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Vivid Sydney Ideas
Listen to top thinkers as they impart knowledge for those who wants it. The best place to see Vivid Sydney is also the halls and talks that will change the way you see things and revolutionize your life.
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – Game Changer: Dan Goods ?
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Before your Vivid schedule ends, why not spend an afternoon learning to Dan Goods about his great idea about advertising, creative design and groundbreaking tips to success? Learn to have the best of Vivid Sydney idea events and get your mind engaged on Los Angeles' most interesting man. Have the best Vivid Sydney pictures you can have yet don't forget we have issues to tackle in this Vivid Idea event that is equally worth your attention.
Come and join us in this amazing event. Have yourself registered so that you can enter the venue. It's your last day to cherish the Vivid Sydney festival so make it count.
Get yourself a talk that will inspire you to love ideas that will get you to do more great things in your daily life. Vivid ends with some of the most challenging questions for us. This Vivid Sydney idea talk aims to provide an answer to new questions arising from our goal of colonizing the universe and learning more from it.
What dates is this on? 2PM-3:30PM
What time does this Vivid event start? June 3
Where can this be found? City Recital Hall, 2 Angel Pl Sydney 2000
How much are the tickets for this Vivid installation? Prices starts at $25
Dan Goods fuses art and science into powerful experiences that reveal worlds you never knew were there. His work is shown in museums, festivals, and outer space.
By day, he is an artist, creative director and visual strategist and runs The Studio at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He and his team develop creative ways of communicating to transform complex concepts into meaningful stories that can be universally understood. After hours, he works on creative projects with collaborators around the world.
Goods has a background in graphic design and graduated valedictorian from Art Center College of Design in 2002. He soon realised he could channel his talents into scientific fields and joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab to create installations about discovering planets around other stars and formed a team of inspiring creatives. His art project The Big Playground offers viewers an opportunity to see the universe through a hole drilled into a grain of sand. Metamorphosis lets you experience the atmosphere of a comet and the ways they behave.
In 2006, Goods was honoured with an International Design Excellence Award for his eCloud data-driven sculpture at San Jose Airport. This dynamic sculpture is inspired by the volume and behavior of an idealized cloud. Made from unique polycarbonate tiles that can fade between transparent and opaque states, its patterns are transformed periodically by real-time weather from around the world.
He is currently collaborating on new public art pieces in California and is developing the Museum of Awe with David Delgado and Ivan Amato. The Museum of Awe combines art, science, theatre and surprise to create experiences where people are reminded of the gift and privilege of being alive.
Recently, Goods was named as "one of the most interesting people in Los Angeles". Find out what he is dreaming up for his next projects, where collaborations are evolving and how you can be involved.
Prepare to be amazed as Dan makes the world around you come to life in new ways – hear about buildings that pulsate, how to talk to spaceships, why we are all connected and discover what exactly humans are made of. If you are interested in science and creativity – this is the talk for you.
Dan will be joined in conversation by the sharp, surprising and witty Bernie Hobbs, a passionate science communicator on ABC radio, TV and online.
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?Vivid Sydney 2018 – Semi Permanent 2018 ?
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Before the last day of Vivid Sydney comes around, why not inspire your inner screenplay writer and movie director selves with the best on the show business? Gather new tips on how to springboard your career in design and movie making with the influencers who made it big in their own careers. Vivid tours may take you somewhere really astounding but take your mind on a road trip metaphorically with this idea talk.
Enjoy this wonderful event and maybe include it in your Vivid Sydney accommodation packages. Take your family or that person you know who already knows Dare Jennings and his company.
Look through the lens so you can see a new vantage point of what's good in society. Listen as you get drawn in from a special perspective and an intimate talk with experts in this exclusive Vivid program. If you're a storyteller and a movie maker enthusiast, where is Vivid Sydney might be this idea talk.
What dates is this on? 10AM-5PM
What time does this Vivid event start? May 24-26
Where can this be found? Carriageworks, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh 2015
How much are the tickets for this Vivid installation? Prices starts at $375
Global creative platform Semi Permanent celebrates 16 years of pioneering and transformative design with the return of their three-day event on 24, 25 and 26 May at Sydney's Carriageworks.
Through the lens of 'creative tension as inspiration', this year's event focuses on those moments of positive and negative friction that come before a breakthrough.
In those moments, creative thinkers and doers stand on the precipice of change until we learn what we need to learn to leap into the future and design that experience, solve that brief, arrive at that perfect layout or make that life-changing decision.
Scott Dadich and Patrick Godfrey – co-founders and co-CEOs Godfrey Dadich Partners. Scott is former WIRED Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer of Netflix series 'Abstract: The Art of Design' and together he and Patrick will lead conversations with a hand-picked selection of their most influential collaborators.
Tinker Hatfield – this legendary Nike sneaker designer describes a 36+ year career through his most celebrated shoe designs.
Paula Scher – the influential New York graphic designer and principal at Pentagram has cemented her legacy as one of the most important designers of the 21st century. She'll also host an exclusive masterclass.
Alex Schleifer – vice president of design at Airbnb, discusses how design can accelerate a global sense of belonging.
Ajaz Ahmed – founder and CEO of innovation behemoth AKQA shares lessons from running a creative empire.
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – The Vivid World of Virtual Reality ?
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Best vantage points for Vivid Sydney? You can listen to a talk about the state of virtual reality in gaming and technology in general in this version of Vivid Sydney this year. Get insights on how VR has progressed, how it is now being used in different fields of sciences. You will feel very excited for the future of this new technology.
Vivid Sydney can be as helpful and fruitful as you want it to be. So don't think about how it can't change you and think how you can use it to your advantage.
If you have been updating yourself with the latest trend in gaming tech, you'd know that Virtual Reality is on the rise. This Vivid Sydney talk takes on the status of Virtual Reality in the society and how far did it went for the past few years. Join the talk on June 3 for an intimate look at the state of our modern technology.
What dates is this on? 5PM-7PM
What time does this Vivid event start? May 25-June 16
Where can this be found? University of Newcastle Sydney Campus, 55 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000
The world of virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are known as immersive technologies that provide new ways for people to interact and use digital information like never before. Virtual reality and augmented reality takes conventional media content such as images, audio, text and interaction into new medium that can be used across different domains such as marketing, engineering, medicine, education, fashion and more to assist companies with marketing, sales, training and data visualisation. Virtual reality and augmented reality is not just about gaming; it will transform how business owners develop future content to be consumed through virtual reality.
In this new innovative workshop, you need to open your curious mind and eyes to future possibilities of the virtual world which will be part of our everyday lives. In this workshop we will learn what virtual reality and augmented reality is and how they are constructed with strong emphasis on storytelling, creativity and the use of latest technology (software, hardware, wearable). In this workshop you will be able to test apps and be immersed in the world of virtual reality with hands on examples in many domains and case studies available. As a creative person, business owner or just a hobbyist we will investigate the creative process; the tools and the storytelling you need to plan in order to create your own future virtual experience.
This virtual reality and augmented reality workshop aims to:
1. Equip you with the creative mindset you need to plan, design and execute your creative VR experience.
2. Help you to understand the different types of mediums such as virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality and how you can possibly use them in your future business plans.
Workshop Content
1. The future of virtual reality as a technology and its influence in many industries.
2. Explore how virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are changing the creative industry for the better.
3. Explore how virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality being used in business such as sales and marketing, remote assistance, training, and education.
4. Explore how virtual reality and augmented reality being applied in many markets such as virtual reality ecommerce, virtual reality medical, virtual reality education, virtual reality engineering, virtual reality creative arts, virtual reality fashion, virtual reality apps and more.
5. An overview of how you can explore virtual reality at home and the workplace.
Workshop Delivery
This virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality workshop will be delivered as an interactive workshop consisting of an instructor-led lecture, group and individual activities. This training approach allows you to work through concepts introduced by the instructor in an application-focused teaching environment.
This virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality workshop is suitable for everyone aged 18 and above but will be of particular interest to the opportunities that are present for business and industry through the implementation of virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – Mummy, Can I Marry My Avatar? ?
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Towards the end of your Vivid schedule, why not indulge in a morning discourse about artificial intellegence and how it affects us with our use of technology? Have the best Vivid Sydney pictures you can have yet don't forget we have issues to tackle in this Vivid Idea event that is equally worth your attention.
Come and join us in this free event. Have yourself registered so that you can enter the venue. It's your last day to cherish the Vivid Sydney festival so make it count.
How do you see yourself as a modern human? Can you get too attached to your digital world to even ask a question? Vivid ends with some of the most challenging questions for us. This Vivid Sydney idea talk aims to provide an answer to new questions arising from the new technology we are yet to master.
What dates is this on? 10AM-11:30AM
What time does this Vivid event start? June 16
Where can this be found? Vivid Ideas Exchange, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia
How much are the tickets for this Vivid installation? Free but requires registration
What will our lives be like when we coexist with digital humans?
Our panel of experts and thought leaders will join a live interactive, photo-realistic computer-generated digital person on stage to look at the long-term ethical and social issues we will be facing with digital humans. Explore the dilemma of how far we let replicants in with renowned author and public speaker Rachel Botsman and leading experts and researchers from The University of Sydney Business School and Sydney Business Insights.
Much has been discussed in the press, and especially in dystopian science fiction, about the rise of the machines. In the shadow of a dramatic narrative of robots and cyborgs, a much more likely world is emerging where humans can rely on digital companions to support their everyday activities. While we are less likely to have a human-looking robot walking about our homes doing our daily chores, we are much closer to having virtual digital assistants on our mobiles and home devices that get to know us and start to anticipate our needs. Computer advances will soon make it possible for everyday devices to both acknowledge and respond to us emotionally.
