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Category: business

business/journalism/people

Falsehoods being traded as facts, “irrespective of their validity.”

August 31, 2010

The problem with so much journalism: Mr. Loeb’s views, irrespective of their validity, point to a bigger problem for the economy: If business leaders have a suc...

business/power

All roads lead through Washington D.C., which is currently fucked.

August 18, 2010

Historic Voter Volatility in This Year of Fear, WSJ: Today’s dark public mood appears to be the culmination of a long stretch of national anxiety encompas...

business/people

Who runs Trader Joe’s?

August 10, 2010

Fascinating profile of two German brothers, billionaires, and their global discount retail empire which includes Trader Joe’s.

business/nature/power

Silvio, the renewable energy rich playboys of Portugal await your electric Ferraris.

August 9, 2010

The NYT: Nearly 45 percent of the electricity in Portugal’s grid will come from renewable sources this year, up from 17 percent just five years ago. Land-based ...

business/design/ideas

Will computers in 2050 finally look like the ones we imagined in the 1950s?

August 9, 2010

A user on MetaFilter has argued that a well designed item is that which lasts a long time – or, perhaps, an item which the owner values for a long time. Here...

business/ideas/power/technology

Omni. Meaning lots of links and not that magazine with the cool covers from yesteryear. Sadly.

November 13, 2009

The Browser is my favorite site of the moment. The below excerpts are taken mostly from it. · “I argue that dreaming is not a parallel state but that it ...

art/business

Chinese Barbizon

October 25, 2009

Peter Hessler‘s essay “Chinese Barbizon” in the The New Yorker is fantastic: gentle characterizations, arresting ideas, fascinating details. It dovetails ...

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