Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category

Peak Everything?

Forget peak oil. What about peak lithium, peak neodymium, and peak phosphorus?
When you really need something, it’s natural to worry about running out of it. Peak oil has been a global preoccupation since the 1970s, and the warnings get louder with each passing year. Environmentalists emphasize the importance of placing limits on consumption of fossil [...]

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Concours Bastiat, j’ai gagné!

J’ai fini 4ième! J’attendais les résultats du site unmondelibre.org avant de diffuser le texte sur mon blog, le voici donc dans son intégralité.
Les états utiles
La pensée de Frédéric Bastiat: quelles leçons pour le monde d’aujourd’hui?

Nous avons réussi
Bastiat a eu un franc succès. Nous avons compris son message. Certains croyaient y voir un sarcasme dénonçant l’état [...]

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Mentoring, flow of expertise

Mentoring is a great concept. Experience flowing down from veterans to recruits can be a satisfying relation for everyone implied. But as any other successful relation, doing it the right way and with the right expectations is a lot better in the long run.
The explicit goal is learning. The mentor’s job is to promote the [...]

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Consumerism and democratization

What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coca Cola, Liz Taylor drinks Coca Cola, and just think, you can drink Coca Cola, too. [...]

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Randy Pausch : The Last Lecture

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and [...]

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