A. J. Liebling wrote an essay titled “The Wayward Press: Do You Belong in Journalism?”... The best thing Congress could do to keep more newspapers going would be to raise the capital-gains tax to the level of the income tax. (Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.) There are irresistible reasons for a businessman either to buy or to sell, and anybody who owns the price of a newspaper nowadays must be a businessman. (more)

Freedom Of The Press (more)

In economics and sociology, the means of production are physical, non-human inputs used for the production of economic value, such as facilities, machinery, tools,[1] infrastructural capital and natural capital. The means of production includes two broad categories of objects: instruments of labor (tools, factories, infrastructure, etc.) and subjects of labor (natural resources and raw materials). If creating a good, people operate on the subjects of labor, using the instruments of labor, to create a product; or, stated another way, labour acting on the means of production creates a good.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Means_of_production (more)

Abbott Joseph "A. J." Liebling (October 18, 1904 – December 28, 1963) was an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Liebling

Dave Winer meme for the importance of WebLogging for Journalism. Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. (more)

Not useless Wanking? (more)

"All models are wrong" is a common aphorism in statistics; it is often expanded as "All models are wrong, but some are useful". It is usually considered to be applicable to not only statistical models, but to scientific models generally. The aphorism recognizes that statistical/scientific models always fall short of the complexities of reality but can still be of use. The aphorism is generally attributed to the statistician George Box, although the underlying concept predates Box's writings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong (more)

All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful (more)

a Wiki run to be written-to and read-by a single individual. See WikiTypes. (more)

Should Digital Gardens follow any Standards? (more)

Past and present reads. See esp. Greatest Books (more)

New MacBookPro arrived today. (2020-09-23) Time To Replace MacBookPro (more)

Wanted to buy EBook of Carlota Perez's Technological Revolutions And Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages ISBN:9781843763314 after Fred Wilson recommended it. No Barnes And Noble Nook Book or Kindle version available (because it's oldish)! Then found it on Google Books, so I bought it. (more)

Adobe Digital Editions (abbreviated ADE) is an ebook reader software program from Adobe Systems, built initially (1.x version) using Adobe Flash. It is used for acquiring, managing, and reading eBooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. The software supports PDF and EPUB (nonproprietary file format for reflowable text or fixed layout ebooks). It implements a proprietary scheme of Digital Rights Management ("DRM") which, since the version 1.5 release in May 2008, allows document sharing among multiple devices and user authentication via an Adobe ID. ADE is a successor to Adobe eBook Reader. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Digital_Editions

Kahil Corazo on USING Roam FOR SLOW-BURN EVIDENCE-BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP (THE NERDIEST WAY TO EARN YOUR FREEDOM)* (more)

Kahil Corazo on HOW DO YOU USE ROAM FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH?* (more)

Business Model Canvas creator

SmallCo (sometimes a One Man Show) not Built To Flip, nor really Built To Get Big. But designed to generate enough cash flow to make a decent Life Style for all participants, often tied to one's personal Value-s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_business (more)

Managing risk (increasing Resilience) by having more than 1 source of income (Make Money) (more)

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.[1][2] The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock;[3][4] for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams;[5][6] and for its devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads". "Their music", writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists."[7] These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world".[8] The band was ranked 57th by Rolling Stone magazine in its The Greatest Artists of All Time issue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead