US state economies and their country equivalents
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Thoughts and Finds from the internets and beyond.
Source: economist.com
Source: fastcodesign.com
Now is the time to ask yourself: Do you want to be a part of the next wave of rich personal self-promotion, or do you want your child to grow up not knowing what really good sushi tastes like?
— Personal Branding Disorders
Source: The Awl
The season’s first blizzard, preserved.
Source: live.tetongravity.com
It’s either a road map for the future, or an alignment of the stars, the likes of which we’re unlikely to see anywhere else
— Senior official, White House on Nawa, Afghanistan in ”Afghan Strategy’s Proving Ground”
Source: Washington Post
Sleigh must be broken
I’m glad to see that the quality of discussion over possible US efforts to stymie Iran’s nuclear ambitions has already become more sophisticated and, well, better-informed due to the information provided by WikiLeaks.
Source: http
Source: The New York Times
It has a name: “Christmas Creep”
That’s why we feel this urge to gather by the tens of thousands to surge through the city streets for an average of 4.5 hours — which, incidentally, is almost exactly how long it takes to run an antelope to death. You didn’t choose that distance; survival chose it for you.
Source: http
Too early Container Store, too early.
It does not matter much if you make change, if you do not communicate change
—
J. Ann Selzer, in Bloomberg Business week
thanks @bwstud
Source: businessweek.com
thank Elias
Real tree Busch.