stanford Center on Longevity, The Great Antonio, The Masters Olympics, World Masters Games
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124…surely you must be joking mr. feynman
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
beck t.v.
A whipping boy for sure, but Glenn Beck is onto something here, and it’s much more profound than the political divide. Its about viewer engagement and a new type of business model we are likely to see more of as … Continue reading
kingfish on the hustings
You have to wonder if this new phenomenon called Americans.select.org is an effort to establish a technocracy rule in the United States, something that Thorstein Veblen felt would be the inevitable consequences of a capitalism as it became increasingly complex … Continue reading
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Tagged american political satire, americanselect, americanselect.org, Constance Rourke, elliott ackerman, future 101 blogspot, Guy Debord, Herman Melville, jackie and dunlap, jackie broyles, James Gillray, john dewey, jonathan shockley, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, mitt romney bain capital, mitt romney new hampshire, Randy Newman, thomas friedman new york times, Thorstein Veblen, travis harmon
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shrink to fit : the matrix of 1000 true fanatics
Digital commerce and the selling of art and cultural products via the web, is a final stage in a long process of transition to code creating from image creating. The idea of creativity as code, art based on code instead … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged amanda palmer, bandcamp, dresden dolls, Edouard Manet, ethan diamond, Georges Seurat, Henry Jenkins, john Scalzi, john tozzi, Kazimir Malevich, kevin godley, kevin kelly, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, seth godin, Shepard Fairey, sufjan stevens, Wassily Kandinsky
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crystal ball: the greatest show on earth
Forecasting. Prediction. Tea leaves and tarot cards. Everyone wants to know what the future holds. But which opinions are actually credible. In terms of economics and market prognostication there is more credibility given to those who have been correct in … Continue reading
the office: live anywhere option
Its the new frontier. Until we arrive its going to be a bumpy road. what changes will work harken in the next ten years.The Internet, telepresence and increasingly flexible management at many companies are making it possible to create structural … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Schopenhauer, beatles india, bedouin jerry can band, IBM Jeopardy, IBM Watson, Live Anywhere Option, Michael Ferguson Polymathica, moore's law, Salman Rushdie, schopenhauer india, technological unemployment, the ministry afghanistan comedy
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