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Jawaharlal Nehru

November 3, 1948: Jawaharlal Nehru, India, address to the United Nations:

Oct 19, 2023

Oct 19, 2023

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Chauvin and Floyd

On April 20, 2021, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of three counts of unintentional homicide against George…

May 8, 2021

May 8, 2021

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Backroom Economics: the Future of Retail?

Let’s talk about the future of retail, and why Amazon and Costco are outperforming. I’ve worked several retail jobs, including in…

Jun 23, 2020

Jun 23, 2020

Matt R

Military-Grade Propaganda

John Gretton “Jocko” Willink, Jr. looks like a jock, if a jock joined the Navy Seals, fought in Iraq, and still couldn’t figure out his…

Jun 20, 2020

Military-Grade Propaganda

Jun 20, 2020

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Kazakhstan: Steady So Far with a Future as Vast as Space

Imagine Singapore, if Singapore had natural resources and was one of the largest countries in the world. Kazakhstan, where I spent two…

Sep 25, 2019

Sep 25, 2019

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Tesla’s Annual Shareholder Meeting (2019)

I won’t spend too much time on Tesla’s 2019 annual shareholder meeting, because it was a well-oiled (pun intended) marketing job, and as a…

Jun 14, 2019

Tesla’s Annual Shareholder Meeting (2019)

Jun 14, 2019

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Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project

Most people have never met anyone autistic. Their perception of autism is usually from Dustin Hoffman’s Rain Man (1988),

Jun 7, 2019

Jun 7, 2019

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Facebook’s Shareholder Meeting: Begging for Regulation

Facebook held its annual meeting today in trendy Menlo Park-based Hotel Nia. Shareholders were treated to Clover yogurt, pastries (mostly…

May 31, 2019

Facebook’s Shareholder Meeting: Begging for Regulation

May 31, 2019

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Pico Iyer on Japan, His Home

Oxford-born travel writer and Nara, Japan transplant Pico Iyer was at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, California recently.

May 22, 2019

Pico Iyer on Japan, His Home

May 22, 2019

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Rich Karlgaard and Late Bloomers

Rich Karlgaard is a good man. He’s the kind of person who gently asks his emcee the time to communicate his book event should have started…

Apr 24, 2019

Apr 24, 2019

Matt R

Matt R

“Globalization needs regulation, but everyone is reluctant to demand it for fear that it may discriminate against them.” [McMafia (2008)]

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