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POPSDick Clark ushers in the end of an era I'm starting to feel that horrible end-of-junior-year feeling. You know: the best, most hopeful part is behind you; soon, the buffer of smarter elders will be gone, and next, you'll be shoved out to sea on a metaphorical ice floe. Winter of my discontent, indeed.
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POPSGive us this day our daily venom Super-interesting analysis of what looks like an equally interesting New York magazine piece on the Gawker phenomenon and its wider implications. I hope I didn't already recycle the 10/22 issue...
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POPSThe last 26 years in 4 sentences. At first I thought it was overly simplistic, but for a sweeping overview, it's kind of frighteningly on the mark. Longish article by Salon ed-in-chief Joan Walsh reviewing Matt Bai's new book (about how the Democratic Party went to hell in a handbasket during the Bush years). Lots of interesting ideas; well worth a read.
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POPSOn the "selfishness" of non-breeders Some great discussions going on amongst the smarties in the 2Blowhards.com comments section of a couple of posts about breeders vs. non-breeders (and why we can't all get along).
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POPSIs commerce destroying art? An extraordinary speech about a sad state of affairs. As he says later in the talk, the amazing "visionary and democratic system" we had in place for years that exposed the average citizen to both high and low culture has been shredded by the marketplace, which is only concerned with money. Art makes us human; god help us all when we embrace nothing but commerce.
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POPSProspering without the NASDAQ Excellent writeup of Prosper, one of the new sites that matches small lenders with small borrowers. I like the idea behind Prosper but don't have the pioneer mentality, so I was grateful for this look at how Prosper works.
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POPSThe Consumer Trap Excellent review of what looks like a terrific book on the evolution of marketing in developing the modern consumer mindset. Don't buy it! 'Rent' it from the library!
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