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How Are You Filtering Information?

07.17.2009

In Vanity Fair’s August edition, Michael Wolff makes the case that Politico.com represents the way we’re going with regards to information distribution:
“obsessives everywhere in their particular narrow-focused areas of interest (’silos’ is the modern information term), flashing ever more information, ever quicker, in ever shorter bites—the shorter you can make it, the more information there [...]

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From Where Do You Seek Knowledge

02.09.2009

Too often, I fail to acknowledge how lucky I am to know everything I do. I have access to resources that even 50 years ago weren’t readily available in local libraries let alone in the comfort of my home via computer. Beyond easy access, there’s the sheer volume of knowledge that’s accumulated over the years. [...]

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The Danger of Sure Things

01.28.2008

How many times have you given into the lure of the “sure thing?” Maybe you placed a bet, accepted a job, or went on a date because you believed it a sure thing. Sure things are dangerous because they lower your shields, raise your expectations, and leave you open to disappointment.
The recent Australian Open, one [...]

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The Beauty of Chaos

01.01.2008

The end of a year and the beginning of another brings out a predictable string of events: recaps of what happened in the previous year and predictions for what might happen in the next. Many recaps consist of “top 10″ lists of the supposed best or worst of a particular subject. For all their popularity, [...]

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