Fine. If you won’t work with us, then we’ll empower a generation to change your industry for you.
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McKay - Tech, Design, Etc.: High Schools Are Step One Of Two
Last night I was playing around with one of those new textbooks with a couple of friends who were teachers. It was nothing short of amazing, my friends were fired up, fantasizing on the possibilities of how much it would help their students and how much they wanted to write their own textbooks.
Reminds me of the “mixed-marriages” policy of the Catholicism, where they only obligate the parents to agree to raise the kids as Catholics.
That’s a scary proposition in its own right. Far too many resistance movements turned drunk with power once they beat the incumbents and ended up being just as bad (or worse) than those they displaced.
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Watching Apple win the world - (37signals)
I had the exact same thought after reading how Apple is killing it and dominating on every front. With their attentions turned to school and the living room, I fear the dependence will be too great.
These things don’t mean you’re failing. It’s always like this, until it isn’t.
Digital transformation of your industry is inevitable. Here’s our plan; we’d like you to come along for the ride. But if you choose not to, we won’t hesitate to leave you behind.
According to the theory of decision fatigue, the simple act of making any decision depletes us of a limited store of willpower.
You can tell by my face that the ball has to go in. I don’t give a damn how.