Osama bin Laden
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We all need a hero. Someone to look up to. Even subconsciously. Most of the time, it’s our Dad. When mature enough to know there are shades of grey and our Dad had been far from perfect, we grew confused. The same happened when our leaders betrayed us. From coach to banker, from monk to priest, they…
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The first advice was from Jobs, a college drop-out, in his commencement speech. The second, recently, was the gist of a NYT op-ed by Brooks. Those are mantels of would-be entrepreneurs. Where else can you find people who are willing to sleep (if at all) in sleeping bags and code for days on end, with no prospect of a pay…
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Ishiguro, Fukuyama, Kawasaki and Murakami. I read Ishiguro in bed, watched Fukuyama on Charlie Rose, watch Kawasaki interview on his latest book Enchantment and dream on with characters in Murukami’s novels. Multi-media tutors. They might look Asian, but speak and write perfect English. Best of both worlds. Like Singapore or Hongkong. Ishiguro penned beautiful prose and plot, that…
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Younger generations are growing up digital. I grow old in post 9/11. We were bumping along, thinking the dot.com burst was the story of the Century. Then, the unthinkable happened. Brave were the men on United Flight 93. Our lives have never been the same since (collective survivor’s guilt). An act of outright violence needed to…
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Some people go through life without experiencing love. But today, we all experience justice. Put the economy, the environment , and the bad debt aside. It’s the kind of justice we can use. Black and white kind of justice. Not just the American way. It’s universal. It brought closure to the 3000 families and a plundering decade.…
Thang Nguyen 555 