Because we are hard-wired to respond to faces in uniquely positive ways, artificial realistic faces hold great promise for advancing human interaction with machines. Will it be long before we have conversational agents, such as Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri, with new believable "human" faces and expressions?
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – Game Changer: Dare Jennings ?
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Before the last day of Vivid Sydney comes around, why not enrich your mind with the inspiring story of Dare Jennings? He's a motorcycle brand influencer and an owner of his own business that caters to the typical and often not so typical motorcyclist. Vivid tours may take you somewhere really astounding but take your mind on a road trip metaphorically with this idea talk.
From a passion project to a nationwide success. Listen as Dare Jennings share his inspirational story about starting his own empire in this exclusive Vivid program. If you're a motorbike enthusiast, where is Vivid Sydney might be this idea talk.
What dates is this on? 1:30PM-3PM
What time does this Vivid event start? May 27
Where can this be found? City Recital Hall, 2 Angel Pl, Sydney NSW 2000
Dare Jennings is one of Australia's global success stories. He is the founder of Mambo clothing, Phantom records and Deus Ex Machina, yet according to Dare, he has no business knowledge to share. So how do you create cult brands that cut across age and lifestyles? You toss out the rule-book and follow your instincts.
What started with stripping back and customising motorcycles in a gritty inner-west Sydney workshop — along with screen printing a few t-shirts — has morphed into the multi-faceted beast that is Deus Ex Machina turning over $60 million in apparel, accessories and dead-cool bikes as well as running publishing projects, recording deals, cafes, festivals and retreats from Sydney to Milan to LA to Bali. The cornerstone? Everything is built on coveted experiences.
Dare will be joined by his good friend James Valentine — host of Afternoons on ABC Radio Sydney. Expect a broad ranging conversation touching on politics, music, surfing and — those bikes — with a few tips and tricks for success thrown in for good measure.
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – Game Changer: Jane McGonical and Kriti Sharma ?
Best vantage points for Vivid Sydney? You can listen to a talk about the state of robotics and artificial intelligence in this version of Vivid Sydney this year. Get some tidbits from two women who are about to change your perspective about how AI and role play games can change the human mind.
Technology and artificial intellegence are now a ubiquitous part of our society. This Vivid Sydney talk takes two women who knows AI and robots well from the inside and impart those knowledge to us. Join the talk on June 3 for an intimate look at the state of our modern technology.
As Director of Game Research and Development at the Institute of the Future, Jane McGonigal believes that games are far from a waste of time. She can prove games have the power to transform the way we live our real world lives.
After suffering a debilitating concussion that left her bedridden and suicidal, Jane decided to turn her experience into a role-play game SUPERBETTER. Not only did gamifying recovery help Jane overcome her brain trauma, it has helped half a million people to overturn their depression, anxiety, chronic pain and even cope with terminal diagnoses.
Jane McGonigal will be joined by Kriti Sharma.
When faced with alarmist news stories that 'a robot has gained citizenship of an actual country' and 'AI is going to take all our jobs', Kriti Sharma doesn't flinch, she sighs. As a leading global voice on Artificial Intelligence named by Forbes and Recode 100 as a key influencer in technology, Kriti isn't worried about robot overlords swooping in, she knows AI is already integrated into everything we do.
Artificial Intelligence affects us all daily. In fact, we are all AI coders, we just don't realise it. Every time you search for answers on Google, hit like on Facebook, scan jobs on LinkedIn, watch YouTube videos, AI decides what you see next. Every digital trace you leave cascades thousands of decisions about you that determine not only what you see, but how you are seen.
The good news is that AI is within our control. We can teach AI the right values, the right ethics. We just need to act sooner rather than later.
Kriti will help us understand the inherent biases in the systems and explain why diversity is critical in the teams that build AI. She will unpack recent examples of privacy breaches including Cambridge analytica and explain what we can do today to shape our digital future.
Together, they'll explore the latest developments in AI, VR and gaming and ask what sort of society are we creating with technology and who benefits? Join these two powerhouse women in their crusade to retain the human element in a digital world.
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – Game Changer: Peggy Oki and Laura Wells ?
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What to do at Vivid Sydney? Well, how about you get inspired by two of this year's Vivid Sydney "change agents". It's Peggy Oki, a surfer and skateboarder at 60 and Laura Wells, and environmentalist who have been changing how we treat mother nature and preserving the planet for future generations.
If you are still searching Vivid Sydney what to do, then it must be a clear message for you that you have a lot of options. You can see Vivid laser shows or get inspiration from people who can change your perspective into life.
A surfer and an environmentalist. Now, here's a Vivid Sydney that you would want to see. Be inspired by a different perspective on life and the environment with this incredible Vivid line up. Watch for Vivid Sydney guide for all the info you need.
Where can this be found? Vivid Ideas Exchange, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 140 George St, The Rocks 2000
Peggy Oki and Laura Wells – Change agents.
Peggy Oki is the pioneering female member of the iconic Z Boys skateboard crew, whose art inspires others to care deeply about the oceans. Laura Wells is using her international profile as a model, marine biologist and social influencer to protect the planet by fighting the war on plastic. How will these two motivators inspire you to become an agent for change?
PEGGY OKI
Meet Peggy Oki, skateboarder, surfer, artist, environmental activist whose art inspires others to care about our oceans. In the '70s, she broke into the boys-club as the only female member of the Zephyr Skateboard Team, made famous in the films Dogtown and Z Boys. Now at 60, she still skates and surfs daily. Her love of the waves directly informs her art. The large scale public art installation Origami Whales Project has enamoured hundreds of thousands of participants to the plight of whales and dolphins.
LAURA WELLS
Laura Wells is an Environmentalist, presenter and one of Australia's top plus size models. Holding degrees in both Biology and Law, Laura's passion for the environment, love for the ocean and interest in climate change has led her to become a positive role model, advocate and ambassador for change. Working on environmental campaigns with The Boomerang Alliance, Greenpeace, 1 Million Women, WWF Australia and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), being an active and vocal participant of the Cash for Containers campaign in NSW, a climate reality leader in Al Gore's, Climate Reality Project and the main subject of a Canadian produced documentary 'A Perfect 14' has allowed Laura to extend the voice of environmental campaigns and help to educate those people not normally influenced by such a sphere.
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – New Kid on the Blockchain ?
You don't need expensive Vivid tickets to attend an exclusive Vivid Sydney event. In fact, some of the best and knowledge enriched programs are offering the cheapest cost for entry. The New Kid on the Blockchain explores the use and impact of modern monetary payment schemes that is Bitcoin and all that connects to it.
Attend this annual gathering and first of its kind in Australia to learn more on how you can utilize this or use the knowledge you get from it as your protection in the ever evolving world of Bitcoin.
Vivid Sydney and technology goes hand in hand in giving insights to the world's emerging trends like bitcoin and blockchain. Learn what you don't know and re-learn what you thought you do in this Vivid Sydney idea event.
What dates is this on? 8AM-9:30AM
In the next two years, blockchain and similar technologies will forever alter the way transactions occur, the way we store and share data, the way we track the provenance of goods and the way in which we manage supply chains.
While many industries already trade electronically in seemingly smooth marketplaces from finance to advertising and mining to farming, the back-office processes are still overwhelmingly manual. Make way for the brave new world where blockchain technologies will replace old-fangled ways with smart contracts and automatic fulfilment and payment processes.
Distributed ledgers and blockchain technologies have applications far beyond their most famous example — Bitcoin — though they are not yet widely understood. Knowing the hows and whys will put you ahead of the game as automated transactions go mainstream.
Join the Decoded team as we explore the mindset behind blockchain, have a deep look at hashing and dive into the beauty of blockchain to explain how it works and why it will change your industry and our futures.
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – Hugh Mackay on The Good Society ?
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A Vivid Sydney experience you would surely love if you are curious as to how societies evolve and its impact in human lives. Hugh Mackay, a well-renowned sociologist offers an insight from an expert's point of view of this complicated topic. Vivid Sydney 2018 is truly highlighted with only the best from the best thinkers around.
If you are as curious as us, please come and join this rare opportunity to pick the brains of the few geniuses in existence.
Inspiration for all, Hugh Mackay shares his life long knowledge in society and what we could become. A truly Vivid Sydney highlight everyone should see.
Where can this be found? 220 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000
What kind of society do we want to become? Australia's unprecedented run of economic growth has failed to deliver a more stable or harmonious society. Like many Western societies, we are in the midst of a period of rampant individualism and materialism, becoming more self-absorbed, more competitive, more socially fragmented, more anxious, more depressed, more medicated, deeper in debt and increasingly addicted. How do we correct this course so we can head towards a more compassionate, less anxious future?
The School of Life proudly presents an evening with esteemed social researcher and bestselling author Hugh Mackay, as he draws on his 60-year research career to present a fearless and passionate vision for the kind of people and society we could become. Hugh invites us to consider the possibility that the clearest signs of the health of a society are to be found in the life of its local neighbourhoods and communities.
Throughout the evening, expect to be challenged to think differently about the power of our individual choices in shaping our society's future. It's time to consider the role of compassion in addressing issues such as anxiety, cultural diversity, the digital and social media divide and economic inequality. What new ideas and insights will we share about how courage, wisdom and imagination can pave our way toward a more compassionate, less anxious society?
?Vivid Sydney 2018 – Algae is the New Black ?
This Vivid Sydney Idea event only shows that this plant may not be the grandest fauna in the world, but algae was one of Earth's unsung hero. It is. Vivid Sydney is not only a show of light and grand display of installations but a instilling renewed appreciation to the most overlooked part of our ecosystem.
Plant lovers, scientists, thinkers and nature lovers, this show is for you. Get to know and re-love the biology everyone takes for granted.
They are everywhere. They can be on your pool when you don't clean it for a month. Algaes. It's ubiquitous yet helpful to the health of our planet. Get intimate with how algae helped Earth evolve and how we are intertwined with its existence.
Did you know that 50 per cent of the world's oxygen comes from algae? That bloom you see in your local river contributes more to the planet than you could know.
It is only now that we are realising the potential of this 'green gold'. Through the Deep Green Biotech Hub led by UTS, the NSW Government has invested to develop algae as 'the latest sustainable resource'. Cultivating, programming and harvesting this naturally occurring organism is the frontier for next-generation medicines, nutritional supplements, cosmetics, food and drink as well as plastics, fuel, industrial chemicals and animal feed.
Get ready to completely change your perception of algae as you hear about your future from leading scientists and industry experts about the importance and benefits of this fantastic living organism.


