Month: November 2018

DEVRA DAVIS ~ DISCONNECT ~ 2010

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~ CCPBU? ~ Could Cell Phones Be Unsafe?

~ S-WEWTB-TOTB-IW ~ Sometimes – What Everyone Wants To Believe – Turns Out To Be – Inconveniently Wrong

~ CAGUIASORFRTDNEEFYA ~ Children Are Growing Up In A Sea Of Radio Frequency Radiation That Did Not Exist Even Five Years Ago

~ WW-OTPB-O-ITL-DNATOSEI-RL ~ What Works – On The Planning Board – Or – In The Lab – Does Not Always Turn Out So Well In – Real Life

~ A-RFSAI-A-TCPUIANEIMADEIATCW-ITHB ~ All – Radio Frequency Signals Are Invisible – And – They Can Pass Unobserved Into Anything Not Encased In Metal And Deposit Energy Into Anything That Contains Water – Including The Human Body

~ WLITAOTM ~ We Live In The Age Of The Microwave

~ TIGETEOMRAUOT ~ There Is Growing Evidence That Effects Of Microwave Radiation Add Up Over Time

~ WHTOB-AHAYOUACP-TWALTOWOP-B-ATSFAAO? ~ What Happens To Our Brains – After Hours And Years Of Using A Cell Phone – That Works At Less Than One Watt Of Power – But – At The Same Frequency As An Oven?

~ SLAWANUOCPWSICMB-TEAT-MEFMPANC-BFTRIAD ~ So Long As We Are Not Using Our Cell Phones While Standing In Closed Metal Boxes – Think Elevators And Trains – Microwave Exposures From Mobile Phones Are Not Confined – But Free To Radiate In All Directions

~ BCPPNH-IWATTIWDNH ~ Because Cell Phones Produced No Heat – It Was Assumed That Their Invisible Waves Did Nothing Harmful

~ TAS:”IPONPC”-IOW-WHMSHB-BWDTIII ~ The Added Sentence: “Is Probably Of No Physiologic Consequence” – In Other Words – We Have Made Something Happen Biologically – But We Don’t Think It Is Important

~ TNFMRITFIOFUWAPHUA-TAORHBPOTRFMNCITM ~ The Need For More Research In This Field Is One Fact Upon Which All Parties Have Usually Agreed – The Absence Of Research Has Become Part Of The Rationale For Making No Changes In The Meantime

~ B-IIPTTPUOCPICAHO-S-C-HP-T-DOATHHCACL-TRTOBAB?-TFTWDNHCATTQATPITHOETINAA ~ But – Is It Possible That The Pervasive Use Of Cell Phones Is Causing A Host Of – Subtle – Chronic – Health Problems – Today – Damaging Our Ability To Have Healthy Children And Creating Long-Term Risks To Our Brains And Bodies? – The Fact That We Do Not Have Clear Answers To This Question At This Point In The History Of Electronic Technology Is Not An Accident

~ OC-SILBMT-BIIEMLB-PAEC-TDWQAA-WGTAT-WFR-A-WAWTWBP ~ Of Course – Science Is Limited By Measurement Techniques – But It Is Even More Limited By – Political And Economic Circumstances – That Determine What Questions Are Asked – Who Gets To Answer Them – Who Funds Research – And – Where And When That Work Becomes Public

~ CBABMATAMMATTOA-AFTEWCHCADOMTRFEOAH ~ Children’s Brains And Bone Marrow Are Thinner And Much More Absorptive Than Those Of Adults – A Fact That Explains Why Children’s Heads Can Absorb Double Or More The Radio Frequency Energy Of Adult’s Heads

~ TFOALATATPASHPINEU ~ The Filing Of A Lawsuit Alleging That Any Technology Produces A Serious Health Problem Is Not Easily Undertaken

~ DL-RISUW-NOCBOTR-AA ~ Decades Later – Research Is Still Under Way – No One Can Be Opposed To Research – After All

~ AAA-CBASAALTAMRFRATOA-TAIOUOTYBHNHAIOTWTCPATOR-Y ~ All Are Agreed – Children’s Brains And Skulls Absorb At Least Twice As Much Radio Frequency Radiation As Those Of Adults – These Advances In Our Understanding Of The Young Brain Have Not Had Any Impact On The Way That Cell Phones Are Tested Or Rated – Yet

~ OC-TBINOSE-BACOP ~ Of Course – The Brain Is Not One Simple Entity – But A Complex Of Parts

~ ‘DNHOTBD’ ~ “Do Not Hold Directly On The Body”

~ SAR ~ Specific Absorption Rate

~ SHN-FMTFY-TMRDNUMTOHAT-TWTFMOB-BSP-LOPU-TS-TTKRTF ~ Scientists Have Known – For More Than Forty Years – That Microwave Radiation Does Not Uniformly Move Through Or Heat Any Thing – That’s Why The First Microwave Ovens Bombed – Burning Some Parts – Leaving Other Parts Uncooked – The Solution – Turntables To Keep Rotating The Food

~ TBFNSD-TBICFHOP ~ The Brain Feels No Sensation Directly – The Brain Itself Cannot Feel Heat Or Pain

~ OC-N-TINMFIRAA ~ Of Course – Now – There Is No Money For Independent Research At All

~ HM-D-IG-A-HMIMMBTSTPD-CEBDATP ~ How Much – Debate – Is Genuine – And – How Much Is Mostly Manufactured By Those Seeking To Prolong Doubt – Cannot Easily Be Determined At This Point

~ GHBCPSNPOWO-TCS-A-ASDAOMC-WDWFATUGTCRA? ~ Given How Broadly Cell Phone Signals Now Penetrate Our Worlds Of – The Coffee Shop – Airports – And Some Downtown Areas Of Major Cities – Where Do We Find Any Truly Unexposed Groups To Compare Results Against?

~ BCPUHGSFATCEY-IIAIWATTSTCIWWAD ~ Because Cell Phone Use Has Grown So Fast And Technologies Change Every Year – It Is As If We Are Trying To Study The Car In Which We Are Driving

~ B-WYLATFSTIPWHUPFADOM-TRSTHCPUCBT ~ But – When You Look At Those Few Studies That Included People Who Had Used Phones For A Decade Or More – The Results Show That Heavy Cell Phone Use Causes Brain Tumors

~ TNOP-UAF-WCTYJHH-BC-I-HBGITUSFTPTD ~ The Number Of People – Under Age Forty – Who Can Tell You Just How Horrible – Brain Cancer – Is – Has Been Growing In The United States For The Past Three Decades

~ THOOCAGBINAMTSBPOHWWCTDTM ~ The Health Of Our Children’s And Grandchildren’s Brains Is Not A Matter That Should Be Put On Hold While We Continue To Debate Technical Matters

~ TEOSCOTSIILPAROTSEOSTMSD ~ The Existence Of Scientific Conflict On This Subject Is In Large Part A Reflection Of The Successful Efforts Of Some To Manufacture Scientific Doubt

~ TINVIWUIITL ~ There Is No Virtue In Waiting Until It Is Too Late

~ OBPOTPIT-MSHBDFTSAPOT-TFAIROBT ~ One Big Part Of The Problem Is That – Most Studies Have Been Done For Too Short A Period Of Time – To Find Any Increased Risk Of Brain Tumors

~ TSFCP-WSI-1993-BOAMTU-AVLHM-WAE-PH-TFSM ~ Today’s Standards For Cell Phones – Were Set In – 1993 – Based On A Model That Used – A Very Large Heavy Man – With An Eleven-Pound Head – Taking For Six Minutes

