Jim Stiene
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Jim Stiene commented on Unleashing the Creative Economic Revolution on January 15, 2010, 1:43 AM
The creative is wedded to and dependent on the technical. Edison invented the machines that heped with the Record and Film industry. Tesla and Marconi, the radio industry, a few other television, Xerox PARC, Apple, Microsoft the PC, others the internet, graphics, streaming video, some of which grew out of defence, NASA, etc. We are moving towards a DIY age, though the media still controls who gets seen to a large extent. If you tell a million people someone is famous, they are.
Jim Stiene commented on The Rise of the Creative Class on January 15, 2010, 1:12 AM
What's being taught in our educational system is becoming indistinguishable from the Soviet Unions. How did that work out for them?
Jim Stiene commented on Will Crowdsourcing Make Us Smarter? on January 15, 2010, 1:10 AM
It wouldn't hurt employers to get some feedback on what their employees need or want. What would make them happier in their jobs. What their worries are. How they think their job could be done better. Then there is the ultimate crowdsourcing - democracy. A kind of self cleaning oven. There has never been a better political system than letting people decide what is best for them. They can remove bad or immoral leaders, keep good or honest ones, assuming an honest politician could actually get national attention. How would they raise the television funds to compete with the politicians with FOR SALE on their lapels? We have the best politicians money can buy. Unfortunately that isn't good enough.
Jim Stiene commented on Hungry For a Little Power? on January 15, 2010, 1:04 AM
Lust for power has done more damage than lust for money. Hitler and Stalin were more interested than control than money. The bigger question is what kind of sociopath has a lust for power in the first place.
I work as a programmer, live in PA, but also write, draw and play music.
Jim Stiene commented on What Went Wrong? Ask Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith on January 15, 2010, 1:48 AM
We could better minimize risk by weaning ourselves off the fractional reserve system, to something a little less inflative like 5 to 1 instead of 10 to 1. And the derivitive market is a scenario where the side bets are now bigger than the worlds tangible assets. But investors are like drug fiends, once they get a whiff of it, there is no turning back. What I resent is using the taxpayer to fund this gambling addiction like enablers.