Zuk's wife was a Chinese citizen studying in the US. When she married Zuk, she acquired dual citizenship - a very useful status to have.
And a very useful status for Facebook to have. It was now part of the two largest economies in the world.
Worth trillions of Dollars, that cost it nothing!
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Being Stupid means not Liking Yourself
And one more thing - not being aware of this.
Why is this so?
No one knows, but it is obvious that many things are involved, including low self-esteem.
I am surrounded by stupid people, and I could use any of them as an example (including myself).
What we have to do is accept stupidity as a given, and then work from there. And describe the various kinds of stupidity that we encounter.
We will be tempted to moralize about our findings but we have to resist this, and just state the facts.
Including the fact, that we like being stupid.
Why is this so?
No one knows, but it is obvious that many things are involved, including low self-esteem.
I am surrounded by stupid people, and I could use any of them as an example (including myself).
What we have to do is accept stupidity as a given, and then work from there. And describe the various kinds of stupidity that we encounter.
We will be tempted to moralize about our findings but we have to resist this, and just state the facts.
Including the fact, that we like being stupid.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
The Loss of the Small Business
This happened in my Father's time, and I credit it with the enormous stress he (and all small businessmen) went through.
Most of them died at an early age. And most of them owned small businesses (including family farms).
The Tripp family were a typical example. The Father inherited a farm, right after WWII. and he used this to make himself rich, in the booming economy that followed.
He had sons, but they did not do so well at farming - and had to find jobs instead. And they became harder to find, as small businesses became scarcer.
Americans were forced to ask themselves "What happened to America?"
They did not answer this, by noting that multinational companies were taking over, in the process of Globalization.
Most of them died at an early age. And most of them owned small businesses (including family farms).
The Tripp family were a typical example. The Father inherited a farm, right after WWII. and he used this to make himself rich, in the booming economy that followed.
He had sons, but they did not do so well at farming - and had to find jobs instead. And they became harder to find, as small businesses became scarcer.
Americans were forced to ask themselves "What happened to America?"
They did not answer this, by noting that multinational companies were taking over, in the process of Globalization.
In My Body, Everything Affects Everything Else
How I wish this wasn't so!
Today I pooped in my pants. My colon didn't ask my permission to do so - but all the tiny microoranisms in my colon gave me direct orders: poop now!
We live in a world where everything affects everything else - and we are just observers of all this activity going on.
We believe in free will - but this choice (if it exists at all) is affected by so many other things it gets lost in the crowd.
Today I pooped in my pants. My colon didn't ask my permission to do so - but all the tiny microoranisms in my colon gave me direct orders: poop now!
We live in a world where everything affects everything else - and we are just observers of all this activity going on.
We believe in free will - but this choice (if it exists at all) is affected by so many other things it gets lost in the crowd.
The Mueller Papers
Progress America
Somehow this found its way through the crowd of documents in my inbox. And I bought the Kindle version.
To read this, you will need a Kindle viewer also. And the desire for the facts, that few seem interested in.
In this case, the facts make interesting reading.
Somehow this found its way through the crowd of documents in my inbox. And I bought the Kindle version.
To read this, you will need a Kindle viewer also. And the desire for the facts, that few seem interested in.
In this case, the facts make interesting reading.
Is Facebook making a Better World?
No, it is not and is not trying to do this.
It is making money, but doing so in a tricky way. By making its users feel better while making them weaker.
The Computer is giving people more power, but they don't understand it and don't seem to want it.
Facebook is filling this intellectual vacuum.
It is making money, but doing so in a tricky way. By making its users feel better while making them weaker.
The Computer is giving people more power, but they don't understand it and don't seem to want it.
Facebook is filling this intellectual vacuum.
Being an Important Person
This is a tricky business. We are all important, just being alive. But somehow we feel this is not enough, and we have to be better.
As a result, we become worse. And not able to tell the difference.
As a result, we become worse. And not able to tell the difference.
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