~ TSOLRTT ~ Texting Sends Out Less Radiation Than Talking

~ C-TDIOCMOG ~ Coltan – The Devastating Impact Of Coltan Mining On Gorillas

~ Y-WDNH-AEOBTICTHUCPHFALMTAD-B-TYACGTBHS-WADNHAEOLC ~ Yes – We Do Not Have – An Epidemic Of Brain Tumors – In Countries That Have Used Cell Phones Heavily For Little More Than A Decade – But – Ten Years After Cigarettes Began To Be Heavily Smoked – We Also Did Not Have An – Epidemic Of Lung Cancer

MURRAY CARPENTER ~ CAFFEINATED ~ 2014

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~ MX ~ Methylated Xanthine

~ B-IIA-D-ASOAT-ATAITOOC-IAGSDFAHU-AQTWLTBU-RH/S/AA-ATW-K ~ But It Is A – Drug – A Sixteenth Of A Teaspoon – About The Amount In Twelve Ounces Of Coffee – Is A Good Solid Dose For A Habituated User – A Quarter Teaspoon Will Lead To Bodily Unpleasantness – Racing Heart / Sweating / Acute Anxiety – A Tablespoon Will – Kill

~ CSTM-EFPWA-S/T/S-WTUIRON-IWAN-ELBTTCIV ~ Caffeine Sharpens The Mind – Especially For People Who Are – Stressed / Tired / Sick – Whether They Use It Regularly Or Not – It Was A Neuro-Enchancer Long Before The Term Came Into Vogue

~ CW-I-RAU-OI-H/MP/W/A/D ~ Caffeine Withdrawal – Is – Real And Unpleasant – Often Including – Headaches / Muscle Pain / Weariness / Apathy / Depression

~ ATEOTD-TACDM ~ At The End Of The Day – They Are Caffeine Delivery Mechanisms

~ ASM-IEHT-B-BB-TM-BTUOANC-A-ATTBWAD-B-C-DNLTBGTM

~ A Small Molecule – It Easily Hurdles The – Blood-Brain Barrier – The Molecule – Blocks The Uptake Of A Neurotransmitter Called – Adenosine – Adenosine Tells The Brain We Are Drowsy – But – Caffeine – Does Not Let The Brain Get The Message

~ INF-C-C-WSB-JAS-GITHONA ~ If Not For – Caffeine – Coffee – Would Still Be – Just A Shrub – Growing In The Hills Of North Africa

~ TIWP-TBTP-DTPA-TC/BKA-TGDT ~ The Insurgents Who Planned – The Boston Tea Party – Drafted Their Plans At – The Coffeehouse/Bar Known As – The Green Dragon Tavern

~ HTCDS ~ High Technology Caffeine Delivery Systems

~ SOT-SD-M-QA-HTCDS ~ Some Of Today’s – Soft Drinks – May – Qualify As – High Technology Caffeine Delivery Systems

~ AC-SON-MHI-TICBHOH-OTCSBS-SC-SG ~ Any Caffeine – Synthetic Or Natural – Might Have Impurities – Those Impurities Could Be Healthful Or Harmful – Or They Could Simply Be Strange – Synthetic Caffeine – Sometimes Glows

~ I-WGO-SCF-F-C ~ Increasingly – We Get Our – Synthetic Caffeine Fix – From – China

~ RSTCMPARISO-P-A-A ~ Research Suggests That Caffeine Might Play A Role In Staving Off – Parkinson’s – And – Alzheimer’s

~ TL-LOA-‘PEB’-TIC-NWOKHM ~ The Label – Listed Only A “Proprietary Energy Blend” – That Included Caffeine – No Way Of Knowing How Much

~ CWS ~ Caffeine Withdrawal Syndrome

~ CISOOTS ~ Caffeine Is Stepping Out Of The Shadows

VIRGINIA EUBANKS ~ AUTOMATING INEQUALITY ~ 2017

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~ P-P-A-P-T-P ~ Profile – Police – And – Punish – The – Poor

~ YA-NAOTMDTSOL-WMBHB-T-WHCMOTD-MPT-SM-AES-RA-A-PRM-C-WNGP-WFANR-WIS-LFE-AWIIFF ~ Years Ago – Nearly All Of The Major Decisions That Shape Our Lives – Were Made By Human Beings – Today – We Have Ceded Much Of That Decision-Making Power To – Sophisticated Machines – Automated Eligibility Systems – Ranking Algorithms – And – Predictive Risk Models – Control – Which Neighborhoods Get Policed – Which Families Attain Needed Resources – Who Is Short-Listed For Employment – And – Who Is Investigated For Fraud

~ H-CFIARP-TTGMOIICB-P-N-C ~ Health-Care Fraud Is A Real Problem – Though The Great Majority Of It Is Committed By – Providers – Not – Consumers

~ TTTABTBAA:YGASOAPITDN-AEETTY-BYCPYFOEWA ~ That’s The Thing About Being Targeted By An Algorithm: You Get A Sense Of A Pattern In The Digital Noise – An Electronic Eye Turned Toward You – But You Can’t Put Your Finger On Exactly What’s Amiss

~ TIN-SL-TCCTRT-ID-OT-DFDS ~ There Is No – Sunshine Law – That Compels Companies To Release The – Inner Details – Of Their – Digital Fraud Detection Systems

~ WTNEO-CR-WHRLAT-T-E-A-A-M-TSO-LC ~ With The Notable Exception Of – Credit Reporting – We Have Remarkably Limited Access To – The – Equations – Algorithms – And – Models – That Shape Our – Life Chances

~ DSG-CIAU-MIAOB-A-CATR-TASDWITFOSLT-MOTTWDENWABWAA ~ Digital Security Guards – Collect Information About Us – Make Inferences About Our Behavior – And – Control Access To Resources – They Are So Deeply Woven Into The Fabric Of Social Life That – Most Of The Time We Don’t Even Notice We Are Being Watched And Analyzed

~ PP-L-NITW-IWIT-HSOSP-A-RTCNTTWAPAA-C/L/S-A ~ Performative Politics – Legislation – Not Intended To Work – It Was Intended To – Heap Stigma On Social Programs – And – Reinforce The Cultural Narrative That Those Who Access Public Assistance Are – Criminal / Lazy / Spendthrift – Addicts

~ DTAD-MHBRI-P-PF-M-CR-CS-BM-F-A-TAOPP ~ Digital Tracking And Decision-Making Systems Have Become Routine In – Policing – Political Forecasting – Marketing – Credit Reporting – Criminal Sentencing – Business Management – Finance – And – The Administration Of Public Programs

~ TNROD-CPAW-CP-O-DTPO-LTM-A-UTHR-TDRBANFSM? ~ The New Regime Of Data – Constricts Poor And Working-Class People’s – Opportunities – Demobilizes Their Political Organizing – Limits Their Movement – And – Undercuts Their Human Rights – How Has The Digital Revolution Become A Nightmare For So Many?

