A quote attributed to Albert Einstein argues that ‘insanity means doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’. Scriptwriter Bruce Feirstein, who wrote some of the James Bond movie scripts, asserted further that the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. Armed with such heavyweights-uttered quotes, we can [...]
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The Insane and the Genius
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The Long Tail is Wagging Freeconomics
Posted: by Rudy Nadler-Nir in Anthrodigital, Archetypes, Learning from others, Narratives, TheoriesTags: Alain Resnais, Bette Midler, Chris Anderson, Cross-subsidies, demand curve, Eric J. Johnson, freeconomics, Freemium, FT, Gift economy, Itzik Manger, Kurt Weill, Labour exchange, NYT, Robert Murdoch, Robin Parker, Surabaya Johnny, Techdirt.com, the Financial Times, The Long Tail, the New York Times, Wired magazine, Zero marginal cost, zero-cost products
In 2006, Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, came up with an article with a fascinating theory (later published in a book called The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More) that made some serious waves. Anderson argues that “economy is increasingly shifting away from a focus on a relatively [...]