TriNetre - Archive for January 20, 2004
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January 20, 2004
'Creative Class War'
[Society]
@ 02:12 PM
Interesting article by Richard Florida (Heinz professor of economic development at Carnegie Mellon University) on the emergence of places outside US to which the creative class seem to migrate to - "Creative Class War" and how it boils down to political orientation.
In the post-1990s global economy, America must aggressively compete with other developed countries for the international talent that can spur new industries and new jobs. By thumbing our nose at the world and dismissing the consensus views of the scientific community, we are scaring off that talent and sending it to our competitors.
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America must not only stop making dumb mistakes, like starting trade wars with Europe and China; it must also put in place new policies that enhance our creative economy.
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Our only hope is to strengthen our creative economy so that it produces more jobs to replace the ones we're losing. That will require taking on the Washington lobbyists who put the fix in for established industries at the expense of emerging ones. Millions of new jobs in the wireless networking field, for instance, could be created if unused broadcast spectrum, currently controlled by TV networks and the military, could be freed up. When's the last time you heard a presidential candidate talk about that?
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America must not only stop making dumb mistakes, like starting trade wars with Europe and China; it must also put in place new policies that enhance our creative economy.
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Our only hope is to strengthen our creative economy so that it produces more jobs to replace the ones we're losing. That will require taking on the Washington lobbyists who put the fix in for established industries at the expense of emerging ones. Millions of new jobs in the wireless networking field, for instance, could be created if unused broadcast spectrum, currently controlled by TV networks and the military, could be freed up. When's the last time you heard a presidential candidate talk about that?
Interesting news aggregator - Findory
[Software]
@ 10:30 AM
Findory
Findory helps you find what you want faster and more reliably. The important headline news is featured right at the top of the page. Findory News does its work without you having to do anything! Findory News processes thousands of articles that have appeared within the last two weeks using hundreds of news sources. Just by reading articles using Findory News, the list of articles you see will immediately change, showing you more news articles of interest to you and deemphasizing other news articles that don't appear to be of interest. Findory News helps you find articles you might otherwise miss while still providing broad coverage of recent major news.
This is very interesting and the few clikthrough I have performed does indeed make the system give me more relevant news. Reminds me of my home cooked Intelli-Aggie.