~ PAW-CP-ATB-NTODPM-A-FL-TCAAR-AES-DTFCPRTTNTSAT ~ Poor And Working-Class People – Are Targeted By – New Tools Of Digital Poverty Management – And – Face Life-Threatening Consequences As A Result – Automated Eligibility Systems – Discourage Them From Claiming Public Resources That They Need To Survive And Thrive

~ AD-M-STSSN-CTP-ID-A-CODNV-IR-SSDAWWAAWWWTB-A-SEP ~ Automated Decision-Making – Shatters The Social Safety Net – Criminalizes The Poor – Intensifies Discrimination – And – Compromises Our Deepest National Values – It Reframes – Shared Social Decisions About Who We Are And Who We Want To Be – As – Systems Engineering Problems

~ AWTMSDD-MTATIWCBC-‘LRE’-WTAFEO-PAAT-SFDF-TP-WE-BUOE ~ And While The Most Sweeping Digital Decision-Making Tools Are Tested In What Could Be Called – “Low Rights Environments” – Where There Are Few Expectations Of – Political Accountability And Transparency – Systems – First Designed For – The Poor – Will Eventually – Be Used On Everyone

~ WHF-A-DP-F-D-A-A-RM-IPTETRAROETCB ~ We Have Forged – A Digital Poorhouse – From – Databases – Algorithms – And – Risk Models – It Promises To Eclipse The Reach And Repercussions Of Everything That Came Before

~ WM-TIP-IOTEO-SR-F-EP ~ We Mange – The Individual Poor – In Order To Escape Our – Shared Responsibility – For – Eradicating Poverty

~ O-NDT-SF-P-M-VOP-A-CASOH-TCAI ~ Our – New Digital Tools – Spring From – Punitive – Moralistic – Views Of Poverty – And – Create A System Of High-Tech Containment And Investigation

~ TDP-DTPFAPR-PTL/S/S/P-TTPTFB-A-PACTWDNCWID ~ The Digital Poorhouse – Deters The Poor From Accessing Public Resources – Polices Their Labor / Spending / Sexuality / Parenting – Tries To Predict Their Future Behavior – And – Punishes And Criminalizes Those Who Do Not Comply With Its Dictates

~ WMS ~ Welfare Management System

~ WMS ~ Workflow Management System

~ HMIS ~ Homeless Management Information System

~ CAWH ~ Crimes Associated With Homelessness

~ OASOS-R-IA-TTHTBIBTWCS-IC-I-ND-BS-TTOEFTD-TTCATDC-NB ~ Older Analog Systems Of Surveillance – Required – Individualized Attention – The Target Had To Be Identified Before The Watcher Could Surveil – In Contrast – In – New Data-Based Surveillance – The Target Often Emerges From The Data – The Targeting Comes After The Data Collection – Not Before

~ MAOIAC-OAWVOIAG-T-TDIM-A-A-S-IOTIPTFMTS ~ Massive Amounts Of Information Are Collected – On A Wide Variety Of Individuals And Groups – Then – The Data Is Mined – Analyzed – And – Searched – In Order To Identify Possible Targets For More Thorough Scrutiny

~ WPTPIAPATHOTATMOPP-DIEAE ~ We Pretend That Poverty Is A Puzzling Aberration That Happens Only To A Tiny Minority Of Pathological People – Denial Is Exhausting And Expensive

~ T-OPL-ARATCBEAB-BD/IB/CP-IF-PIAO-TS-EC-BAHNOP-FWDBDANIROB ~ The – Official Poverty Line – A Regrettable Anomaly That Can Be Explained Away By – Poor Decisions / Individual Behavior / Cultural Pathology – In Fact – Poverty Is An Often-Temporary State – Experienced Cyclically – By A Huge Number Of People – From Wildly Different Backgrounds Displaying A Nearly Infinite Range Of Behaviors

~ WPPOAFFTRAS-TW ~ When Poor People Organize And Fight For Their Rights And Survival – They Win

~ TDPIHTU-T-S/A/M-TPI-ACAOS ~ The Digital Poorhouse Is Hard To Understand – The – Software / Algorithms / Models – That Power It – Are Complex And Often Secret

~ TTTOTPWEBUOE ~ Technological Tools Tested On The Poor Will Eventually Be Used On Everyone

~ A-NC-OA-PRC-MJ-TDOTDPFSC-ATCS ~ A – National Catastrophe – Or A – Political Regime Change – Might Justify – The Deployment Of The Digital Poorhouse’s Full Surveillance Capability – Across The Class Spectrum

~ AIHUA ~ Automated Inequality Hurts Us All

~ H-TT-HAB-IAAPOO-TOLUTBTTDALDTTMBH-B-BII-T-PC-DS-A-PM ~ High-Tech Tools – Have A Built-In Authority And Patina Of Objectivity – That Often Lead Us To Believe That Their Decisions Are Less Discriminatory Than Those Made By Humans – But – Bias Is Introduced – Through – Programming Choices – Data Selection – And – Performance Metrics

~ TDPHPP ~ The Digital Poorhouse Preempts Politics

~ WCDTDP ~ We Can Dismantle The Digital Poorhouse

~ TMISI-DTDP-ICHW-T/T/F-AP-ACAIMS-TBCFTMOBDITBS ~ The Most Important Step In – Dismantling The Digital Poorhouse – Is Changing How We – Think / Talk / Feel – About Poverty – As Counterintuitive As It May Sound – The Best Cure For The Misuse Of Big Data Is Telling Better Stories

~ TBSPOAP-IIYWBP-BPITQOY-E-TRIYN-YETVAT-A-YH ~ The Best Single Predictor Of Adult Poverty – Is If You Were Born Poor – Because Poverty Impacts The Quality Of Your – Education – The Resources In Your Neighborhood – Your Exposure To Violence And Trauma – And – Your Health

~ TGNITTMIAWUW-BIMTEP-LBTP-HBOTR ~ The Good News Is That This Mission Is Already Well Under Way – Broadbased Inclusive Movements To End Poverty – Led By The Poor – Have Been On The Rise

~ T-RA-TWUWWROCS-IA-E-ST-V-F ~ The – Righteous Anger – That Wells Up When We Recognize Our Common Suffering – Is An – Earthshaking – Structure-Tumbling – Visionary – Force

~ WTTBTIIWTAN-PP? ~ Would The Tool Be Tolerated If It Was Targeted At Non-Poor People?

~ DND-BSTOAELROTP ~ Design No Data-Based System That Overturns An Established Legal Right Of The Poor

~ ETVOTDPWRAGDOC ~ Exposing The Violence Of The Digital Poorhouse Will Require A Great Deal Of Courage

GUY HARRISON ~ HOW TO THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST ~ THINK BEFORE YOU LIKE ~ 2017

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~ RLAS-PATBMADIM-AGIATATATM-AASSWSYWOSM ~ React Like A Scientist – Pause And Think Before Making Any Decisive Intellectual Moves – Avoid Granting Immediate And Total Acceptance To Anything That Matters – Adopting A Scientific Stance Will Serve You Well On Social Media

~ DYR-THTITHBCBTUWICTSI-PL;PBC;AETMSAHAUOGFW ~ Do Your Research – The Hard Truth Is That Human Beings Cannot Be Trusted Unconditionally When It Comes To Sharing Information – People Lie; People Become Confused; And Even The Most Sensible And Honest Among Us Often Get Facts Wrong

~ CUWYOHOT-TTEHACMBTOF-S-IPEFAIOC-TNTDTDWOTIMLTBT ~ Come Up With Your Own Hypothesis Or Theory – Try To Explain How A Claim Might Be True Or False – Speculate – Image Possible Explanations For An Idea Or Claim – Then Narrow Them Down To Determine Which Of Them Is More Likely To Be True

~ CYOEOT-FOHTTACCBD-BIIDMOTN-FOIOHATOITT ~ Conduct Your Own Experiment Or Test – Figuring Out How To Test A Claim Can Be Difficult – But It Is Doable More Often Than Not – Find Out If Others Have Already Tested Or Investigated The Topic

