{"id":1074,"date":"2007-12-27T08:25:41","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T06:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/general\/thought-nuggets-from-twitter-part-2.html"},"modified":"2007-12-27T08:25:41","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T06:25:41","slug":"thought-nuggets-from-twitter-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=1074","title":{"rendered":"Thought Nuggets from Twitter &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t twit in the traditional sense of the term (internet tradition is measured in months not years). I don&#8217;t generally tell people what I am doing. Instead I twit what I am thinking about. For year end I will post what Evan Williams, founder of Twitter, appropriately called thought nuggets.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ireland shows that to thrive you don&#8217;t need to have leading global companies. U just need for them to like u.<\/li>\n<li>having children is the only miracle we can experience in real life<\/li>\n<li>will the next web finally be the one in which the interface is human meaning speech, video, sound, and not keyboards and text?<\/li>\n<li>i am now trilingual, mac, ubuntu, windows, but I rarely use windows anymore<\/li>\n<li>Why is top blogging equal or better than top print and top video blogging a la youtube so much worse than cable TV?<\/li>\n<li>the best internet conferences in Europe are DLD, Google Zeitgeist, Le Web 3 and SIME<\/li>\n<li>facebook: your social CV<\/li>\n<li>my favorite Nokia apps are shozu. fring and pocketcaster<\/li>\n<li>Are Putin and Hu Jintao dictators or are they necessary intermediary steps between Stalin, Mao&#8230;.and democracy?<\/li>\n<li>There are 3 approaches to immigration: no immigrants like Japan, low skilled immigrants like Spain, most qualified immigrants around the wo &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>FedEx proves that moving things is much more profitable than moving people.<\/li>\n<li>virtual philanthropy, second life or stardoll can give virtual property away for free to people in poor countries<\/li>\n<li>Airlines are masters at affinity programs yet they don&#8217;t seat people on planes according to affinities.<\/li>\n<li>There r 3 Arab civil wars going on now in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq.<\/li>\n<li>With global warming the amount of cells in the planet will increase.<\/li>\n<li>Would Sarkozy love an Obama led America as much?<\/li>\n<li>I was against Sarkozy but I sincerely hopes he brings a sense of urgency to complacent France<\/li>\n<li>A few months ago the future was in Second Life, now the future is in Facebook, where is the future going to be tomorrow?<\/li>\n<li>USA tries to stop illegals at the border. Europe on the streets.<\/li>\n<li>I work better since I abandoned Microsoft for Ubuntu and Mac. But I can&#8217;t wait for browser based computing to be ready.<\/li>\n<li>Coming from Europe, Canada seems like a kinder, more caring, USA.<\/li>\n<li>in USA &#8220;undivided attention&#8221; is a thing of the past<\/li>\n<li>Are social networks about being social or about self promotion.<\/li>\n<li>Facebooks success is like America&#8217;s: immigration.<\/li>\n<li>San Fran. One of the most beatiful cities in the world. Even the homeless seem to agree.<\/li>\n<li>Why is it that in Europe most parking is underground and in America is not?<\/li>\n<li>I am in the wine country. Didn&#8217;t know they had such a country. Its just beautiful!<\/li>\n<li>Calistoga, Healdsburg, areas, add them to the list of places to see&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>When u fly in America, u realize that terrorism won.<\/li>\n<li>Why if women do not compete with men in sports do they fight agaimst them in war?<\/li>\n<li>there are over 700 people worth over $5 million thanks to the rise in Google share price<\/li>\n<li>Skype should offer an open API for chat even if it does not for voice. If not Google Talk will eventually catch up.<\/li>\n<li>forget about the war on drugs, i want to start the war&#8230;on war<\/li>\n<li>One measure of civilization: lowest police per capita.<\/li>\n<li>as population grows, there are more people who believe in past lives that there are past lives available for them<\/li>\n<li>Israel is the home of over one million Palestinian. None of them become terrorists.<\/li>\n<li>Is it possible to be a very well educated person and not speak English?<\/li>\n<li>Since Facebook opened apps all the other communities I belong to are going silent.<\/li>\n<li>It is easier for me to understand why humans die than to understand why they sleep.<\/li>\n<li>Chile has the best government in Latin America, but the worst music. In Cuba the opposite is true.<\/li>\n<li>The Bible by proclaiming virginity leaves out the only miracle we do experience in real life: conception.