Econ & Such

Solar Light Bulbs and Global Aid

by 53X11 on November 15, 2011

Several months ago I found a interesting story at CNN.com about how an American inventor of solor powered bulbs was attempting to both help build third world economies, via building village based businesses, and also change how social aid is handled / viewed world wide. Full post here. The two most interesting quotes in this [...]

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Dropouts are running the place

by 53X11 on October 24, 2011

The New York Times has a interesting piece up today (link here) about how some college dropouts go on to make millions and billons (at times). One of the most interesting points the story makes is that the often quoted about 80% of the jobs created are in small business, actually the vast majority of [...]

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Singularity coming to computers near you in 2045

by 53X11 on February 15, 2011

Ray Kurzweil, a man that I have always found to be creative, inventive and genius, but who I disagree with on several major issues, has felt for several years that it is not a matter of if, but a matter of when that computers will become self aware and more intelligent then humans. From this [...]

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The name says it all – SAAB

by 53X11 on December 18, 2009

A friend of mine in the car parts business years ago told me never buy a car named after what you do once your buy it – i.e. SAAB. Today the news broke that GM’s deal to sell SAAB to Spyker feel through and the Swedish automaker will close. (Full story here). Personally I have [...]

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Defensive Medicine

by 53X11 on September 29, 2009

[H/T to Overlawyered.com for this one] The Happy Hospitalist has a nice post (and graphic) up explaining why defensive medicine is practiced, the cost of it and the results of this practice.

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