~ SYC-NITTAOPTLFEIYR-SYCW-TS-MS-PYK ~ Share Your Conclusion – Now It’s Time To Ask Other People To Look For Errors In Your Reasoning – Share Your Conclusion With – The Smartest – Most Sensible – People You Know

~ LO-C-C-APA-YCOD ~ Let Others – Consider – Challenge – And Pick Apart Your Conclusion Or Decision

~ F-IIVTYCWIYRFOABWTCYMIN ~ Finally – It Is Vital That You Consider Whatever Input You Receive From Others And Be Willing To Change Your Mind If Necessary

~ IS-POAMOAF-IYR-DBTIOO-BGTYHBGTCTMALCT-TAR ~ If Someone – Points Out A Mistake Or A Flaw – In Your Reasoning – Don’t Be Too Irritated Or Offended – Be Grateful That You Have Been Given The Chance To Move A Little Closer To – Truth And Reality

GUY HARRISON ~ THINK BEFORE YOU LIKE ~ 2017

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~ AWB-‘ESOO?’~ Are We Becoming – “Efficient Shadows Of Ourselves?”

~ FAS-FM-DOD ~ Fleeting And Soon-Forgotten Micro-Doses Of Dopamine

~ WWMP? ~ Will We Miss Privacy?

~ YOASNDYAAP-B-I-TD ~ Your Online Activities Should Not Define You As A Person – But – Increasingly – They Do

~ WD-‘F’-C? ~ What Does – “Free” – Cost?

~ ATMAMOTTCBBFU?-WCK-BTCTBITSWOPTAADHTTUWTK-O-WTTTK-AU-WDHTLRTCT ~ Are There Misinformation And Misinterpretations Out There That Could Be Bad For Us? – We Can’t Know – Because The Companies That Barter In The Shadows With Our Private Thoughts And Activities Don’t Have To Tell Us What They Know – Or – What They Think They Know – About Us – We Don’t Have The Legal Right To Check Them

~ WCPTH-HEAMC-WWDEKTTE ~ We Can’t Petition To Have – Harmful Errors And Misjudgments Corrected – When We Don’t Even Know That They Exist

~ TRONWBD ~ The Renaissance Of Nonsense Will Be Digitized

~ TPV-BPN-WUB-CA-C-A-TSD ~ The Positive Features – Become Powerful Negatives – When Used By – Con Artists – Crackpots – And – The Sincerely Deluded

~ TLSM ~ Terrorists Love Social Media

~ SPB-SMWDNLTSTWBUIANAOC-O-H-WTSMMHTFDUAIASCO-F/H/S ~ Some People Believe – Social Media Will Do Nothing Less Than Save The World By Ushering In A New Age Of Connectivity – Others – However – Warn That Social Media Might Help To Finally Drown Us All In A Sad Cesspool Of – Fear / Hate / Stupidity

~ SOTWMVADGCUSMTOAGTRIPODG ~ Some Of The World’s Most Violent And Destructive Groups Currently Uses Social Media To Organize And Grow Their Ranks In Pursuit Of Dark Goals

~ WT-YVO-C-B-B-O-PR-M-AL ~ Welcome To – Your Very Own – Customized – Biased – Bubble – Of – Psychological Reinforcement – Manipulation – And Lies

~ ROTA ~ Rise Of The Algorithms

~ OTA-CB-TCBSEIT-EHI-A-EUI-C-BHIAHAIEOMYMVTTPO-CB-RTLV ~ One Thing About – Confirmation Bias – That Cannot Be Stressed Enough Is That – EVERYONE HAS IT – And – EVERYONE USES IT – Counterintutively – Being Highly Intelligent And Having An Impressive Education Often Makes You More Vulnerable To The Problem Of – Confirmation Bias – Rather Than Less Vulnerable

~ TRB ~ The Reality Bubble

~ IYWTAALDITVOT-TYMBHETBH ~ If You Want To Always At Least Dwell In The Vicinity Of Truth – Then You Must Be Honest Enough To Be Humble

~ WWDKITLDUARNHFSMTBAFEIWTT ~ What We Do Know Is That Lies Dressed Up As Respectable News Have Found Social Media To Be A Fertile Environment In Which To Thrive

~ HCSWBAKN? ~ How Concerned Should We Be About Fake News?

~ FN-I-DN-THBCAPFTSPOM-R/L/V-WKFI-TGCIA-F-GCFP-T-MPG ~ Fake News – Is – Dishonest News – That Has Been Crafted And Published For The Specific Purpose Of Misleading – Readers / Listeners / Viewers – With Knowingly False Information – That Goal Can Include Anything – From – Garnering Clicks For Profit – To – Making Political Gains

~ HNNBACIAWAFN ~ Humour Need Not Be A Casualty In Anyone’s War Against Fake News

~ CFOF’ ~ Contradictory “Fountains Of Facts”

~ WBTS? ~ Who Believes This Stuff?

~ ACCASIINSAAAOF-TFTBF ~ Accepting Crazy Claims And Stupid Ideas Is Now Seen As An Aspect Of Freedom – The Freedom To Be Fooled

~ BSOE ~ Be Skeptical Of Everything

~ CTS ~ Consider The Source

~ DSG ~ Don’t Spread Garbage

~ O-B-FATGP-ASFAGS-AEI-CL-OJPOG ~ Our – Brains – For All Their Glorious Powers – Are Suckers For A Good Story – An Exciting Image – Convenient Lie – Or Just Plain Old Gossip

~ FNM ~ Fake News Matters

~ DLTD ~ Delusions Lead To Danger

~ SOCTIHGUC ~ Scarcity Of Critical Thinking Is Humankind’s Great Unrecognized Crisis

~ WHWYDKWYDK? ~ What Happens When You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know?

~ CINTSTAK ~ Confidence Is Not The Same Thing As Knowledge

~ WCYDTAG?-BDSN ~ What Can You Do To Avoid Groupthink? – Build Diverse Social Networks

~ BTB-CCBW-PINARMOTAR ~ Beware The Bandwagon – Crowds Can Be Wrong – Popularity Is Not A Reliable Measure Of Truth And Reality

~ A:TFITHYSMAATYANRFWSTSFYCTADAI ~ Anchoring: The First Input That Hits Your Subconscious Mind About A Topic You Are Not Reasonably Familiar With Sets The Stage For Your Conscious Thoughts And Decisions About It

~ OAMEFTIA ~ Others Are More Easily Fooled Than I Am

~ WASC-WTTSNOOPBWTAUBEODTAFAW ~ We Are Social Creatures – We Tend To Synchronize Not Only Our Physical Behavior With Those Around Us But Even Our Deepest Thoughts And Feelings As Well

~ AB-TT-TTIABIBSPTBAAF ~ Authority Bias – The Tendency – To Trust In And Be Influenced By Someone Perceived To Be An Authority Figure

~ ABIAATTB ~ Authority Bias Is An Amazing Thing To Behold

~ AEIOTINAEIE ~ An Expert In One Thing Is Not An Expert In Everything

~ SIAT-AHI-ATAOU-TUDITTOODL ~ Science Is A Tool – A Human Invention – Available To All Of Us – To Use Down In The Trenches Of Our Daily Lives –

~ NOWBATDTNFGTITWIDIL ~ No One Will Be Able To Deny The Need For Good Thinking If The World Is Drowning In Lies

