In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm Though they offer different messages, idea entrepreneurs have plenty in common. Quite a few of them have published books with the word “innovation” in the title. All of them hate to be called consultants. “I like to position myself as a thought leader,” says Vijay Govindarajan, a professor at […]
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In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm
In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm Though they offer different messages, idea entrepreneurs have plenty in common. Quite a few of them have published books with the word “innovation” in the title. All of them hate to be called consultants. “I like to position myself as a thought leader,” says Vijay Govindarajan, a professor at […]
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Larry King: 'Is He Happy? Is He Alright?' (1991)
Larry King: ‘Is He Happy? Is He Alright?’ (1991) “I’ve had listeners send pictures: ‘This is me, listening to you,’ ” King says, amazed. “I swear to God. ‘Here I am, listening to you.’ … Sometimes, they write poems to me.” He thinks about this, wondering who else might inspire such a thing. “Would people […]
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Joe Spring & Chris Keyes: Our Top 5 Longreads of 2010
Joe Spring and Chris Keyes are editors for Outside Magazine. *** The Most Isolated Man on the Planet, Slate, Monte Reel (Aug. 20, 2010) He’s alone in the Brazilian Amazon, but for how long? The Last Patrol, The Atlantic, Brian Mockenhaupt (November 2010) A veteran unit patrolling the Devil’s Playground hands off its territory to […]
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Economically, you can think of a startup as a way to compress your whole working life into a few years. Paul Graham (via inky)
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Amy K. Nelson's Top 6 Longreads of 2010: Murder mysteries, baseball, The Price Is Right
Amy K. Nelson is a writer for ESPN.com. (She and Elizabeth Merrill also wrote this great longread about sports and infidelity.) *** Longreads asked me to compile my Top 5 of 2010. An impossible task, and I know a few of mine are on other people’s lists. Here’s what I drew up: The Case of the […]
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The Inequality That Matters
The Inequality That Matters dihard: This is a must read. Tyler Cowen, in his latest (long) article in The American Interest, takes us through the evidence of income equality, opines on the actual impact, and then asserts some root causes. While I don’t necessarily agree with it all (mainly his assertion that the root cause is practice […]
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The Inequality That Matters
The Inequality That Matters dihard: This is a must read. Tyler Cowen, in his latest (long) article in The American Interest, takes us through the evidence of income equality, opines on the actual impact, and then asserts some root causes. While I don’t necessarily agree with it all (mainly his assertion that the root cause is practice […]
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Hosed: The FDNY's Black Firefighter Problem
Hosed: The FDNY’s Black Firefighter Problem How would you perform in a test of logic and reading comprehension, even if the terms used in the questions made no sense to you? Here’s what we mean: try to come up with the answer to the following strange question: Q: When operating in an exocraft which uses […]
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Rich Ziade: My Top 5 Longreads of 2010
Rich Ziade is partner and lead strategist at Arc90, notable for many things including creation of the wondrous Readability app. (Ed. note: We know: One of the stories below is from 2009, and another is from 2007.) *** • Paul Graham ruminates over the deflationary value of stuff. • Zak Smith debates which is more […]