December 2011
11 posts
William Shockley: The Steve Jobs Counter-Example
We all subconsciously emulate our heroes, even if we can’t draw any logical connection between their behaviors and their outcomes. After reading Steve Jobs’s biography, I think a lot of us are wondering whether his maniacal management style had anything to do with his success. Some might even experiment with developing our own reality distortion fields.
I think in these situations...
The Evolution of the U.S. Automobile Industry and... →
Anyone who’s interested in how industries emerge and evolve (cough, tech startups, cough) should give this a read.
In its first fifteen years the U.S. automobile industry was characterized by a great deal of entry and the number of firms exceeded 200. Despite robust growth in the market for automobiles, the industry subsequently sustained a prolonged shakeout in the number of producers...
Louis CK's Shameful Dirty Comedy
viafrank:
I’ve been thinking about Louis CK lately. I’m a fan of his show on FX, and I’m so happy his recent adventure in distributing his newest comedy special himself has been a rousing success. But my thoughts are going elsewhere to wonder why he has blown up in popularity in the past couple years, and why his comedy seems to resonate with these times. It always feels like there’s a...
“What may be primarily response to fashion is seen and interpreted in other ways-...”
– Herbert Blumer, on Fashion
How Brick-and-Mortars Compete
Any brick-and-mortar that’s trying to compete with Amazon’s prices is clueless. No need to get all fired up with righteous indignation about Amazon’s latest play. If you have people in your store, and they’re leaving without buying a product thats in their hands because they can order it on Amazon for $4 cheaper and get it in a week, then you’re seriously doing it...
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I love this so much
“The mind of man at one and the same time is both the glory and the shame of the...”
– Pascal