~ NMWYAOWYD-TAAALAFTYWRKOOTROARSOSWDLYAMECYG ~ No Matter Who You Are Or What You Do – There Likely Are At Lest A Few Things You Would Rather Keep Out Of The Reach Of A Random Stranger Or Someone Who Doesn’t Like You And Might Enjoy Causing You Grief

~ HI-TET-FC-A-I-PAI-E-THETD-S-A-AS-IOT-MAJT ~ Humans In – The Early Twenty-First Century – Are – Ill-Prepared And Ill-Equipped – To Have Everything They Do – Surveilled – Analyzed – And Stored – In Order To – Manipulate And Judge Them

~ AT-A-TMODW-T-I-C-H-S-JIT-DR-DR-DE ~ A Tried-And-True Method Of Dealing With – Trolls – Is – Cold – Hard – Silence – Just Ignore Them – Don’t React – Don’t Reply – Don’t Engage

~ DBD ~ Defined By Data

~ E-BPT ~ Emotion-Based Precision Targeting

~ ASMUABUAGP ~ All Social Media Users Are Being Used As Guinea Pigs

~ TDYSMI-VIS ~ Trim Down Your Social Media Identity – Vague Is Safer

~ AQ-NBYOICATN-B-BWNTBTATN ~ Ask Questions – Not Because You Or I Can Answer Them Now – But – Because We Need To Be Thinking About Them Now

~ WCLTI-GTW-O-W-DACTBTAU ~ We Can’t Let – The Internet – Go To Waste – Or – Worse – Degrade And Corrupt The Best Things About Us

ARLENE DICKINSON ~ ALL IN ~ 2013

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~ TBA-E-ITPADWEYHAATYA-TANH-M-YHTB-AI ~ To Be An – Entrepreneur – Is To Pursue A Dream With Everything You Have And All That You Are – There Are No Half-Measures – You Have To Be – All In

~ GUTBM ~ Get Used To Being Misunderstood

~ LTF-VO-TOTTNYALYW-WB-TFIYB ~ Light The Fire – Very Often – The Only Thing To Nourish You And Light Your Way – Will Be – The Fire In Your Belly

~ ARH ~ A Rebel Heart

~ FCBAEM-TTITMIYFIOYE-A-FWTHIGP-NBPBI ~ Fear Can Be An Excellent Motivator – The Trick Is To Make It Your Friend Instead Of Your Enemy – And – Find Ways To Harness Its Galvanizing Power – Not Be Paralyzed By It

~ MTTR:R/R/R ~ Mastering The Three Rs: Roadblocks / Rejection / Resilience

~ H-‘N’-OAO-CBS-D-O-ICBTMOY ~ Hearing – “No” – Over And Over – Can Be Soul-Destroying – Or – It Can Be The Making Of You

~ POTLC-IDAKFDBPWAO-OALGBTO-CC-ATHVN-SAAFOEOBS ~ Part Of The Learning Curve – Is Developing A Knack For Distinguishing Between People Who Are Offering – Or At Least Genuinely Believe They’re Offering – Constructive Criticism – And Those Who View Nay-Saying As A Form Of Entertainment Or Blood Sport

~ DF-TCP-TDSR-EWWYDIPAD-MAOOO ~ Departing From – The Conventional Path – To Do Something Risky – Especially When What You’re Doing Is Pursuing A Dream – May Alarm Or Offend Others

~ CAZO(TYRATA) ~ Cultivating A Zen Outlook (Though You’re Really A Type A)

~ DBBPALP-NIMITP-SDODSFMW ~ Distinguishing Between Big Problems And Little Problems – Nothing Is More Important Than Perspective – Survival Depends On Developing Strategies For Managing Worry

~ WICU-ISNAAPD ~ Worry Is Completely Useless – It Solves Nothing And Actually Promotes Dysfunction

~ LTETM ~ Learning To Embrace The Mess

~ TNCLTCTCFRHCSYF ~ There’s No Confidence Like The Confidence That Comes From Having Confronted Something You Feared

~ TMHIAWM-TSMTG ~ The More Honest I Am With Myself – The Stronger My Team Gets

~ TMOW/LB ~ The Myth Of Work/Life Balance

~ SD-TIT ~ Slow Down – Think It Through

~ BTIO-A-TTUO ~ But There’s Informed Optimism – And – Then There’s Uninformed Optimism

~ DYHYJ?-ODYWTBANL?-IAR-R-BITTTSABWYPGITETHYIN ~ Do You Hate Your Job? – Or Do You Want To Build A New Life? – It’s A Really – Really – Bad Idea To Try To Start A Business When Your Primary Goal Is To Escape The Hell You’re In Now

~ CYHC? ~ Can You Handle Criticism?

~ DYHFIY? ~ Do You Have Faith In Yourself?

~ TBWITWTWBFY ~ The Best Way Is The Way That Works Best For You

~ TTATALOFIT-YJITU-TNPWTF-100%R ~ The Thing About Taking A Leap Of Faith Is That – You’re Jumping Into The Unknown – There’s No Possible Way To Feel – 100 Percent Ready

~ F-A-S-O-A-GAA ~ Feeling – Afraid – Stressed – Overwhelmed – And – Going Ahead Anyway

~ ETE-AH-N-O-H-H-M-BYGTA-Y ~ Expect To Encounter – A Hundred – No’s – Or – Half-Hearted – Maybe’s – Before You Get To A – Yes

~ U-YARE-NS-DNVA ~ Unless – You’re A Raging Egomaniac – Nagging Self-Doubt Never Vanishes Altogether

~ SEPT-‘G’-Y ~ Stop Expecting People To – “Get” – You

~ MSWFY ~ Make Your Schedule Work For You

~ BPARS ~ Business Partnerships Are Rarely Simple

~ JL-TBM-TBP-ABO-T/MR/CS/P/AAHWTWTAAD ~ Just Like – The Best Marriages – The Best Business Partnerships – Are Based On – Trust / Mutual Respect / Complementary Skills / Personalities / And A Healthy Willingness To Work Through And Address Differences

~ R-R-R-B-D-TWINWYHD-WAHIBL-BHYHTWYD ~ Really – Really – Really – Really – Bad – Days – The Question Is Not Whether You’ll Have Days – When All Hell Is Breaking Loose – But How You’ll Handle Them When You Do

~ LWAE-OLOBBPAPLCBVHOOF-WAIDIAABOBC ~ Living With An Entrepreneur – Our Lack Of Boundaries Between Personal And Professional Life Can Be Very Hard On Our Families – Who Are Inevitably Drawn Into And Affected By Our Business Choices

~ TP-OC-IT-YNARUIBSTGTJD-B-FT-IOASHTB-ALIYOM ~ The Problem – Of Course – Is That – You Need A Ramped-Up Internal Belief System To Get The Job Done – But – From There – It’s Only A Short Hop To Becoming – A Legend In Your Own Mind

~ YCEEAYTBAPAYBAYA ~ You Can’t Expect Everyone Around You To Be As Passionate About Your Business As You Are

~ SFAPOYT ~ Seeing Failure As Part Of Your Training

~ IOTTKT-F-CTYAL-B-IYDTYTGCWTT-YNBATFTLEIYF ~ It’s One Thing To Know That – Failure – Can Teach You A Lot – But – If You Don’t Train Yourself To Get Comfortable With The Teacher – You’ll Never Be Able To Face The Lessons Embedded In Your Failings

