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- Josev0
I thought this opinion piece by Brooks was interesting:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/1…He's referring to the e-book, “The Great Stagnation,”
"But his evidence can also be used to tell a related story. It could be that the nature of technological change isn’t causing the slowdown but a shift in values. It could be that in an industrial economy people develop a materialist mind-set and believe that improving their income is the same thing as improving their quality of life. But in an affluent information-driven world, people embrace the postmaterialist mind-set. They realize they can improve their quality of life without actually producing more wealth."
..."many of this era’s technological breakthroughs produce enormous happiness gains, but surprisingly little additional economic activity."
..."the automobile industry produced millions of jobs, but Facebook employs about 2,000, Twitter 300 and eBay about 17,000. It takes only 14,000 employees to make and sell iPods, but that device also eliminates jobs for those people who make and distribute CDs, potentially leading to net job losses."
- I'm not a fan of Brooks, but thought this was a good piece.Josev
- not sure i get it. is he saying todays amercians are wasting time finding happiness where it doesnt matter. and leaving behind confused masses?********
- behind a gen. of confused people. perhaps that so called happiness is not happiness but distraction from progressing?********
- instead of advancement all you need is a FB status of "lets advance" and a like button?********
- It's interesting and i would have liked to see him go deeper on the subject from varying views and eco states********
- He covered many areas which would need more insight, and my main concern is on happiness being provided part.********
- Not too mention the shift of values which = happiness as being a back slide in so many ways********
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- Did you post a similar carton of Bush and his supports for immigrants? Just curious, you fucking mouthbreatherTheBlueOne
- ha haha no********
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It's the Bullet Train ... to Nowhere
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/…
Hailed as a high-speed road to the future, a jobs program and a symbol of America's dedication to innovation, President Obama proposed Monday spending $8 billion on a bullet train -- a down payment on a nationwide network that will cost $58 billion over the next six years.But in the one state where the federal high-speed rail project is underway, critics say money is being misspent, ridership studies are inflated, the route is politically corrupted and the system will never be self supporting.
- it will pay for itself. imagine being able to go up down coast in minutes and spend $$$74LEO
- if we could build this network across the country freedom to travel across the country74LEO
- Ohh I actually agree, but it's the fumbling of the project that is hysterical. This Oblamo joker is a clown********
- well he is also fighitng conservatives that dont want people zipping through their state74LEO
- Clearly America is not capable of doing something Europe achieved decades ago.zarkonite
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- <- getrefresh.comTheBlueOne
- his wife hawks Jesus tshirtsTheBlueOne
- ohhhh, chilamont is the Nazi guy!!!! Hahahaha, it all makes sense now!********
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- <- getrefresh.comTheBlueOne
- JazX********
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- DrBombay0
Defund Kentucky
http://www.wfpl.org/2011/02/16/i…
The conservative Tax Foundation says Kentucky received $1.51 back from Washington for every dollar it paid in federal taxes. Home of Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell- ha haha********
- they 43rd in nation of per capita. doesnt that make u feel bad taking away there money.********
- per capita what? Also it is "their" are you from Kentucky?DrBombay
- ha haha
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- KAAAAAAAABLOOEY!********
- funny what 3rd world countries blow up. What is that an army jeep?74LEO
- army jeep?! it's got swivel caster wheels on it.johnny_wobble
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- KAAAAAAAABLOOEY!
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Muslim Brothers leader praises Hitler -- would 'like to kill every Jew'
'Every Last One of Them'Qaradawi advocates establishing a "United Muslim Nations" as a contemporary form of the caliphate and the only alternative to the hegemony of the West. He hates Israel and would love to take up arms himself. In one of his sermons, he asked God "to kill the Jewish Zionists, every last one of them."
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- You use fox as a reliable news source.DrBombay
- you use MSNBC and CNN as yours, what a crock of liars. Don't be fooled by the glitz********
- this guy is setting himself up for a major 2012 disaster at the polls! can't wait********
- I don't watch TV. You ignornat fucking racist piece of shit, Go rat out your friends in NJ to save your own ass.DrBombay
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- It is a liberal conspiracy.DrBombay
- you tell me, she go the piss beat out of her, nice work CBS********
- CBS news is no better than the Entertainment tonite...its a shame!********
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Cops now pursuing missing Wisconsin Dems, senator alleges
http://voices.washingtonpost.com…- dude, just try and go outside and make some friends ..being a loner must be toughRamanisky2
- not in 2012 pal, wait and see... bye bye birdy, bye bye********
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Obama accused of 'double standards' as family go skiing just days after telling Americans to sacrifice their own holidays
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/…President Obama has been accused of having double standards after appealing for Americans to sacrifice their holidays just days before his wife and children went on a costly skiing trip.
First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are said to be on a ‘private family trip’ to Colorado for Presidents' Day Weekend.
They are staying at the upscale Sebastian Hotel on Vail Mountain, where rooms start at $650 a night and range up to more than $2,400 for multi-bedroom suites.
- fucking hypocrite********
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- fucking hypocrite
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Wisconsin Doctors Hand Out Fake Excuses to Protesters
http://maciverinstitute.com/2011…HA HA ROFL! Crock of shit
- Good for them, fuck the Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker!utopian
- drgs0
Open a page of computer science graduates at any american university, sit back and enjoy the long list of good old typical american surnames
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- laugh now, fret tomorrow fucktards, it's the sheer evidence of the American Liberal Educatrion system gone bad********
- horribly wrong. Unions and teachers' well beings ahead of students. Yeah, very fucking funny indeed morons.********
- coming from some Norwegian CUNT. LOL! rigggggggghttt...********
- die america, diedrgs
- typical, go fuck yourself********
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