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The Godzilla Remix Project proves every song is better with some Godzilla
The brainchild of LA comedian Joe McAdam, the absurd corner of the Internet known as The Godzilla Remix Project posits that there is nothing—no sitcom theme, jukebox anthem, or pop culture talking point—that can't be improved by Godzilla sounds. McAdam says the project was inspired by his appearance on a friend's podcast, where they discussed Green Day's "Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix)" from 1998's Godzilla: The Album. Wondering why no one had thought to use the incredibly lazy device of just adding some Godzilla sounds to a song and calling it a remix before or since, McAdam posted "The Star Spangled Banner (Godzilla Remix)" and the Project was born.
Much like the giant monster himself, after stomping on a few dozen pop cultural landmarks The Godzilla Remix Project went into hibernation from October 2012 to May 2014. But inspired by the new movie, McAdam recently brought the Project back, telling The A.V. Club that it has "live[d] longer than any one note joke should. I'm not proud of what I've done, but I understand that it had to be done. It's kind of like Vietnam for me."

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Are We Truly in a 'Golden Age' of Entrepreneurship?
There's no question that entrepreneurs (and employees) these days have it pretty good. A good chunk of the startup process for almost any business can be accomplished by almost anyone with a basic Internet connection and a little bit of time.
Then, once you've started the process, the world is yours to message and engage with. Indeed, the market is flooded with new apps, sites and ideas that combine old ideas in innovative ways ("old," in this context, being just a few months after launch).
With today's tech and trends seeming to favor entrepreneurship, is it fair to say we're currently in a "golden age" of entrepreneurship? Let's explore.
The first task is to address the semantics of the phrase "golden age." It's a vague term, with no inherent quantitative bounds. You could interpret the age we're in, for example, as a better-than-average time for entrepreneurs, or a once-only opportunity entrepreneurs will never enjoy again.
Equally perplexing is the fact that "golden" might designate only an age where entrepreneurs can make the most profit, or an age when the most entrepreneurs are competing in the same market.
While the merits of any application could be argued, let's stick with a general, middle-of-the-road definition. Here, a "golden age" of entrepreneurship refers to an era that makes it easy for entrepreneurs to start businesses and more likely that those businesses succeed -- and does all this to a degree far higher than what we've experienced in previous decades.
Global connectivity. The Internet has made it possible for people anywhere in the world to connect instantly. Suddenly, the world has become a treasure trove of possible investors, partners, employees and customers ripe to plunder.
Unlimited resources. Think about the free resources available: general information on Wikipedia, tutorials on YouTube, advanced website performance metrics with Google Analytics. The world's information is at your fingertips, so there's no excuse for making decisions without data to back them up.
Crowd approval. Social media and crowdfunding are just two new platforms that have dramatically improved entrepreneurial conditions. They serve as potential options for funding, potential customer bases, sources for market research and even a testing ground for new ideas -- and they function in real time.
Funding availability. It's certainly a golden age of startup funding from angel investors and venture capitalists. The amount of funding available to startups has grown considerably, year after year, for the past decade. According to CB Insights, 2014, the last full year on record, recorded $47.3 billion available.
Popular fixation. Don't rule out the influence of today's zeitgeist. Startup moguls are practically celebrities, with names like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk making headlines daily. People love entrepreneurs, and strive to follow their lead.
Digital goods. Much of what we consume in the modern era is digital -- especially information and entertainment. Digital goods aren't bogged down by the slow processes, permanence or high startup costs physical goods entail, making it easier to become an entrepreneur.
Blue ocean. "Blue Ocean" is a term that argues for replacing competition with the creation of new market space. The Internet and our relationship with it are ever-evolving, providing a vast new frontier of ideas to create. Entrepreneurs can create demand in ways they never could before.
Selective funding. As mentioned, there's a metric ton of funding out there for the taking, but where is that funding going? I recently reported on a phenomenon in the startup funding community that tends to channel this capital into startups that have the absolute best business plans. You may think of this as survival of the fittest at its most basic, but startups with promising ideas (but less buzz) have considerably lower chances of getting the capital. That inequality promises enhanced startup success only to a select few.
Failure rates. There's a flip side to the fast rise of tech startup superstars: Most of them end up fizzling out. Most entrepreneurs fail many times before ever succeeding, and thanks to accelerated tech growth and fickle consumer trends, it's hard to stay relevant for longer than a few years.
Limited paths. The vast availability and demand for digital goods creates a subtle restriction for potential new businesses. It's actually harder to break into a traditional industry or one centered on physical goods than it used to be.
Higher competition. I mentioned the "blue ocean" state of the digital frontier, but the tight interconnectedness and instant speed of the Internet opens the door to competition immediately. Come up with a unique idea, and a dozen hungry entrepreneurs will try to improve your model.
Is this really a "golden age" for entrepreneurship? I wish I could say for sure, though making a final decision would require even further fine-tuning of the term's subjective definition. Entrepreneurs today have more opportunities, more resources and more potential to succeed than they ever have before, but those new doors also allow new challenges, new restrictions and new demands to enter in.
If the term referred only to entrepreneurial activity, I'd say that hands down, yes, we're in a relative golden age. But that doesn't mean that everything is golden for modern entrepreneurs.
What about you? Do you think we're in a "golden age" of entrepreneurship?


Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology students are exposed to a wide variety of courses in the liberal arts and sciences as well as a rigorous sequence of courses in the field, preparing them for a lifetime of helping those in need.
* Theatre Arts and Acting majors who wish to pursue the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology major may count THTR 202 and SPCH 203 towards the major and in substitution for SPCH 202 towards the major.
To meet the General Education requirements and the requirements of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology Majors must complete three credits in physical science, three credits in biological science, six credits in social/behavioral sciences, and three credits in statistics.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association requires that students in the major fulfill 25 supervised observation hours before enrolling in practice in speech-language pathology.
* Theatre Arts and Acting majors who wish to pursue the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology minor may count THTR 202 and SPCH 203 towards the minor and in substitution for SPCH 202 towards the minor.
*Theatre Arts and Acting majors who wish to pursue the Language Sciences minor may count THTR 202-203 towards the Language Sciences minor and in substitution for SPCH 202.
For full course descriptions, view the course catalog.


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Лю Ичан (; ), он же Лау Ичхён () — гонконгский писатель, редактор и издатель. Считается основателем современной литературы Гонконга.

Его роман «Пьяница» () — первый китайский роман «потока сознания». По его мотивам гонконгский режиссёр Вонг Карвай снял фильм «2046» (2004), а по мотивам романа «Пересечение» () — «Любовное настроение» (2000).

Биография
Родился в Шанхае 7 декабря 1918 года в семье Лю Хао (). Имя при рождении Лю Тунъи ().

В 1941 году Лю Ичан окончил университет Святого Иоанна в Шанхае. Благодаря помощи отца он уехал из Шанхая в Чунцин, так как японские войска оккупировали Шанхайский международный сеттльмент. Из-за проблем с поиском работы в Чунцине он спал на заводе, иногда жил в общежитии у старшего брата, который занимал дипломатическую должность. В Чунцине же он знакомству он устроился в газету «Гоминь гунбао» (). В 1943 году Лю Ичан первым услышал новость BBC о смерти маршала флота Японии Исороку Ямамото и опубликовал её в газете «Саодан бао» (). В 1945 году он вернулся в Шанхай.

В 1957 году он женился на Ло Пэйюнь () и переехал в Гонконг. 8 июня 2018 года Лю Ичан скончался в госпитале в Гонконге в возрасте 99 лет.

Карьера

С 1941 года по 2000 год Лю Ичан работал редактором газет и главным редактором издательства и журналов в таких городах, как Чунцин, Шанхай, Гонконг, а также в Сингапуре и Малайзии. С 1949 года по 1962 год он занимал должность редактора в гонконгской газете «Hong Kong Times» (), с 1963 года по 1980-е годы — должность редактора «Файбоу» (), с 30 сентября 1981 года по 4 апреля 1991 года — должность главного редактора «Sing Tao Evening Post» ().

