Too Much Recursion

feltron:

Afrasia Watershed

mokoyfman:

gaws:

#gorgeous

charleshuang:

If there’s one industry that social media might have made worse - politics might be it (note: this is the business of politics, versus political action/discourse by the public at large). I’ve hypothesized earlier that social media seems to amplify behavior - for both good and bad. For politicians, ever conscious of their pulpits and publicity thanks to the media that is now 24/7 and no longer centralized through a few established outlets (big newspapers like the NYTimes or Washington Post or the TV networks NBC, ABC, CBS), they seemingly now feel the need to have a strong identity and be polarizing as opposed to engaging in grounded political debate. This series of graphs and trends are disturbing for those who hope that broad based and deep, meaningful policy (whether on health care, energy, security, finance reform) can ever be enacted by the US to the level of say The New Deal or Medicare/Medicaid. -cch

tiffehr:

Wonkblog: Economic experts explain 2011 in charts - The Washington Post

Peter Orszag, Citigroup:

“If you want to understand the debt limit debate this year and the ongoing gridlock we are likely to experience for years, study this graph. In the late 1960s, the most conservative Democrats in the House and the most liberal Republicans voted together frequently enough (as shown by the overlap between the two distributions) to make centrist legislating successful. By the late 1980s, that overlap was dwindling. Today, it is largely gone.”

bijan:

Its time to get rid of employee non competes in Massachusetts

charleshuang:

Finally, after decades of Chinese food, a true Chinese fortune (or quote)!  It applies not just to food, but people, companies, organizations.  Substance and character matters more over flash and packaging.  Something to think about for the holiday season from my fortune cookie after dinner last night with my folks.

-cch

charleshuang:

Simply astounding. Some of the top social sharing services can increase viral lift by 1600%!  Tumblr sharing is up 1300% and accelerating!  Twitter grows almost 600%!  Let’s see if this growth is sustainable…

-cch

bijan:

via tumblr staff:

Neat! AddThis just published their 2011 stats on “sharing” across the web.

It looks like you guys have been busy. :)

awesome.