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MZ: Yeah, that’s what we tried to lay out in the film. And you’re right, I think it’s not just one challenge. I think that there’s aspects of the technology that need to get built that just don’t exist today. We just can’t build yet the augmented reality glasses in the form factor that we want, and that’s still at least a few years away, that’s... See more

It’s not that these generic cafes are part of global chains like Starbucks or Costa Coffee, with designs that spring from the same corporate cookie cutter. Rather, they have all independently decided to adopt the same faux-artisanal aesthetic. Digital platforms like Foursquare are producing "a harmonization of tastes" across the world, Schwarzmann... See more

In the business world, a collective is the perfect balance between being a solo freelancer and being part of a traditional company in a structure that is trying to keep the advantages of both world:

-Economic Incentives - It doesn't require a particular strategy, and you can simply ask community members to achieve a mission in exchange for economic value. By creating a “pay-for-performance incentive scheme” (a program where you pay contributors depending on how hard they work), you allow anyone to participate and help grow the project.

November 5, 2006

Dear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer and Congiusta:

I thank you for your friendly letters. You sure know how to cheer up a really old geezer (84) in his sunset years. I don’t make public appearances any more because I now resemble nothing so much as an iguana.

What I had to say to you,

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