~ IYCRYEFTE-YSMCTOVAAP-A-YM-WBOF-L-N-S-P ~ If You Can Remove Your Emotions From The Equation – You’ll See More Clearly That Other Variables Are At Play – And – Your Mistakes – Will Become Opportunists For – Learning – Not – Self-Punishment

~ T-T-A ~ Try – Try – Again

~ BCWYWF ~ Be Careful What You Wish For

~ FPWTYTTA-ETYNNTHIMTE ~ Fewer People Will Tell You The Truth Anymore – Even Though You Now Need To Hear It More Than Ever

~ WYBOTSTCAWS-WI-MOAOP-YCWUFB-YSE ~ When You Binge On The Stuff That Comes Along With Success – Whether It’s – Money Or Admiration Or Power – You Can Wind Up Feeling Bloated – Yet Somehow Empty

~ IWYTBOL ~ I Wish You The Best Of Luck

TERRY O’REILLY ~ HOW TO MAKE A PERSUASIVE PRESENTATION ~ THIS I KNOW ~ 2017

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~ TFRI:KYA-YHTHADUO-WYATT-IOTBR ~ The First Rule Is: Know Your Audience – You Have To Have A Deep Understanding Of – Who You Are Talking To – In Order To Be Relevant

~ YHTUTDOTR-TAAPATDPTWBJYW-KWTPR-AGD-ODTGLSFIOL? ~ You Have To Understand The Dynamics Of The Room – The Agendas At Play And The Differing Personalities That Will Be Judging Your Work – Know Where The Power Resides – A Group Decision – Or Does The Green Light Sit Firmly In One Lap?

~ YHTBIYW-YHTHADCAI ~ You Have To Believe In Your Work – You Have To Have A Deep Conviction About It

~ CAAOA-TCOTRWA-E-C-T-DSIBOAJ;JTLARHB ~ Create An Atmosphere Of Approval – Take Control Of The Room With An – Easygoing – Confident – Tone – Don’t Slip Into Business-Ese Or Advertising Jargon; Just Talk Like A Real Human Being

~ PNS-LAGS-APN-AB-AM-A-AE ~ Presentations Need Structure – Like Any Good Story – A Presentation Needs – A Beginning – A Middle – And – An End

~ PTE-IMW-T-E-SMT-LU-E-W-C-WYFTITRI-P ~ Prepare The End – In Many Ways – The – Epilogue – Should Mirror The – Lead-Up – Explain – With – Confidence – Why You Feel This Is The Right Idea – Period

~ NLTBS-SIFAPSLF ~ Never Let There Be Silence – Silence Immediately Following A Presentation Smells Like Fear

~ NTACWTT ~ Never Tell A Client What To Think

~ SI-TL-WYGAAIAM-ITFL-DBTKOPWCT-Y-FAA ~ Sell It – That’s Lunch – When You Get An Approval In A Meeting – It’s Time For Lunch – Don’t Be The Kind Of Presenter Who Can’t Take – Yes – For An Answer – If It’s Sold – Move On

TERRY O’REILLY ~ THIS I KNOW ~ 2017

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~ WBAYRI?-TMIMQYASY-UYCAIC-YMWALF ~ What Business Are You Really In? – The Most Important Marketing Question You Can Ask Yourself – Until You Can Answer It Correctly – Your Marketing Will Always Lack Focus

~ ATOBIT-WYSAWPBAAATDT-C-LTSP-C-LTBS-WSR-TDOECBMA ~ A Truism Of Business Is That – What You Sell And What People Buy Are Almost Always Two Different Things – Companies – Look To Sell Products – Customers – Look To Buy Solutions – While Seemingly Related – The Definitions Of Each Can Be Miles Apart

~ TBMATBL ~ The Best Marketers Are The Best Listeners

~ MCCAWTWTS-YHTATRQTPTRA-TCTTTD-WTRWTBFY-AITAATA ~ Many Clients Can’t Articulate What They Want To Say – You Have To Ask The Right Questions That Prompt The Revealing Answers – The Clues To Their True Desires – What They Really Want To Buy From You – Are In Their Adjectives And Their Adverbs

~ YSBATSUTDPOYCIOCS-YCDPCBAP ~ You Should Be Able To Sum Up The Driving Principle Of Your Company In One Compelling Sentence – Your Core Driving Purpose Cannot Be A Paragraph

~ TTOMIAN-EEIR-IANABDRUTIOOPSPL ~ The Task Of Marketing Is A Never-Ending Exercise In Reduction – It’s About Honing A Briefing Document Repeatedly Until There Is Only One Powerful Selling Point Left

~ S-C-M-AW ~ Simple – Clear – Messages – Always Win

~ EP-DAITS-ITBTITFAETGFTFFTTS ~ Elevator Pitch – Describe An Idea To Someone – In The Brief Time It Takes For An Elevator To Go From The First Floor To The Second

~ EP-YAGUTEOOS-YCIGDTEOTO-A-TTYHITFSYAPEO ~ Escalator Pitch – You Are Going Up The Escalator On One Side – Your Customer Is Going Down The Escalator On The Other – And – The Time You Have Is The Few Seconds You Are Passing Each Other

~ A-EP-IA-FC-IIYETCOYO-WI-YS-YM-OME-YEC-HNF-NBATCOTL ~ An – Elevator Pitch – Is About – Forced Clarity – It Insists You Encapsulate The Core Of Your Offer – Without It – Your Story – Your Marketing – Or Maybe Even – Your Entire Company – Has No Focus – No Bubble At The Centre Of The Level

~ EACEOSEFT-F-S-O-T-TM ~ Everything A Company Embarks On Should Emanate From That – Fist-Slamming-On-The-Table Moment

~ T-EP-TI-AL-W-THGF ~ The – Elevator Pitch – Turns Into – A Lighthouse – Whenever – The Horizon Gets Foggy

~ WWTFI? ~ What Was The Founding Insight?

~ T-O-LP-FYTA-TCI-OFYTATIO-TWAEPISC-IAMDTOBWIHG ~ The – One-Line Pitch – Forces You To Articulate – The Core Idea – Or Forces You To Admit There Isn’t One – That’s Why An Elevator Pitch Is So Crucial – It’s A Metal Detector That Only Beeps When It Hits Gold

~ ASWI-WOTSOB-ICORP ~ A Sharply Worded Idea – Whetted On The Stone Of Brevity – Is Capable Of Remarkable Persuasion

~ EIYCIDW-CRY-EP-WMICOEBL ~ Even If Your Company Is Doing Well – Constantly Refining Your – Elevator Pitches – Will Make It Capable Of Even Bigger Leaps

~ LF-AGITM-TDITI-AMITG ~ Look For – A Gap In The Market – Then Determine If There Is – A Market In The Gap

~ TTSTIS-ITMTFYMITG-NJIUI-EITD-IPF-TB ~ The True Secret To Influencing Someone – Is To Make Them Feel Your Message In Their Gut – Not Just Intellectually Understand It – Emotion Is The Differentiator – If People Feel – They Believe

~ I-YBSWAB-WYRI? ~ If – Your Brand Story Were A Book – Would You Read It?

~ T-ATGI-A-TATST-POTPCF-TFR-BOAHCD-TS ~ The – Ability To Generate Ideas – And – The Ability To Sell Them – Plenty Of Talented People Can Fulfill – The First Requirement – But Only A Handful Can Deliver – The Second

~ TJOCT ~ The Joy Of Counterintutive Thinking

~ GMIATL-C-OOTBWTDCSITCDTOTTMNS ~ Great Marketing Is About Taking Leaps – Clearly – One Of The Best Ways To Develop Counterintuitive Strategies Is To Consider Doing The One Thing That Makes No Sense

~ II-TRM-AATRP-AETRT? ~ Is It – The Right Message – Aimed At The Right Person – At Exactly The Right Time?

