Archive for September 6th, 2007
But It Will Cost You
Quote of the day:
I remember when Steve Wozniak showed me his new die-sublimation printer back in 1990. It cost him $40,000. Today a $70 printer does a better job. (Robert Scoble)
Still, iPhone-buyers (in the US) were so angry that His Steveness had to ease the pain by offering a $100 credit to early customers.
A Royal Exit
Foreign Policy takes on the royals. The #1 on the list of endangered monarchs may just about surprise you.Will the tabloid press of the country in question manage to commit suicide? We shall see.
The Department of Spy Bar
Harry Brighouse reads Sally Haslanger’s discussion about recuitment and careers in academia and comes to the tentative conclusion that graduate schools are like nightclubs. Well, almost.
links for 2007-09-06
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The Myth of the Rational Voter is best understood in the context of a long-standing academic debate over whether democracy works. It’s a question that has two related, but distinct, sub-components: Do democracies produce optimal policies for its citizen