How Scary is the US National Debt? Almost as scary as the fact Tony Robbins, yes the motivational speaker, is the one delivery this most depressing of economic insight.
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The Economics of Happiness – Jeffrey D. Sachs – Project Syndicate
Posted: September 12, 2011 in articles, retweets, socialmediaTags: blog, economics, financial planning, insurance, money, personal finance, pitt meadows
The Economics of Happiness – Jeffrey D. Sachs – Project Syndicate.
NEW YORK – We live in a time of high anxiety. Despite the world’s unprecedented total wealth, there is vast insecurity, unrest, and dissatisfaction. In the United States, a large majority of Americans believe that the country is “on the wrong track.” Pessimism has soared. The same is true in many other places.
Against this backdrop, the time has come to reconsider the basic sources of happiness in our economic life. The relentless pursuit of higher income is leading to unprecedented inequality and anxiety, rather than to greater happiness and life satisfaction. Economic progress is important and can greatly improve the quality of life, but only if it is pursued in line with other goals.
In this respect, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan has been leading the way. Forty years ago, Bhutan’s fourth king, young and newly installed, made a remarkable choice: Bhutan should pursue “gross national happiness” rather than gross national product. Since then, the country has been experimenting with an alternative, holistic approach to development that emphasizes not only economic growth, but also culture, mental health, compassion, and community.
Dozens of experts recently gathered in Bhutan’s capital, Thimphu, to take stock of the country’s record. I was co-host with Bhutan’s prime minister, Jigme Thinley, a leader in sustainable development and a great champion of the concept of “GNH.” We assembled in the wake of a declaration in July by the United Nations General Assembly calling on countries to examine how national policies can promote happiness in their societies.
All who gathered in Thimphu agreed on the importance of pursuing happiness rather than pursuing national income. The question we examined is how to achieve happiness in a world that is characterized by rapid urbanization, mass media, global capitalism, and environmental degradation. How can our economic life be re-ordered to recreate a sense of community, trust, and environmental sustainability?
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The Economics of Happiness – Jeffrey D. Sachs – Project Syndicate.
The Tomato Family
Posted: September 2, 2011 in blogging, Funny, maple ridge, socialmediaTags: allenlarose, blog, humor, in maple ridge, pitt meadows, website
A family of three tomatoes were walking downtown one day when the little baby tomato started lagging behind. The big father tomato walks back to the baby tomato, stomps on her, squashing her into a red paste, and says, “Ketchup!”
Photo Fun
Posted: August 17, 2011 in articles, blogging, community, green, in maple ridge, inmapleridge, iphone, maple ridge, photography, popCulture, smartphones, socialmedia, tumblr, twitter, wordpressTags: allenlarose, apple, article, blog, blogging, community, in maple ridge, insurance, iphonegraphy, maple ridge, mapleridge, microblog, photography, photos, smartphones, socialmedia, webpage, website
Can you figure out which photo wasn’t digitally modified post-production?
Twitter Hedge Fund Is Making More Money Than You
Posted: August 17, 2011 in articles, blogging, maple ridge, mapleridge, personal finance, popCulture, retweets, smartphones, socialmedia, twitterTags: article, banks, blog, blogging, financial planning, hedge funds, insurance, maple ridge, mapleridge, money, mortgage insurance, personal finance, socialmedia, twitter
Twitter Hedge Fund Is Making More Money Than You
All you investors with your crazy research and economic “theories”: You should just be reading Twitter! Derwent Capital, a hedge fund that bases its investment strategy on Twitter data, outperformed the market in its first month.
According to eFinancialnews:
Derwent Capital, which finished its first month of trading at the end of July, beat the S&P 500 which fell 2.2% in July, while the average hedge fund made 0.76%, according to Hedge Fund Research.
How does Derwent work? It invests in whatever Justin Bieber tweets about that day.
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14 Million Scanned QR Codes
Posted: August 14, 2011 in articles, blogging, computers, hacking, in maple ridge, inmapleridge, iphone, linux, maple ridge, retweets, smartphones, socialmedia, twitter, wordpressTags: allenlarose, android, apple, article, blackberry, blog, blogging, in maple ridge, iphone, maple ridge, mapleridge, microblog, mobility, rogers, samsung, smartphones, socialmedia, telus, twitter, webpage, website
14 Million Americans Scanned QR or Bar Codes on their Mobile Phones in June 2011 – comScore, Inc.
Newspapers/Magazines and Product Packaging Most Likely Source of QR Code
QR Code Users Most Likely to Scan Code while at Home or Store
// RESTON, VA, August 12, 2011 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results of a study on mobile QR and bar code scanning based on data from its comScore MobiLens service. A QR (“Quick Response”) code is a specific matrix bar code (or two-dimensional code) that is readable by smartphones. The study found that in June 2011, 14 million mobile users in the U.S., representing 6.2 percent of the total mobile audience, scanned a QR or bar code on their mobile device. The study found that a mobile user that scanned a QR or bar code during the month was more likely to be male (60.5 percent of code scanning audience), skew toward ages 18-34 (53.4 percent) and have a household income of $100k or above (36.1 percent). The study also analyzed the source and location of QR or bar code scanning, finding that users are most likely to scan codes found in newspapers/magazines and on product packaging and do so while at home or in a store.
“QR codes demonstrate just one of the ways in which mobile marketing can effectively be integrated into existing media and marketing campaigns to help reach desired consumer segments,” said Mark Donovan, comScore senior vice president of mobile. “For marketers, understanding which consumer segments scan QR codes, the source and location of these scans, and the resulting information delivered, is crucial in developing and deploying campaigns that successfully utilize QR codes to further brand engagement.”
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