Daily Archives: September 3, 2012


Henry Ford was no altruist by any stretch of the imagination 10

In fact, he was a deeply flawed individual in many respects. However, he was wise enough to recognize that the the dramatically increased productivity enabled by the moving assembly lines that had been introduced in his factories in 1913 meant he could pay his workers better, thus enabling them to spend more so they could buy products like the Model Ts coming from those same factories.

Despite the fact that higher wages would cost him more up front, he realized that filling wallets would ultimately benefit his business in the long run by stimulating demand. If only more of today's executives would recognize that stagnant middle and working class incomes go hand in hand with overall economic malaise we might actually start to make some progress on growing the economy. 

Henry Ford, When Capitalists Cared
Henry Ford recognized that business succeeds when workers do.

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When the facts don't conform to the theory, they must be disposed of 2

Paul Ryan speaks again, his claim of 1.4 million business bankruptcies was a little off… the truth is more like 47,806. Next lie please

Ryan Adds Some Loaded Examples to Question of ‘Better Off?’
While correct, some of Representative Paul D. Ryan’s numbers seemed cherry-picked to paint the worst possible picture.

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Automated takedowns need to be stopped

 YouTube does this all the time and much of it is unjustified.  +TWiT frequently gets automated takedowns for its shows because they are commenting on videos that are on the service.  Nothing should be removed until it has been reviewed by a human and the account holder is notified. 

Reshared post from +Electronic Frontier Foundation

Why we need serious reform of the copyright takedown process.

How copyright enforcement robots killed the Hugo Awards
Last night, robots shut down the live broadcast of one of science fiction’s most prestigious award ceremonies. No, you’re not reading a science fiction story.

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Paul Ryan reveals the "true" story of Bin Laden's demise 2

Paul Ryan reveals the "true" story of Bin Laden's demise

Ryan Gives Detailed Account of Day He Killed Bin Laden
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In a dramatic narrative that could upstage this week’s Democratic National Convention, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) gave reporters today a detailed account of the fateful d…

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Governments in other parts of the world are finally starting to take a fresh look… 2

Governments in other parts of the world are finally starting to take a fresh look at copyright law in the digital age. Canada's recently passed law caps damages for non-commercial infringements and expands the bounds of fair use. Given the attempts to shove through legislation like PIPA, SOPA and COICA just this year, what do you think the chances are of ever getting something like this passed here? (here being the United States)

Letting the baby dance
WHEN Stephanie Lenz in Pennsylvania put a video on YouTube of her 18-month-old son bopping to Prince’s song “Let’s Go Crazy” she did not expect a lawsuit….

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