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How selfish soever man may be supposed…

The following is reposted with permission from Ryan Allis.

I just sent this to a couple of my friends and wanting to blog it as well. I just watched the video of the much-talked about Gates speech on Creative Capitalism on Friday at Davos. For me, it was one of the most inspiring and influential speeches I have ever heard. Though Gates is not the best speaker in the world, his message is right on. The WSJ article on the speech is here and the video of the speech is here.

I especially enjoyed the Adam Smith quote Gates references:

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“reinventing america!”

This is the write up for Bill Novelli’s book 50+ from buy.com

“Calling for the unification of retirees, “50+” is an uplifting and inspirational rallying cry for Americans age 50 and over by the head of the AARP. Abridged. 4 CDs.
 
Annotation:
In this call to arms to a key American demographic, Bill Novelli, who is the CEO of the AARP, states that the over-50 generation is well-positioned to significantly change the social fabric of a troubled American society. The aging Boomers represent a substantial voting bloc, and they have the energy and smarts to make a difference in things like health care, political reform, consumer action, community involvement, and change in general. Novelli tells the Boomers to defer those couches and clickers, crank it up, and kick out the jams!”

Tags: aarp, aayp, anya kamanetz, Books, britney spears, earth day, generation debt, generation gap, generational disparity, hillary, jonas brothers, obama, pollution, social security, the hills, work place

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Miss Teen SC Trys… Then Trys Again

If at first you don’t succeed, try… then, try again.

Miss Teen South Carolina was asked a particularly daunting question on The Today Show. When she realized that the segment wasn’t going well, she did what anyone would do. She asked for a do-over:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DEBNMhziqc]

Tags: beauty pageant, persistnace, teen, youtube

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another shitty day in young america

anya kamentz of generation debt-how this title gets longer and longer when i see it in the press (although it really is an important book)  took a trip upstate ny recently. she goes on to say in the huffington post or reposted in the huffington post that a deli sandwhich like the canary in the mine predicts usa based riots b/c of  rising costs of food and that citizens of foreign nations already riot in the streets. her detractors, the comments from the post, poke at obesity issues (very real- heart disease is the number one killer amongst rich geezers- and a belt expanding problem amongst american youth.   anya serenely tells us what’s she’s going to do-all great. and then asks us what we (the reader will do?) again.  but seriously. rumor has it anya didn’t graduate with any debt from yale. but seriously kids that’s bad ass and we should applaud her for being one of the lucky ones. she could be manging or writing about stock picks in some crappy stock periodical that obviously didn’t do shit for bear sterns or lehman brothers. anya keep it up. awesome! anya thank you for taking a stand and nudging the sleeping giant that 100m young americans represent.

Tags: aarp, aayp, anya kamenetz, boomers, budgets, business, career, cash, economics, economy, finance, financial education, gas, generational disparity, global, healthcare, housing, job loss, jobs, matt murray, Money, oil, options, poverty, real estate crash, saving, sub-prime, youth

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Financial mobilization

There is a lot of talk mobilizing millennials and younger generations to get their vote on and there should be. Groups like David’s Smiths Mobilize.org and Justin Rockefeller’s Generation Engage are vital to actively reminding young Americans how important it is to get involved civically and make their way of life better by electing local and national figures that share (in an ideal world) values closest to their own.

Tags: Barack Obama, education, Gas prices, generation x, generation y, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Katlikoff, mellenials, Money, Politics, social debt, social security, student debt, taxes, youth

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Get Your Blog On

There are a lot of blogs out there. Some of them contain content of less quality than others. This is probably one of them. Only in comparision to these other blogs:

The Freakonomics Blog - Run by the co-authors of the bestselling book, they cover a lot of interesting subject matter on a lot of issues. They are also *generally* responsive to emails.

Anya Kamenetz, author of Generation Debt has an excellent blog that covers issues of young Americans.

Dan Pink, author of Free Agent Nation and A Whole New Mind has interesting blog material, similar in content to that of the Freakonomics blog.

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On to Switzerland

Favorite people,
Guten abend (umm, good evening in German?)… well, finally able to
sit down and say a quick hello to let you all know that I’m surviving
the Euro-trip. Hopefully most of you have gotten your postcards - if
not, they should be arriving shortly (fingers crossed…I may or may
not have sent cards with Vatican stamps from Amsterdam…apparently
that isn’t kosher).

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Earn It

I found the following letter in my email inbox this morning, and I thought I’d share it with everybody:

Good Monday morning, matt,

Folks, if you had to do the last presentation of your life, what would it look like? This past week, Jeff Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal wrote about Professor Randy Paush’s last lecture and it’s worth quoting in full…

Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer-science professor, was about to give a lecture Tuesday afternoon, but before he said a word, he received a standing ovation from 400 students and colleagues.

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A world without Twinkies

For the reference I have officially decided that Jonathan Berr who posted a blog that discussed the sad passing of one of the world’s first mass processed foods is an official idiot. Apparently ABC News is reporting that through bankruptcy from the umbrella food organization that produces Twinkies, the quazi edible snack treat is potentially shutting down due to labor issues and a drop in purchasing.

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Get Your Learn On

There are a number of reasons why you should read, such as learning about new cultures, thinking about new ideas, entertainment, blah blah blah. Expand your mind. We get it. But the book I’m always looking for is the one that expands my wallet.

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