~ TBWTB-HITM-IT-SSIAUV-PWET ~ The Best Way To Be – Heard In The Marketplace – Is To – Say Something In A Unique Voice – Paired With Exquisite Timing

~ DUSMAAOTS-NE ~ Don’t Use Social Misfortune As An Opportunity To Sell – No Exceptions

~ DNLYBIWTF ~ Do Not Let Your Biases Interfere With The Feedback

~ UYCSBAEJ ~ Understanding Your Customers Should Be An Endless Journey

~ TRKTWAEITMYES ~ The Real Key To Winning An Election Is To Mobilize Your Existing Supporters

~ LPBC ~ Language Precedes Behaviour Change

~ GIAV;GIE ~ Gambling Is A Vice; Gaming Is Entertainment

~ ANCFLASISS-IHTPAEDTDCTMF-RT-ASNSPPWAC ~ A Nudge Can’t Feel Like A Stone In Someone’s Shoe – It Has To Present An Easy Decision That Doesn’t Create Too Much Friction – Remember Too – A Smart Nudge Still Presents People With A Choice

~ OAOTFNS-A-TSIUHITO ~ Obstacles Are Opportunities To Find New Solutions – And – The Solution Is Usually Hiding Inside The Obstacle

~ TP-PICSO ~ Turn – Pain-Points – Into Customer Service Opportunities

~ LDVL ~ Little Details Create Loyalty

~ BPHHOTAAETS-SOACAOGUU-B-WTPAT-TOTSTA-B ~ Big Problems Have Horns On Them And Are Easy To Spot – Small Ones Are Camouflaged And Often Go Unremarked Upon – But – While These Problems Are Tiny – The Opportunities To Solve Them Are – Big

~ AFTIWF-TWATPFL-N-R-N-IMIT-YCC ~ Always Fix The Internal Workings First – Then Worry About The Public Face Later – Nothing – Repeat – Nothing – Is More Important Than – Your Company Culture

~ S-WDYSF?-IYHTATQQ-YHTHABP ~ So – What Do You Stand For? – If You Have Trouble Answering That Question Quickly – You Have A Branding Problem

~ LFTEOTFFOTT ~ Listen For The Echo Of The Founder’s Fist On The Table

~ IYWDYB-TWWHDIFY-AYDWT ~ If You Won’t Define Your Brand – The World Will Happily Do It For You – And You Don’t Want That

~ 25/8 ~ 25/8

~ MIT ~ Marketing Is Theatre

~ DWADT-SOTL ~ Don’t Whisper A Dozen Things – Say One Thing Loudly

~ TOEMMAS-M ~ The Only Effective Marketing Messages Are Single-Minded

~ CIAA-CGA-CATM ~ Creativity Is An Amplifier – Creativity Gets Attention – Creativity Amplifies The Message

~ DNAACTTAC-CIAS-TP ~ Do Not Assign A Creative Task To A Committee – Creativity Is A Small-Team Pursuit

~ C-SNB-CBTPOG-DOBACOV-O-SBA ~ Creativity – Should Never Be – Clouded By The Politics Of Groups – Drowned Out By A Cacophony Of Voices – Or – Smothered By Agendas

~ BGAEAIACI-BGWCAIF-TJNGACUWO ~ Big Groups Are Excellent At Implementing A Creative Idea – Big Groups Will Carry An Idea Far – They’re Just Not Good At Coming Up With One

~ RTWPPA ~ Reward Those Who Pay Particular Attention

~ GCRI ~ Great Companies Reward Instinct

~ TIASHIAE ~ There Is A Solution Hiding Inside Absolutely Everything

~ AIAA ~ Advertising Is An Art

~ MRAMTBB ~ Marketing Rules Are Meant To Be Broken

~ MSBAJ ~ Marketing Should Be A Joy

CHRIS FARRELL ~ UNRETIREMENT ~ 2014

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~ TPEPFSTITAAKO-LNOPITSAS-I-E ~ The Potential Economic Payoff From Society Tapping Into The Abilities And Knowledge Of – Large Numbers Of People In Their Sixties And Seventies – Is – Enormous

~ TSOULLFM-SWOATESOFOTN ~ The Stress Of Unretirement Looms Large For Many – Since We’re Only At The Early Stages Of Figuring Out The Narrative

~ T25/65R ~ The 25/65 Revolution

~ TUG ~ The Us Generation

~ BFMP-TSMITSP-ATAOTLC ~ But For Most People – The Smart Move Is To Stay Put – And Take Advantage Of Their Local Connections

~ TCORPI-I-I-J ~ The Core Of Retirement Planning Isn’t – Investing – It’s – Jobs

~ TABT:AI-AC-A-AM ~ The Aging Boomer Trifecta: An Income – A Community – And – A Mission

~ SYT-COF-AIAM-TAL Spend Your Time – Creating Opportunities For – An Income And Meaning – Throughout A Lifetime

SCOTT GALLOWAY ~ THE FOUR ~ 2017

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~ ZS ~ Zero Sum

~ CTISMTTATCTLIOTCAHTCD ~ Customers Trust It So Much That They’re Allowing The Company To Listen In On Their Conversation And Harvest Their Consumption Data

~ WTFODOO:PS ~ Without The Friction Of Deciding Or Ordering: Prime Squared

~ TMRLIIH ~ The Most Robust Logistics Infrastructure In History

~ S-TTTWSTPTT-E-C-IF-IN-STAD-B-TMC-A-IT-TBTSTO-GCAIN ~ Stores – Those Things That Were Supposed To Perish Thanks To – E-Commerce – In Fact – It’s Not – Stores That Are Dying – But – The Middle Class – And – In Turn – The Businesses That Serve That Once-Great Cohort And Its Neighborhoods

~ T’ME’-ATWIA-W-S-A-BAM-ICTS ~ The – “Multichannel Era” – A Time When Integration Across – Web – Social – And – Brick And Mortar – Is Crucial To Success

~ CWT-S-T-A-F-P ~ Customers Want To – See – Touch – And – Feel – Products

~ BE-CDW-IEV-ANPE-CFWSLT ~ Because E-Commerce Doesn’t Work – Isn’t Economically Viable – And No Pure E-Commerce Firm Will Survive Long Term

~ FAFSCABN ~ Fewer And Fewer Searches Contain A Brand Name

~ DTPAR ~ Doesn’t Talk Publicly About Robotics

~ ME-ALIT-LPPAB-T-DJBOMFL ~ Most Entrepreneurs – At Least In Tech – Leverage Processing Power And Bandwidth – To – Destroy Jobs By Offering More For Less

~ POSHJGUADWTBOTTFOHTSAMC? ~ Perhaps Our Society Has Just Given Up And Doesn’t Want The Burden Of Trying To Figure Out How To Sustain A Middle Class?

