American companies have pushed their limits on India and outsources.
I think China is in for a world of hurt with a lot of their perpetual construction, but I actually think their knock-off cities and landmarks are kind of cool. It reminds me of Las Vegas, actually. But hard core.
Relatedly, a look at China’s future.
James Bond, for realz. (Well, the seduction angle, anyway.)
Mona Lisa… on the moon.
Minnesota is taking some needed steps to prevent some of the debt collection abuse we’ve been seeing in this country.
My recent experiences with the IRS have been less than pleasant, and apparently I am not alone. But there have been some positive developments.
TechCrunch calls Utah an unlikely tech hub, though there’s really no particular reason for that to be the case. It has a strong white-collar culture, good education system, and business-friendly culture. The corridor between Salt Lake City and Provo is really quite impressive.
The extraordinary cynicism of Dick Morris. What’s notable is that he was a great political mind, once.
US oil production is going up, up, up.
Dave Schuler has some ideas on inequality and stimulus investment that are worth thinking about.
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“The extraordinary cynicism of Dick Morris. What’s notable is that he was a great political mind, once.”
‘Extraordinary cynicism’ and ‘political mind’ actually go together, not against each other. It’s a dirty business.
As for Tech-Crunch: it’s the red-blue thing, of course. Palo Alto and Cambridge are both really, really, really left-wing. I have heard there are a lot of bright people at BYU–given the religion thing, a lot of Mormons who would otherwise have gone to Harvard, MIT, etc., go to BYU instead.
The reason Utah is such a tech hub can be summed up in one word: WordPerfect.
‘Extraordinary cynicism’ and ‘political mind’ actually go together, not against each other. It’s a dirty business.
True, but now he uses his powers for very different ends. He used to tell politicians what they needed to win. Now he… is doing something different.
SFG, there’s that, but there’s also a dynamic out there which seems to really favor white collar work. If I recall, Utah producers a lot of engineers, too (though their work is often going to take them out of state).
Abel, that’s really interesting. I’d had no idea that WordPerfect came from Utah.
WordPerfect was developed by a BYU student and professor. Over the years I’ve worked with lots of people that got their start in the tech industry there. The success of WordPerfect in the 1980s brought in the money that seeded many tech companies in Utah. It wasn’t the first tech company by any means but it’s was the catalyst that got a lot of the tech industry here growing.