В январе 1985 года в Гонконге был создан ежемесячный литературный журнал «Хёнкон Маньхок» (). В этом журнале Лю Ичан работал главным редактором до 1 июля 2000 года — до выхода на пенсию. За всё время работы он опубликовал 188 номеров, открывая новые таланты и внося большой вклад в развитие литературы Гонконга. Лю Ичан являлся членом Союза китайских писателей. В 1985 году он стал одним из учредителей Ассоциации писателей Гонконга, в разное время был заместителем председателя и председателем Ассоциации.

Открытый университет Гонконга присвоил Лю Ичану звание заслуженного профессора литературы. Он также получил степень почётного доктора филологии Открытого университета Гонконга и университета Линнань. На Гонконгской книжной ярмарке был признан «Писателем года». Лю Ичану вручили премию «за выдающийся вклад в искусство» и медаль почёта от правительства Специального административного района Гонконг.

Творчество
В 1948 году в Шанхае был опубликован первый роман Лю Ичана «Потерянная любовь» (). За всю карьеру он написал более сорока литературных произведений: романы, эссе, очерки, критические сборники. Его работы завоевали множество наград, они были включены в различные университетские учебники в Китае и за рубежом, а также переведены на английский, французский, итальянский, нидерландский, японский, корейский и другие языки.

В 1963 году был написан роман «Пьяница» (). Произведение считается одним из первых китайских романов «потока сознания», в котором использовались некоторые приёмы западного модернизма в литературе.

Лю Ичан отметил: «У меня не было намерения написать исторический роман, но я хотел дать комментарий к истории Гонконга». В романе упоминаются исторические события XX века, особенности СМИ и издательств в Гонконге. Герои ведут диалоги о развитии китайской литературы, например, о состоянии литературы после Движения 4 мая, о западных писателях и т.д.

В 1972 году Лю Ичан написал ещё один ставший известным роман — «Пересечение» (). В романе рассказаны истории двух героев, живущих в 70-е годы XX века: мужчины средних лет, который переехал из Шанхая в Гонконг, и молодой девушки, которая родилась и выросла в Гонконге.

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Column: The truth about race-baiting that Trump supporters don't want to hear
By Kristen McQueary
Aug 26, 2019 | 4:08 PM
Christian Picciolini is a former white supremacist who grew up in Blue Island. He is the founder of the nonprofit organization, Free Radicals Project, that counsels radicalized individuals and groups. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
To the oblivious eye, the tattoos coloring Christian Picciolini's arms resemble intricate artwork — a color-by-number masterpiece from shoulder to wrist. But to the knowing, the ink thicket telegraphs something more sinister. White power.
For most of his teen years and into young adulthood, Picciolini, who grew up in Blue Island, led a white supremacist movement that attracted a global audience. He recruited other members, wrote and sold white power music, encouraged acts of violence against African American and Jewish people, got kicked out of several high schools, including Marist and Brother Rice on the Southwest Side, and admired and emulated Adolf Hitler. He began tattooing his body with white power symbols and quotes, now a permanent and painful reminder of his past.
Right-leaning Fox News talk show host Tucker Carlson, following the Aug. 3 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, claimed white supremacy was a "hoax" perpetuated by Democrats and liberals to divide the country. Because he never met a white supremacist, Carlson concluded they don't exist. Huh.
Carlson, meet Picciolini.
As founder of the nonprofit organization Free Radicals Project that counsels radicalized individuals and groups, a reformed Picciolini is inundated with pleas for help. Requests for speaking engagements, advice and intervention have increased under the Trump administration. Some days, Picciolini can't keep up with the calls and emails. Does that mean President Donald Trump is responsible for inciting acts of violence? No. Is our president a white nationalist? No. But his tweets, his remarks during interviews and at rallies, and his sluggish and insufficient responses to racially motivated violence feed "people on the fringes," Picciolini says.
He would know. He was one.
Christian Picciolini at his Chicago home in 2017. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
"Of course not every Trump supporter is a racist, a Nazi or a white nationalist," he says. "Racism is nothing new. It has always existed. But the rhetoric out of this administration, and specifically the president, at times mirrors almost identically what I used to say 30 years ago in the movement. Religious-based bans, the way immigrants are demonized, things like 's---hole countries,' words like 'animals' and 'invasion.' They were the exact words of the neo-Nazi movement."
Chicago-based Picciolini and his group currently are juggling more than 400 cases and requests for help from white supremacists, reformed supremacists who feel shamed and traumatized, family members concerned about a loved one, colleagues worried about a co-worker — you name it. Picciolini's group works with and trains law enforcement and also counsels and engages with hate group members to try to pry them free. He does it with understanding and compassion, not disgust. How? He imagines each hater as a child, both visually and metaphorically. No one is born latched onto racist ideology, he says. But they often hit "potholes" in life — loss, addiction, isolation — and seek out a sense of community and purpose.
"As ugly as it is to think about Dylann Roof, at one point he was not a Nazi monster. He was some kid who over time found that path," Picciolini says of the South Carolina mass shooter who killed nine worshippers, all black, attending a prayer service.
Federal funding for Picciolini's organization through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been drying up, prompting him to launch a grassroots fundraising campaign this week at www.freeradicals.org to help his outreach expand. The feds remain focused on Islamic terrorism, not domestic. But domestic terrorism through white supremacy ideology is a public safety threat. Law enforcement authorities thwart potential attacks routinely. We just don't hear as much about it.
"The number of people reaching out to us for help is staggering," Picciolini says. "I get national security threats sent to my inbox. I'm the first (contact) for people who don't want to go to law enforcement right off the bat."
When he was 14, Picciolini, the son of Italian immigrants, was smoking weed in an alley near his house when the leader of a local white supremacy group approached him, smacked him on the head and told him he would save his life. Picciolini was intrigued. He went to a white power meeting and began to absorb the anger and race-based hatred of the group. It wasn't until he got married, had kids and began interacting with people of different races and faiths that he made the decision to disengage.
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"My whole life was the movement," he says. "That was my identity. My family. When my children were born, it had me asking myself, 'Am I a hatemonger or do I want to be a good dad and husband?' That hope of doing something better came through my kids. They saved my life."
Trump supporters bristle, often rightly, at wild, irresponsible leaps of blame that link Trump directly to mass shootings. I get it. But when a former white supremacist warns of a posture from the White House that emboldens fringe groups, which he once led, shouldn't we all be listening?
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The Best Standalone Episodes
Having recently finished watching Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, I was struck by how my favourite episode was #5 Dark Quiet Death – a standalone episode that featured two completely separate characters. It got me thinking of other examples, like a similarly video-game focused episode of You're the Worst, and countless others.
So thought it would be a great idea to accumulate these into an article, or perhaps even analyse why audiences respond to these episodes (as Dark Quiet Death is the highest-rated Mythic Quest episode on IMDB by far).
Another example that might fit: among the three best-rated episodes of Stargate SG-1 on Imbd, two of them can be considered as standalone episodes: Window of Opportunity and The Fifth Race. The monster-of-the-week episodes of The X-Files might also belong in such an analysis. There might also be a difference between standalone episodes in more 'procedural' TV shows (such as SG-1 or X-Files), where standalone episodes are a regular format), and TV shows where, no matter how good they are, standalone episodes stay an exception. (I haven't watched Mythic Quest, so I don't know in which 'category' it would go.) Could that issue be discussed in the same article or would that fact call for two separate ones? – Gavroche 2 years ago


