George Will has been criticizing Barack Obama because Obama is narcissistic--he has been using the words "I" too much in his speeches. So then blogger Mark Liberman compared Obama's speeches with those of George W. Bush . . . [via Daily Dish]
There has been a lot of talk lately about coming up withe new models of providing information, such that the consumers will "continue" to pay for content. Not so fast, says Paul Graham:
Publishers of all types, from news to music, are unhappy that consumers won't pay for content anymore. At least, that's how they see it. In fact consumers never really were paying for content, and publishers weren't really selling it either. If the content was what they were selling, why has the price of books or music or movies always depended mostly on the format? Why didn't better content cost more? . . . Economically, the print media are in the business of marking up paper.
But don't people pay for information? Only certain kinds of information:People will pay for information they think they can make money from. That's why they paid for those stock tip newsletters, and why companies pay now for Bloomberg terminals and Economist Intelligence Unit reports. But will people pay for information otherwise? History offers little encouragement.
[via Daily Dish]Andrew Sullivan's endorsement of Barack Obama wasn't unexpected, but it is eloquent and inspiring. It starts with the many missteps American has taken since 9/11 and takes us up to today, and into the future. Here's an excerpt: The world will soon remember why it resents America as well as…
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