Bill Gates talks energy (and a new kind of nuclear power) at TED.
It runs on the waste of other nuclear power. But it’s expensive. Darn.
Bill Gates talks energy (and a new kind of nuclear power) at TED.
It runs on the waste of other nuclear power. But it’s expensive. Darn.
So everyone has seen Ken Robinson’s TED talk on how schools kill creativity, but have you seen this—his recent follow-up?
I hadn’t.
(Source: ted.com)
PIRATE ATTACK!
Great new TED video explaining how piracy is not only the future of illicit activity, but also of any smart company’s business model. In other words, if your company needs to throw lawsuits around in order to stay profitable in its market sector, your company’s business model really isn’t working any more… and it’s time to update to one that doesn’t vilify piracy, but actually mimics it!
The short of it is that it just doesn’t make sense to purchase goods and services where equivalents (or superiors, following the Vista v. Linus argument) are available for free; thus, this is no longer a moral issue (ie. theft, infringement)—it’s common-sense economics and culture-enrichening consumption, for once.
See also: why copyrighting isn’t compatible with our current age.
