Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

“The most entrepreneurial generation in history”

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In an extensive profile of 30 innovators under the age of 30, Inc. Magazine explains how “new technologies, a proliferation of resources, and a

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disenchantment with the corporate world are making Generation Y the

most entrepreneurial in history…” I had expected a preponderance of Web 2.0 whiz kids, but there’s actually a fairly large sampling of innovators from a wide range of industries and sectors, including some that are decidedly low-tech. (Lil Bogies, for example, sells children’s golf apparel, while Just Salad offers healthy lunch-time salads to office workers in midtown Manhattan.)

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A Virtual Shock To The System: New Paradise Laboratories

Recognizing that technology is here to stay, and that how we live online is increasingly how we live, a new kind of theater company in Philadelphia is trying to translate the danger, intimacy, and intensity of offline experience to cyberspace.

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Ask Ethan: Could dark energy be more negative than a cosmological constant?

The fact that our Universe’s expansion is accelerating implies that dark energy exists. But could it be even weirder than we’ve imagined?

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The Empire reflects back: Rome’s lasting influence on British culture

From medieval myths to Shakespeare’s plays and modern cinema, British culture kept the Roman Empire alive long after its fall.

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Why I’m writing OUTLAST: a book about resilience (and hope)

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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The CIA method for making quick decisions under stress

“The very same time that’s making you anxious is actually your most valuable asset. You can always create more energy and more money—but you can never create more time.”

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