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Tim O'Reilly's 2009 ETech Keynote

March 16, 2009 | leave a comment
Tim talks about working on stuff that matters, and how we need to tackle big challenges if we wish to improve ourselves, rather than racking up small, inconsequential victories.

The Biggest Ponzi Scheme of All

March 8, 2009 | leave a comment
A recent piece by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times reminded me of this more thoughtful and linkful piece that Tim O'Reilly wrote back in January. The thesis is essentially that the accepted norm of 'growth is good' for economies is coming to an end.