“But in the end it boils down to this: TEDx is just another organisation asking me to work for free.”
“But in the end it boils down to this: TEDx is just another organisation asking me to work for free.”
– Frank Swain, Why I’m Not a TEDx Speaker.
Good food is a privilege only wealthy Americans can afford
Good food is a privilege only wealthy Americans can afford:
Haha, the photo is funny because in the near future only millionaires will get melons. The rest of us will get melon-flavored McD’s crispy pies.
“The first stages of decline may already have started. The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and…”
“The first stages of decline may already have started. The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and ongoing economic malaise may be a harbinger of the fallout from resource constraints. The pursuit of material wealth contributed to unsustainable levels of debt, with suddenly higher prices for food and oil contributing to defaults – and the GFC.”
– Limits to Growth was right. New research shows we’re nearing collapse.
Studying economics appears to make people worse human beings.
Studying economics appears to make people worse human beings.:
This originally appeared on LinkedIn. You can follow Adam Grant here. In 1776, Adam Smith famously wrote: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” Economists have run with this insight for hundreds of years, and some…