~ WCPAS ~ Warehouses Currently Posing As Stores

~ TCAI-CO-TM ~ Throwing Cash At It – Courtesy Of – The Markets

~ NH-T-S-T-O-R-T-C ~ Nobody Has – The – Scale – Trust – Cheap Capital – Or – Robots – To – Compete

~ O-G-IOOT-DS ~ Obviously – Grocery – Is One Of Those – Doomed Sectors

~ TBOTF-TR-ATWF-TU ~ The Best Of Time For – The Remarkable – And The Worst For – The Unremarkable

~ CNLGTSFP-TGTSFP-E ~ Consumers No Longer Go To Stores For Products – They Go To Stores For People-Experts

~ AOMUFG ~ Attractive Objects Make Us Feel Good

~ VI ~ Vertical Integration

~ RPAMHTACOE-TGE-AROTSDC-TWIEFLBTPGBTMMP ~ Rich People Are More Homogeneous Than Any Cohort On Earth – The Global Elite – A Rainbow Of The Same Damn Color – That’s Why It’s Easier For Luxury Brands To Permeate Geographic Boundaries Than Mass Market Peers

~ M-TBIEFTSOTPFTOCRBTA-NOTH ~ Meanwhile – The Billions In Earnings From The Sale Of These Products Follow Their Own Circuitous Routes Back To A – Network Of Tax Havens

~ IYWTSEHAAP-PLI-YHTSTLOLI-TI-IST-UBL-WAY’G’SAYBAC-YCSAAITS ~ If You Wanted To Sell Electronics Hardware As Premium-Priced Luxury Items – You Had To Sell Them Like Other Luxury Items – That Is – In Shining Temples – Under Brilliant Lights – With Ardent Young “Genius” Salespeople At Your Beck And Call – You Could Sell Almost Anything In That Store

~ EFITO$10B-I-S-A-BSB-EO$10BTF ~ Every Firm In Tech Over $10 Billion – Is – Suing – And – Being Sued By – Every Other $10 Billion Tech Firm

~ INTSTAD-BTMC-ATSST ~ It’s Not Stores That Are Dying – But The Middle Class – And The Stores Serving Them

~ DTU ~ Denting The Universe

~ T-C-T-MAASG-BIRACS ~ The – Cartel – That – Masquerades As A Social Good – But Is Really A Caste System

~ The Future Belongs To The Creative Class – Who Can Envision – Form – Function – And – People – As Something More – Beautiful And Inspiring – With Technology As The Enabler

~ RMUH ~ Relationships Make Us Happier

~ LITFOIATDANOIWHWP ~ Love Is The Function Of Intimacy And The Depth And Number Of Interactions We Have With People

~ IETBS-EWAOT-S-P-FN-A-G ~ It’s Easy To Be Skeptical – Especially With All Of The – Self-Promotion – Fake News – And – Groupthink

~ C-TF-HIT-TUOTPISG-TTA-WTESRTTDAP ~ Customers – Thus Far – Have Indicated That – The Utility Of These Platforms Is So Great – That They Are – Willing To Endure Substantial Risk To Their Data And Privacy

~ SONAI ~ Safeguards On Networks Are Insufficient

~ IYCAC-PAAOASN-YDTHYPV-BIWI ~ If You Carry A Cell Phone And Are On A Social Network – You’ve Decided To Have Your Privacy Violated – Because It’s Worth It

~ NWTSTTNBT ~ Nobody Wanted To Sleep Through The Next Big Thing

~ EO-F-C-JE-CD-ATKOS-TALOW-A-IDP ~ Editorial Objectivity – Fact-Checking – Journalistic Ethics – Civil Discourse – All That Kind Of Stuff – That’s A Lot Of Work – And – It Dents Profits

~ LNNTFN ~ Legitimate News Next To Fake News

~ TT-P-WNMTACFTRFTDTD ~ The Term – Platform – Was Never Meant To Absolve Companies From Taking Responsibility For The Damage They Do

~ IETFPT-TCTTBF ~ It’s Easier To Fool People – Than To Convince Them They’ve Been Fooled

~ RST-WWCIDBDSP-WADBDSNF-B/A/S ~ Research Shows That – What We Click Is Driven By Deeply Subconscious Processes – We Are Driven By Deep Subconscious Needs For – Belonging / Approval / Safety

~ B-AI-HBAW-IPBH-TSTMCC-IPA-C/N/TOS ~ But – AI – Has Biases As Well – It’s Programmed By Humans – To Select The Most Clickable Content – It’s Priorities Are – Clicks / Numbers / Time On Site

~ AI-IIODFN-OABTSI-BOO-OHFCCAIASIFON-AHHOTSOC ~ AI – Is Incapable Of Distinguishing Fake News – Only At Best To Suspect It – Based On Origin – Only Human Fact Checkers Can Ascertain If A Story Is Fake Or Not – And How High On The Scale Of Credibility

~ HE-WIC-WDSTUCDT? ~ Human Editors – Would Introduce Cost – Why Do Something The Users Can Do Themselves?

~ AGMTUOAO-SWGNEW ~ As Greek Mythology Teaches Us Over And Over – Sleeping With Gods Never Ends Well

~ TW-A-S-A-TC-IACH-TIM-TWWA-L-T-A-S-W-IF-G ~ They Were – Arrogant – Smug – And – Totally Convinced – In A Classic High-Tech Industry Mistake – That What Was Also – Luck – Timing – And – Success – Was – In Fact – Genius

~ SIACCOH-GTF ~ Stealing Is A Core Competence Of High-Growth Tech Firms

~ TS-C-FMA-IUNAA ~ The So-Called – First-Mover Advantage – Is Usually Not An Advantage

~ S&P ~ Steal And Protect

~ NS/JB-BYI-OTSIBTY ~ Not Stealing / Just Borrowing – Borrowing Your Information – Only To Sell It Back To You

~ ‘VFS’ ~ “Valuable Free Services”

~ I-LTROU-DWTB-A-U-A-WP-RWP-IWTBE ~ Information – Like The Rest Of Us – Desperately Want To Be – Attractive – Unique – And – Well Paid – Really Well Paid – Information Wants To Be Expensive

~ THIAVM-W?-BMOOA-IIP-ADBE ~ The Heart Is A Vast Market – Why? – Because Most Of Our Actions – Including In Purchases – Are Driven By Emotion

~ I-S-ASS? ~ Is – Search – A Skill Set?

~ TNMIBT-AIW ~ The New Marketing Is Behavioural Targeting – And It Works

~ TOL/MOS ~ Thousands Of Lords / Millions Of Serfs

~ SL-T-P-N-O ~ Stay Loyal – To – People – Not – Organizations

~ DFYP-FYT-DWYAGA(E)-ACTBGAI-YDHTLI-JDHI-IPTYFGTG-TRACYWCWMYSTLI ~ Don’t Follow Your Passion – Follow Your Talent – Determine What You Are Good At (Early) – And Commit To Becoming Great At It – You Don’t Have To Love It – Just Don’t Hate It – If Practice Takes You From Good To Great – The Recognition And Compensation You Will Command Will Make You Start To Love It

~ IYKPF-YBLPTD-TMC-SB ~ If You Keep Physically Fit – You’ll Be Less Prone To Depression – Think More Clearly – Sleep Better

~ AFAGH ~ Ask For And Give Help

~ YNTAFHIYPOBS ~ You Need To Ask For Help If You Plan On Being Successful

~ PES-HO-AAFWPOHWYLEI-IAJFG ~ Plant Enough Seeds – Helping Others – And A Few Will Pay Off Hugely Where You Least Expect It – It Also Just Feels Good

~ TMOB ~ The Myth Of Balance

~ AT-IP-ADJ-TIP-B-TC ~ Avoid Taxes – Invade Privacy – And – Destroy Jobs – To Increase Profits – Because – They Can

~ ASNOH-PJ-AEEIFOTS ~ A Small Number Of High-Paying Jobs – And Everybody Else Is Fighting Over The Scraps