Believe it or not, we aren't watching the DNC/RNCIts pretty boring stuff, actuallyInteresting differences between the presentationsParents are protesting in QuebecMost parents want their kids back in schoolThe 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 rockingTests are pretty useless now - they are only about memorization - and who needs to use memory anymoreOur 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 todayWe used to have paper Yellow Pages of websites to go toWe also used to have to pay for long-distance phone callsReddit is the closest to the old Listservs, and now that's gone tooIs 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 speechFirst time Facebook ban for Dutch - just for sharing a Putin/Vaccine memeWe close with some chatter Confidential and cloud computing, in case you are interested...
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