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Connecticut Little Leagues forced to adjust amid youth baseball participation decline
By Alex Putterman
The Ques Little Leaguer Jeremiah Amaro catches a baseball after his game in the Hartford Northend 5-8 (year) Little League at Waverly Field on June 19. (Brad Horrigan / Hartford Courant)
It's not an easy time to run a youth baseball league.
Participation across youth sports has declined steadily, as kids choose among more entertainment options than ever. Major League Baseball's popularity is down among members of Generation Z, who say they prefer basketball and soccer. And travel teams continue to siphon away top athletes at younger and younger ages, draining the player pool.
It's no surprise, therefore, that Little League International reports steady annual declines in participation and that many Connecticut leagues have seen steep drops over the past 10 or 15 years. Some local leagues have merged with rivals to fortify depleted rosters. Others have eliminated age groups or drastically reduced their number of teams.
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Coaches and administrators maintain that youth baseball is far from doomed – that participation has leveled off, in many cases, after years of decline and that player enthusiasm remains as high as ever. But they also acknowledge the challenges of sustaining leagues whose numbers are down, often steeply, from former peaks.
Below are the stories of five Connecticut Little Leagues: one that guards its idyllic vision of youth sports, even as participation dips; one that struggles to draw interest in an area where baseball has lost cachet; two that share a city that may not be big enough for both of them; and one that has already found strength through a pair of mergers. Together, they help explain the state of Connecticut youth baseball in 2019.
Fairfield American Little League shortstop Charlie Yates tries to tag out Maine baserunner during a regional game in Bristol last year. Even the powerhouse FALL has seen its participation decline in recent years. (Brad Horrigan / Hartford Courant)
A dip in Glastonbury
During spring Little League season, a weekday night at Glastonbury's Ross Field can feel like something from a Norman Rockwell painting.
Small boys in large uniforms chase each other across foul territory. Coaches congratulate kids for good plays and reassure them after bad ones. Teenagers sell hot dogs to hungry parents at a well-stocked concession stand. Stadium lights flicker on, illuminating a catcher who struggles to strap on his gear and a third baseman who smiles sheepishly when a ball sneaks past him in warm-ups.
Inside a storage shed along the first-base line, Don Longtin rummages for a dark green hat to give to a boy whose dog has chewed through his first one. Longtin has been part of Little League baseball for more than 50 years, and as Glastonbury's commissioner, he prides himself on promoting values that sometimes seem to have disappeared from youth sports: inclusion, sportsmanship and fun.
"We're not in the baseball business, we're in the kid business," he says, pointing to a wall bearing that slogan.
But idyllic as things might seem, Glastonbury Little League has its issues. Over five decades in town, Longtin has watched the local Little League grow and grow, then shrink again. This year, he said, the league had a total of 947 kids, including both baseball and softball players, down from nearly 1,500 in the mid-2000s.
Basketball has gone year-round, soccer is pretty much year-round. The seasons are different now than they were 40 years ago.
Don Longtin, Glastonbury Little League
This pattern broadly mirrors trends across youth baseball. Little League International says its participation peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s (with an estimated 2.7 million players) but has declined by an average of 1-3 percent annually over the past 18 years. An annual survey from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association has found youth baseball participation rates to be relatively flat in recent years, even as total participation, across all age groups, has risen.
Baseball participation rates were lower in New England than in any other United States region in 2018, according to SFIA, following a decrease from the previous year.
A decline in baseball participation have also been noticeable the high school level, where the sport's total participation in Connecticut declined about 7.6 percent between 2015 and 2018, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Longtin has numerous theories on why participation has fallen in Glastonbury, including a decrease in the town's population, the rise of travel teams and, above all, the trend toward focusing on one or two sports year-round. Longtin said when he was young, it was typical to play football in the fall, basketball in the winter and baseball in the spring. Over time, though, athletes began to specialize at younger ages, choosing a single sport and sticking to it. Now, a kid might decide each spring not only between baseball and, say, lacrosse but also between baseball and AAU basketball.
"The truth is there are more choices today," Longtin said. "Basketball has gone year-round, soccer is pretty much year-round. The seasons are different now than they were 40 years ago."
From Fairfield to Meriden to Hartford to Glastonbury, Little League administrators cite the rise in alternatives as the biggest cause of youth baseball's participation woes.
"You see kids leaving just because there are other options," says Fairfield Little League president Neil Stekloff, whose All-Star team has won the state championship seven of the past nine years. "And you can't do everything at the same time."
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Administrators worry (and experts agree) that kids who focus on a single sport year-round miss out on athletic and social benefits of trying different games, while risking injury or burnout. But specialization comes with a silver lining for Little League, Longtin says: young athletes who continue to play baseball do so not out of lack of options but out of passion for the sport.
"The kids who do select the game really like it. They're fanatics," Longtin said. "I think there are a tremendous amount of kids who love the sport. That's the world I live in, and the kids truly enjoy it."
Excelsior Lodge Little Leaguers Aiden Johnson, top left, and Kevin Johnson, center, gather with their teammates following their game in the Hartford Northend 5-8 (year) Little League at Waverly Field Wednesday evening. (Brad Horrigan / Hartford Courant)
Obstacles in Hartford's North End
About 10 miles away, Lewis Kelley wages a similar fight on different turf. Kelley runs the Hartford Northend Little League, which he helped found in 1989 and which has seen participation drop sharply in recent years. A decade ago, the league welcomed several hundred kids spread across three age groups. Now, it has fewer than 100, mostly concentrated at the T-ball level.
Some of HNLL's problems, Kelley said, owe to baseball's relative lack of popularity among kids in the North End.
"Our kids in our community are more about basketball and football," Kelley said one evening at Hartford's Waverly Park. "They play until basketball comes along, football comes along. We've got them from May when we start to the first part of June, then we lose them because they start doing travel basketball and getting ready for football."
Baseball has long struggled for currency in urban areas, prompting a series of Major League Baseball initiatives to drive inner-city participation. Kelley said it doesn't help that kids in the mostly black North End lack role models in MLB, where less than 8 percent of players were African-American, as of 2018.
"They like LeBron James," he said. "They don't know any [baseball player] on TV that they can associate with. The guys are from the Dominican Republic or wherever, but that ain't their heroes. LeBron is, and the football players are."
"It's hard to play baseball. You've got to get a glove, got to get a bat, get a ball, get nine players."
Anthony Lilley, Hartford Northend Little League
As HNLL vice president Anthony Lilley notes, baseball requires equipment, space and a fairly large group, making it more difficult to play casually among friends.
"It's hard to play baseball," HNLL vice president Anthony Lilley said. "You've got to get a glove, got to get a bat, get a ball, get nine players. Whereas with basketball"—he looked toward players shooting on a blacktop court behind him—"that's all you need."
