Month: August 2008
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The End Is Nigh?
When I was writing this piece about the effect of social networks in financial markets, I was reminded about another New Scientist article I'd read a couple of months ago which, in a related fashion, suggested that once human society develops beyond a certain level of complexity it becomes increasingly fragile. Most civilisations in history…
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THIS Is How Marketing Should Work
This is a picture of one of the footballs my twenty quid bought as part of the Great Football Giveaway, moments after it was given to these kids in Uganda. I absolutely love it. The kids are pictured just north of a small town called Kakiri, about 25km north-west of Kampala. I was told that…