smgit

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by smgit 2y ago
I think its to recognize the role of Middle Men. With the tech (and globalization), Middle Men have been getting real fat. Lina Khan types need solid support and fire power to make a dent.
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by smgit 2y ago
Have you heard of Karl Marx? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmcUcHZciFM
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by smgit 2y ago
I don't think this is the future or anyone is boxed in. Trump & Co are by no measure the sharpest tools in the shed. In Trumps own words they have been up against some really inept people, who have all lost credibility. Therefore t
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For military staff across Europe, wargaming is all the rage(france24.com)
15 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
Its the environment that compounds the complexity. Go down the list of Largest companies by revenue in the US and 8 in top 20 are related to "health" - are they running hospitals? are they pharma companies? No. They run pharmacy b
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Rolls-Royce's recovery is stunning: from basket case to No 8 in the Footsie(theguardian.com)
2 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
Its like expecting farm animals to keep track of how the farm works, as the farm gets more and more sophisticated in animal domestication and exploitation. The individual action argument was weak 10 years ago and its worthless today. The is
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by smgit 2y ago
Its the McDonaldization problem[1] that sociologists used to talk about when McDonalds was conquering the world. And then they stopped talking about it, cause no one has come up with a model that not just survives side by side, but replaces
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Starbucks to lay off 1100 after 4 quarters of same-store sales declines(cnbc.com)
2 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
He has to announce some bullshit every day to Capture Attention or someone else is going to get the Attention. And that puts pressure on him to keep announcing things, more than anything else. Given how the Attention Economy works Content k
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by smgit 2y ago
Product is usually a risky cash sink if your experience is services. You haven't mentioned how big your business is, but if its small split the costs of the experiment with larger firms. Pitch your plan to them. If you can raise 3-6 mo
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The Police Gig Economy(laprogressive.com)
3 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
Not really. See what Claude Shannon has to say about channel capacity of what your brain can digest if Grok finds 8 million things that are happening currently that might be interesting to you.
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by smgit 2y ago
You can also thank the arrival of social media for amplifying delusions - "You think I am wrong or stupid?? Then how did I get so many Likes/Views/Followers" With that population scale delusion amp working 24x7, we get t
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The A.C.L.U. vs. Trump 2.0(newyorker.com)
7 points by smgit 2y ago|1 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
He was in a different location initially. He eventually got access to the sim. So every process requiring sms verification became a roadblock.
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Uber's CEO says no one wants to compete with Tesla or Elon Musk(fortune.com)
9 points by smgit 2y ago|6 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
I have an Indian colleague whose dad was in some kind of coma for few months after an accident. He had a real crazy time keeping the house running. His dad's number was attached to all kinds of bills - electricity, gas, milk, water, in
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A closer look at the health of platform workers(ituc-csi.org)
2 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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Nationwide Economic Blackout on February 28: List of Stores Being Targeted(newsweek.com)
5 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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Airbnb CEO says it's still too early for AI trip planning(techcrunch.com)
28 points by smgit 2y ago|57 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
Don't have to hope - https://sociology.plus/glossary/circulation-of-elites/
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A Nokia sale of Mobile, to the US, would be nuts(lightreading.com)
2 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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Elizabeth Holmes' PR campaign continues(theverge.com)
41 points by smgit 2y ago|52 comments
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Fox Pulls in $800M in Super Bowl Ad Revenue(deadline.com)
2 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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Netflix doubled Ad rev and still raised prices on all subscription tiers(fortune.com)
6 points by smgit 2y ago|1 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
This is all pretty crazy cause Americans don't buy Ads on American platforms to influence Americans or anyone else. It's really deep stuff as always on Rogan.
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YouTube CEO:TV surpassed Mobile as primary device for YouTube viewing in the US(blog.youtube)
22 points by smgit 2y ago|11 comments
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Lawsuit Challenges Meta for Discrimination in Higher Education Advertising(lawyerscommittee.org)
2 points by smgit 2y ago|0 comments
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by smgit 2y ago
Whats educational here is to look into how Howard Hughes unraveled. Its not just a story about Howard Hughes, but how all the people around him who were mesmerized by him just went along for the ride. The only difference is Howard Hughes wa

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