Like many inner-city leagues, HNLL suffers from a lack of funding and manpower, with just a few volunteers to coach the teams, tend to the fields, apply for grants and promote the league.
As other local leagues closed their seasons in early June, Kelley was just beginning his. The start was delayed, he said, by a longer-than-usual rainy season that left the fields soaked with puddles.
"We don't have people to maintain the fields," he said.
Kelley said HNLL has not received funding from MLB, whose Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities and Play Ball programs have helped spur baseball participation across the country, including in Hartford (through the Boys and Girls Club). For now, he's left fighting to keep his league afloat – and hoping the players show up.
Hartford, CT - 6/19/19 - The Ques little leaguer Jeremiah Amaro catches a baseball after his game in the Hartford Northend 5-8 (year) Little League at Waverly Field Wednesday evening. Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant.com (Brad Horrigan / Hartford Courant)
Meriden's many leagues
In Meriden, three youth baseball leagues serve a population of about 60,000 people: the Jack Barry Little League, the Ed Walsh Little League and South Meriden Youth Baseball, which is not affiliated with Little League International.
Once, that arrangement worked. Now, as interest has dipped, it has caused some issues.
"Back when they first did it, there were so many players," Ed Walsh coach and president Michael Duffy said. "With more kids, two Little Leagues would make sense."
Jack Barry president Andrew Adams said there wasn't any single inflection point when participation declined in Meriden. Instead, he said, "It was just a gradual decline in kids wanting to play baseball, I guess."
Meriden's leagues have attempted to combat their participation problems in several ways, including by playing games against each other and against teams from neighboring towns. Jack Barry Little League, Adams said, recently cut registration costs nearly in half and has begun strategizing about how to attract more female players.
But so far nothing has particularly worked. Registration has continued to decline.
Duffy and Adams have both weighed what looks like an inevitable solution: If participation remains an issue, Jack Barry and Ed Walsh Little Leagues could soon merge into a single league, as others across the state have done. A merger would erode a decades-old youth baseball structure but would also assure that kids in Meriden have proper teams to play on and ample opponents to play against.
"We've definitely talked about it," Duffy said. "If the numbers get low enough, absolutely."
Windsor and Bloomfield: Strength in numbers
For an example of what a successful merger can look like, Meriden might glance toward Windsor, where the town's two leagues consolidated in 2012 to form a bigger, stronger operation.
"We had a couple teams on this side and a couple teams on that side, and we said, 'Why wouldn't we put everything together?'" recalls Andrew Lattimer, president of the unified Windsor Little League.
The merger, Lattimer said, allowed Windsor to slot kids at the proper level of play, instead of assigning them to whichever team needed to fill out its roster.
"We had a couple teams on this side and a couple teams on that side, and we said, 'Why wouldn't we put everything together?'"
Andrew Lattimer, Windsor Little League
This year, Windsor Little League grew once again, when it absorbed Bloomfield's ever-shrinking league, which had been reduced to about 50 players and had already been sending teams to play in Windsor.
"It just seemed like a natural fit," said former Bloomfield Little League president David Nolan, who remains involved in the league. "We already had some relationships with Windsor, we were structured the same, the pricing was fairly similar."
Lattimer and Nolan say the merger has benefited both sides. Bloomfield players got a stable league and a steadier schedule, while Windsor got a new crop of players to replenish its declining pool.
In less than 10 years, Windsor and Bloomfield went from three leagues between them to just one. And if participation continues to trend downward, Nolan said, other towns could follow similar paths.
"I would say that the future is probably in regionalization," Nolan said, "just so you have enough kids to participate."
Alex Putterman can be reached at aputterman@courant.com.
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Europa muss sich Trump widersetzen
Aug 19, 2019 Jeffrey D. Sachs
NEW YORK – Donald Trump wird Europa anlässlich des G7-Gipfels in diesem Monat einen neuerlichen Besuch abstatten, und den europäischen Regierungen gehen, was den Umgang mit diesem US-Präsidenten angeht, die Optionen aus. Sie haben versucht, ihn zu bezirzen, zu überreden, zu ignorieren oder anzuerkennen, dass man anderer Meinung ist. Doch Trumps Böswilligkeit ist grenzenlos. Die einzige Alternative ist daher, ihm Widerstand zu leisten.
Das unmittelbarste Problem ist der europäische Handel mit dem Iran. Dies ist keine Kleinigkeit; es ist ein Kampf, den zu verlieren sich Europa nicht leisten kann.
Trump ist in der Lage, anderen ohne Hemmungen großen Schaden zuzufügen, und er tut dies nun mit wirtschaftlichen Mitteln und mit der Androhung militärischer Maßnahmen. Er beruft sich auf wirtschaftliche und finanzielle Notstandsbefugnisse, die darauf zielen, den Iran und Venezuela in den wirtschaftlichen Zusammenbruch zu treiben. Er versucht, das Wirtschaftswachstum Chinas zu verlangsamen oder zu stoppen, indem er die US-Märkte für chinesische Exporte schließt, den Verkauf von US-Technologie an chinesische Unternehmen beschränkt und China zum Währungsmanipulator erklärt.
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, is Director of Columbia's Center for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. His books include The End of Poverty, Common Wealth, The Age of Sustainable Development, Building the New American Economy, and most recently, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism.
Trump's Psychopathology Is Getting Worse
Jeffrey D. Sachs & Bandy X. Lee believe that the US president's paranoia and sadism are intensifying – portending severe damage to the world.
manuel werner Aug 26, 2019
This past weekend's G7 summit has shown, unequivocally that Macron, and likely the other five leaders, completely understand that they are dealing with an infantile US president.
Karen Williams Aug 26, 2019
It seems to me that world leaders who want a sane world must stick together whenever they oppose Trump, and avoid presenting any single leader as the face of opposition (unless that leader and his/her country are uniquely invulnerable to whatever Trump might do to retaliate).
If European leaders had had the stomach to do what the Saudis did at the beginning of Trump's Presidency, flattering him shamelessly, THAT would have been the best way to manage Trump. I guess it's a lot more difficult for elected leaders to do than it was for the Saudi autocrats, because there'd be fallout from the leaders' electorates (who would be angered by such a move and unlikely to see its wisdom), and in any case it is now too late.
WmC Mantis Aug 25, 2019
Trump's glaring personality defects---regardless of their proper label---prevent him from performing an objective cost/benefit analysis of any policy or course of action. This is a problem. But an even larger problem is the people around him, like Bolton and Pompeii, who are even less capable of objective analysis.
Adrian Wu Aug 24, 2019
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The Americans target individuals and create an atmosphere of terror through sanctions. Witness the cases of Meng Wanzhou and the Alstom executive Fédéric Pierucci. The former in an effort to destroy Huawei, the most formidable competitor to American tech companies. The latter to pressure the Alstom CEO to selling the company to GE. European companies are frequent victims of this type of scheme.
Joseph Zorzin Aug 23, 2019
Wow, that's quite a collection of horrible things about Trump. For a different perspective, try reading "The Case for Trump" by Victor Davis Hanson".
Basle Jean-Luc Aug 22, 2019
