Posts Tagged ‘The FuturePast’


Edward R. Murrow

Look at this guy. He looks like somebody’s grandfather, back in the 50s. Cheesy hair, suspenders, tie, smoking. His name is Edward R. Murrow. He broadcast the words below during the Red Scare in the 1950s. He was a man with pretty clear sight. When people lived in fear of communist subversion, when the government [...]

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Fragmentation Revolution

When he talks about marketing Seth Godin says we are going through the Industrial Revolution of our time. He’s talking about a fragmentation of power, access and control in the marketplace. Specifically he’s talking about the death of that concentration and it’s replacement. So far Godin has been right about a lot of the big [...]

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Another Stupid Tax

California has just passed a law requiring online retailers to collect sales tax from Californian customers if the retailer has a physical presence in the state. There seems to be a feeling among pro-tax people that a California resident who sells as an affiliate for an online retailer qualifies as the retailer’s physical presence in [...]

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