Climate Change # 2

Engagement vs Compliance

Below is a very interesting TED talk by Daniel Pink. In December Dan has a new book coming out called Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. This talk will make you (re-)think about work, management, and what motivates you — and those you work with — to excel.

Chris Anderson on economy of sharing

Content is close to costing nothing to distribute and the costs of doing things being nearly zero...this will revolutionise our business models.

DMCA issue

yestarday youtube permanently disabled my account.
reason stated in email: violation of copyright (featuring snippets of some other film in my film). it was swift and without a warning! ... i can't loggin to check the video in question.

apparently those who flagged the video (MELA FILMS LLC) think that sharing some of their material (in a non-commercial use!) is not a good idea...

here's a great talk from Larry Lessig on how the law strangles creativity:

Too much choice leads to paralysis

A brilliant talk on TED from psychologist Barry Schwartz who takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.

Seth Godin on being remarkable (at least in marketing)

just liked this talk and decided to post it.