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Article examines the success of Indian CEOs at the head of Fortune 500 companies. Opening example includes brothers who attribute their success, in part, to their itinerant upbringing as children of an Indian general. Also discusses "jugaad", Hindi term for improvising and making the best of limited resources.
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Sympathetic review of Pankaj Ghemawat's excellent Friedman response book, "World 3.0"
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Orwell's column of May 12, 1944 takes on "the death of distance" in typically prickly fashion, arguing that the world shows increasing autarky, not interconnection.
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A set of studies look at homophily effects around personal appearance. Researchers find evidence that people with similarities in terms of hair length, glasses wearing and other behaviors are more likely to sit together.
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Pretty good piece on relationship between hiphop and the Arab spring. Excellent discussion of whether hiphop is American or global at this moment in time…
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Clever ap shows word clouds of discussions underway on major TV networks. Uses a very interesting API from Synchronize.tv
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Excellent Ideas essay looks at the challenge and power of archiving fragrance… and bringing aspects of the past back to life via scent
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Amazing photo project looks at photos of New York and Bombay side by side and sees more similarity than difference
