September 2011
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“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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“The average American three-year-old can recognise 100 brands. Many can also...”
– The advertising industry is far more sophisticated than it was in the 1950s, but just as cynical. Many people imagine they can hide from the hidden persuaders, yet marketers have a way of triumphing nonetheless. (via theeconomist)
Solutionism is the New Optimism
Awesome!
eurekamall:
A giant equation is taking form over the course of a few days, on a 46-ft tall “chalkboard” at the corner of Crosby and Broome in NYC. Sponsored by Dow Chemical, it’s a mathematical brain teaser with the significance of each term left for the solver to discern. In the first term, for example, the ‘755’ is the length in feet of each side of the great pyramid. And people...
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“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
– Erich Fromm
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ShortFormBlog: With CEO Carol Bartz fired, is... →
Nothing surprises me anymore…
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fired Last night, Carol Bartz got pushed out at Yahoo, a move that, while swift, wasn’t totally unsurprising — she didn’t exactly win a lot of fans for her handling of the company over the past two years. The stock price went up immediately after the announcement.
sold? Now, a Wall…
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