25: Pre-Internet, Passion & Work, Cloud Computing

Believe it or not, we aren't watching the DNC/RNC Its pretty boring stuff, actually Interesting differences between the presentations Parents are protesting in Quebec Most parents want their kids back in school The SAT/ACT should not be studied for - but the educational system is so messed up that kids need tutors just to get by - this is why Kaplan and other tutoring services are rocking Tests are pretty useless now - they are only about memorization - and who needs to use memory anymore Our passion is learning. We talk a bit about how messages flew around between people prior to the internet - here is Chris' BBS listing (BizBase) The modern internet started with the web - if it wasn't for Netscape we wouldn't be here today We used to have paper Yellow Pages of websites to go to We also used to have to pay for long-distance phone calls Reddit is the closest to the old Listservs, and now that's gone too Is there really such a thing as the butterfly effect? Can one person really change the world? Only if they go viral. Facebook is now using concepts similar to the stock market to stop memes before they go viral - why would Facebook wan to do that? Stop-loss is a very different concept. These tech companies really are kind of evil. They only like certain kinds of free speech First time Facebook ban for Dutch - just for sharing a Putin/Vaccine meme We close with some chatter Confidential and cloud computing, in case you are interested...