Max Gladwell

A series that reflects on the big topics and trends from the first decade of the 21st Century. We’re big fans of history, as there is so much to learn from it. This is the first in a series of posts that will look back on the past decade from 2000 – 2010. Each may [...]

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By Tom Savage of Bright Green Talent and Simpletom Who would have predicted the world of science fiction films would prove so prophetic? Our planet is being over-run by machines and we need people like Arnold Schwarzenegger to save us. In the world of the film The Matrix, robots, machines and other perennially nasty automatons [...]

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Day one of the Fortune Green Brainstorm Conference gets right to the point with energy policy, climate change legislation, and an interview with Bill Ford. The Fortune Green Brainstorm conference could very well be “the premier green business event of 2009.” This hyper-focused leadership conference includes panelists from FedEx, HP, Ford, Dell, IBM, GE, Wal-Mart [...]

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Tonight’s Word: Rand Illusion. The Colbert Report features objectivism. We offer a defense. Stephen Colbert took a shot at Any Rand last night. Evidently, sales of her magnus opus Atlas Shrugged are up quite a bit due to the recession and government involvement in the markets i.e. nationalizing Wall Street and bailing out irresponsible mortgage [...]

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The Fourth Estate is fundamental to our government and democracy. Newspapers may not need a bailout, but they do need a serious re-thinking. This is the second in our series on The New Media Landscape, where we’ll explore the fate of newspapers. Starting things off on a lighter note, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [...]

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