<\/li>\n<li>Nintendo fanboys are sheep, Sony fanboys are crabs, PC gamers r hermits<\/li>\n<li>The best two service economies are USA and Japan. One is based on tipping. The other one on duty.<\/li>\n<li>the iPhone is web 1.0, it s a great spectator phone, but you can&#8217;t film, the camera is very poor, it&#8217;s amazing to read but poor to write on &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan&#8217;s ruler likes the West but his people hate it. Iran has a ruler who hates the West, but his people like us. Pakistan has the bomb. &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced TV is the TV industry answer to time shifting<\/li>\n<li>2006 was the year with most TV sold in USA, most TVs sold over 50 inches<\/li>\n<li>HBO is the only big TV network without ads, can that last?<\/li>\n<li>US regulators believe that anyone in finance who is consistently generating alpha is cheating<\/li>\n<li>Londons recent lead gain over NYC is mostly due to poor US reg moves<\/li>\n<li>U cannot chat, film, gps on an iPhone.<\/li>\n<li>Companies r taken private when investors think they will be misunderstood<\/li>\n<li>The net neutrality fight, to US consumers, is like hearing divorced parents argue, consumers need both, papa and mama<\/li>\n<li>The fastest growing population segment in OECD countries is those over 65<\/li>\n<li>A smoker has on the average 3400 dollars of extra medical costs per year in USA<\/li>\n<li>Health Care systems should be rated along 3 axis: quality, access and cost.<\/li>\n<li>The secret to how grandparents get along so well with grandchildren is their common enemy<\/li>\n<li>The members of the Forbes 400 pay less taxes in percentage terms than their receptionists<\/li>\n<li>USA has a 250bn deficit with China. USA gets goods. China gets paper.<\/li>\n<li>U want to buy a biz that an idiot can run cause sooner or later one will, pete lynch<\/li>\n<li>As I listen to Bill Gates present I realize that he is falling out of touch with the times.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Surface, computer on your desk gets in your desk, looked cool<\/li>\n<li>George Burns got 4 amazing girls for his 95th bday. He saw them and said: sorry babes, I am 95, one of u has to go.<\/li>\n<li>Warren Buffett&#8217;s political views would make him very well liked in Europe. In USA he gets away with them.<\/li>\n<li>USA and Europe lose a lot by training foreign students and then refusing them work visas.<\/li>\n<li>The NYC public school system has to deal with students whose parents speak 170 different languages<\/li>\n<li>In the States education is managed by mayors, not presidents<\/li>\n<li>Biz is on on dog eat dog world, politics is just the reverse<\/li>\n<li>Problem: politics has gone global but policies remain local<\/li>\n<li>Many local problems only have global solutions<\/li>\n<li>Tony Blair a hero of mine in spite of Iraq. I wish he ran the UN<\/li>\n<li>Bush argues that if USA leaves Iraq the country will fall into chaos. At this point it is more likely that the opposite is true.<\/li>\n<li>Americans defeat the weather. In the winter&#8230;it&#8217;s too hot, in the summer it&#8217;s too cold.<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Slim is the wealthiest man on earth. Mexico&#8217;s GDP is 1\/17th of that of USA.Slim&#8217;s wealth says a lot about poor income distribution! &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>in madrid people are nasty in the upper class suburbs and nice downtown, in NYC the opposite is true<\/li>\n<li>in America the rich are mostly visible, in Spain they are mostly invisible<\/li>\n<li>in America many people take their babies out of their homes and drive them around to put them to sleep&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>NY Times says USA has become one of the countries with the most road fatalities rates, it ranks bet Poland and Greece.<\/li>\n<li>in New Hampshire its legal to drive without your seat belt: live free or die?<\/li>\n<li>the Youtube\/CNN debate made the Time cover true, the clipmakers were the protagonists<\/li>\n<li>the Americans invent, the Europeans design, the Chinese manufacture<\/li>\n<li>China is replacing USA as the growth engine of the world. USA is slowed down by military spending and legal waste.<\/li>\n<li>USA&#8217;s real estate market moves in two different waves, one for 99% of the population and the other for 1% of the population<\/li>\n<li>Many conspiracy theories come out of poor policy choices. People can&#8217;t believe that their gov is so incompetent and attribute higher motives &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I prefer to know what people are thinking than what they r doing<\/li>\n<li>do first born children have more sleeping problems? if they do it must due to the inexperience of the parents<\/li>\n<li>women are overcoming 10K years of oppression in 50, not bad<\/li>\n<li>Americans let teens drive at 16 but get to drink at 21. I think it would be best if teens could learn to drink in moderation and then drive<\/li>\n<li>When it gets to sex and alcohol the US gov makes teens feel and act like criminals.<\/li>\n<li>Endowments many times survive their reason to exist<\/li>\n<li>Freedom is the ability to lead a life without fear<\/li>\n<li>in Argentina where I grew up being very thin was associated with being poor, in the Hamptons where I am now the opposite is true<\/li>\n<li>USA should lower the drinking age and raise the driving age<\/li>\n<li>40% of bottled water in the States is tap water<\/li>\n<li>Back in Spain, make a GSM call, quality far superior to US, why r US cell nets so bad?<\/li>\n<li>Since 1980 the number of imprisoned Americans grew 450%<\/li>\n<li>How can the Spaniards work so little compared to the Koreans and have the same GDP per person?<\/li>\n<li>Is Google atmospheric P\/E a blessing or a curse for googlers?<\/li>\n<li>People get much more energy per kg of food than engines running biofuels.<\/li>\n<li>flying and sailing have much more in common than people think, people who are afraid of flying but not sailing should learn about this<\/li>\n<li>Laws should follow the principles of inactive email accounts, after certain years of not being used they should be deleted<\/li>\n<li>Paradox: in Europe the highest holocaust survival rates were among German Jews.<\/li>\n<li>Can fully veiled women be candidate in an election?<\/li>\n<li>The next big thing in tattoing is to tattoo objects<\/li>\n<li>Books are tools for communication and as such they are becoming outdated<\/li>\n<li>Why do so many people believe supermarket food poisons them?<\/li>\n<li>Ten percent of Protestants, 21 percent of Roman Catholics, and 52 percent of Jews do NOT believe in God.<\/li>\n<li>there are 1,4 billion Mulsims and 14 million Jews in the world<\/li>\n<li>there are over 6bn people on the planet, around 1 bn consider themselves non religious<\/li>\n<li>Religious theories are shortcuts towards explanations<\/li>\n<li>Europe and USA diverge on death penalty, guns, religion in politics, environment, military spending, egalitarianism, beaurocracy, transport<\/li>\n<li>When credit markets get shaky LDCs credit tanks first even when they run surpluses. Hard for them to believe in markets.<\/li>\n<li>When people tell me that we all had previous lives somehow I can&#8217;t work out the demographics<\/li>\n<li>Virginity: the rare occasion in which beginners are praised.<\/li>\n<li>People who are afraid of chemicals don&#8217;t seem to realize that all that we see and eat are chemicals.<\/li>\n<li>Americans can&#8217;t remember, Europeans can&#8217;t forget, Asians can&#8217;t forgive<\/li>\n<li>Digital photography. You can always do prints&#8230;you never do.<\/li>\n<li>I have a hard time with the notion that our TV signals will be around the universe once our planet is gone.<\/li>\n<li>The Southern hemisphere is mostly water, less able to eliminate carbon emitted in the North.<\/li>\n<li>There are more bacteria in your body than years in the universe.<\/li>\n<li>Antartica is technically a desert<\/li>\n<li>Learning requires focus, focus requires that we ignore most else, so learning requires ignorance?<\/li>\n<li>Judged by numbers, the animals who we hate, rats, have been doing better than the ones we like,cats.<\/li>\n<li>I spent hours thinking about a plausible theory of why humans like music and dance so much, could not come up with anything reasonable&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>When non US people buy dollars US citizens get richer. If those buyers shift to euros&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>Birth rates collapse when people children as a financial burden rather than life insurance. Is that why they were having them?<\/li>\n<li>weeks are an irrational division of time<\/li>\n<li>University is the place where professors teach u what they were never able to do<\/li>\n<li>Species need lucky mutants to evolve, does human knowledge need thinking mutants to expand?<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who is anybody spends time on the internet. If I was looking for Osama Bin Laden I would look for him online.<\/li>\n<li>USA is the only country able to export famous people, why?<\/li>\n<li>Growing old in America: Dawson&#8217;s Creek, Friends, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives and Weeds.<\/li>\n<li>humans process food much more efficiently than cars, another reason to oppose biofuels<\/li>\n<li>global warming is bad except in the fact that it increases the amount of living cells in the planet<\/li>\n<li>Addiction treatments like AA rely on 0 tolerance for addictive substance. 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