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The Economist summarizes the World Economic Forum at Davos quite succinctly. My favorite point:
Capitalist of the week: Stephen Schwarzman, a private-equity tycoon and boss of Blackstone Group. He made little effort to contain his glee at the profit opportunities he has found during the economic crisis, and his hope that Barack Obama will press ahead with his latest banking reforms—which should help private equity by harming the public capital markets.
An interesting observation. Even given the looming tax law changes on carried interest, private equity will likely benefit from any misguided populist backlash against the banks. Just goes to show how complex the whole system is.
A few days ago this video popped up on Astronomy Picture of the Day. Amazing how small our planet is in the grand scheme of things! The more we learn about the cosmos the more we realize how little we actually know.
I love the visualization of the man-made satellites in this movie - it really gives a good sense of the difference between low-earth orbit and high-earth orbit. And look at all the geosynchronous satellites!
Some interesting developments in research on Darwinian and non-Darwinian evolution. Courtesy of Slashdot.
Thanks to Simplebits for pointing this out. These are great interviews where leading web designers and techies discuss what setups they use - great stuff!
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