Jeffrey, The problem is much bigger than you make it out to be. Trump probably suffers from mental disorders. His policies are incoherent and destructive. He definitely does not belong in the White House. But Hillary Clinton was a war-monger with a disastrous record as Secretary of State. Furthermore, Joe Biden, the likely Democratic Party candidate for 2020, is an absolute nobody. A nation that is incapable of selecting talented leaders is in serious trouble. The question is: why this is so?
True, the United States suffers from a one-man rule. But Congress gave up on its right to legislate on several occasions, especially when it comes to its most sacred duty, that of declare war. The United States has been moving to what some call the Unitary Presidency for sometimes now. Again, the question is: why this is so? Trump is simply taking full advantage of it.
With respect to Europe, its leaders have long learned they are powerless vis-à-vis the United States with the weaponization of the dollar, of world trade, of internet, of SWIFT, etc., with the extraterritoriality of American laws and taxes which is cynically used to defraud and destroy European corporations and banks (BNP Paribas, HSBC, Commerzbank, Siemens, Alstom, Telia, Total, etc. etc.).
So, Jeffrey, the truth of the matter is that the United States is in serious trouble… and the entire world with it!
Gerry Hofman Aug 22, 2019
The defining thing about Trump is that he is the president not wearing a mask. As George Galloway puts it, Trump is the president without the lipstick. Had it been Hillary Clinton, the lipstick would have been all over and she would have been much, much worse.
Trump is a blustering, posturing businessman. Trump is entirely used to the public spectacle and has no need to play hide and seek for the camera. What you see is what you get, that is his trademark and that is what Americans love about him.
Obama never stopped hiding behind his mask of ethics and decency while deporting millions of migrants at the border. Bush never stopped hiding behind religious zeal and righteousness while bombing an entire nation into the ground. Hillary is a hawk of the same conviction and she would never have stopped hiding behind the pretense of female privilege and vulnerability.
What people object about Trump is his crass, insulting nature. What he is showing them is what that whole political elite is like over there, precisely, in lively detail. This is what they are like, in real life, every day. It's how they talk, it's how they behave. So as far as reality shows are concerned, we had better enjoy it because this is about as good as it's going to get.
What Europe must resist is not Trump, but American political militarism. But before it can do that, it will first have to resist British politicians demanding compliance with Brexit demands. If the EU gives in on Brexit, Trump will tear them apart and gut them as he has no respect for weak people or losers. So lets just see how that finishes first.
Jeffrey Sachs urges Europe to «oppose» Trump during the uncoming G7 summit in Biarritz in France, highlighting the danger the moron poses to – not only the US – but also to the wider world. What he deems dangerous is Trump's mental condition, which «leaves him unable to keep his word, control his animosities, and restrain his actions.» Mental health experts have been following him closely since he took office, and they have seen troublesome signs that confirm their fears.
Unsurprisingly, when Special Counsel, Robert Mueller was about to testify before the House's Judiciary and Intelligence committees about Russian election interference and whether Trump obstructed justice on July 24, a group of psychiatrists wanted a question asked: Did Mueller ever consider requesting an evaluation of Trump's mental capacity? They argued that the Mueller report shows Trump is mentally unsound and should not have war powers.
Trump has long been known for his aggression, cynicism, ignorance, impetuosity, incompetence, injudiciousness, intemperance, mendacity, and his disdain for expert opinion and diplomacy. He is far from the good businessman and negotiator he claims to be. Many of his voters do not mind him being «megalomaniac, paranoid, psychopath,» because he had cut taxes (but mainly for the rich and corporations), and put two conservatives on the Supreme Court bench.
Nevertheless, Trump never ceases to amaze the world how unpredictably malevolent he is. The dangers of keeping him in office are becoming harder to ignore. Having rid himself of mature and competent advisers, he surrounds himself with uber-hawks like John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, who «epitomize a uniquely arrogant approach to the world» and are mainly responsible for the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran, and the ongoing tariff war with China.
The author says, Trump «is actively trying to break any country that refuses to bow to his demands.» Motivated by greed he is easily bought by foreign leaders. He is so cheap that all they need to do is dangling the idea of a Trump tower in their countries to win his support. Beholden to the Saudis and Israelis he imposed stringent sanctions on Tehran, because Iranian leaders had refused to cede to his demand for a photo-op meeting, which he saw «was reason enough» to topple the regime.
Accused of being in thrall to China, the author sheds light on Trump's «hatreds» towards Beijing. He says when Trump met Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in June, Trump declared a truce in his "trade war" with China. Yet a few weeks later, he announced new tariffs. A recent «plunge» in global markets forced him to retreat temporarily. «But his aggression toward China will continue; and his intemperate actions vis-à-vis that country will increasingly threaten Europe's economy and security.»
Britain, France, Germany, together with China and Russia, seek to salvage the nuclear deal they signed with Iran. Trump's disdain for the EU and NATO is notorious, doing Putin's bidding to destroy these multilateral institutions that have secured peace and prosperity for seven decades. Bolton visited the UK recently and urged the new prime minister, Boris Johnson, to leave the EU with or without a deal. He also demanded the UK to adopt a tougher line on Tehran and Chinese tech firm Huawei.
The author says, Trump and Bolton «don't give a whit about the UK, but they ardently hope the EU fails. Any enemy of the Union – such as Johnson, Italy's Matteo Salvini, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán – is therefore a friend of Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo.» He also urges EU leaders to «face down the threats of US extraterritorial sanctions in partnership with China, India, and Russia. Trade with Iran can easily be denominated in euros, renminbi, rupees, and rubles, avoiding US banks. Oil-for-goods trade can be accomplished through a euro-clearing mechanism such as INSTEX.»
If bypassing US sanctions is as simple as the author says, Iran and the EU would be in a more comfortable position today. He also believes «the EU, China, India, and Russia could challenge them in the UN Security Council, which would oppose the US policies by a wide margin. If the US were to veto a Security Council resolution opposing the sanctions, the entire UN General Assembly could take up the matter under the 'Uniting for Peace' procedures. An overwhelming majority of the UN's 193 countries would denounce the sanctions' extraterritorial application.»
It is astonishing that the author's brilliant ideas have not gained any traction. Nevertheless the world needs to protect itself from Trump's wrecking ball approach and defend international rule of law, including rules-based international trade. The author encourages Europeans and Americans to join forces and together «strengthen world peace and transatlantic amity for generations to come.» It remains to be seen how long it will take to repair the damage Trump's tenure has inflicted. First he needs to be defeated at the ballot box in 2020.
European Banker Aug 21, 2019
I'm not a fan of the current POTUS, his impulsive tweets with disgruntled qualifications of countries, their leaders, democrats, immigrants, minorities, etc., but given the author's strong reference to some personality disorders attributed to the current POTUS, I think the author's article would have benefited from being written and published with co-authors being thought leaders in the field of DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), i.e. psychiatrists of the same stature as the honorourable author himself. Perhaps some of these thought leaders can comment on this article.
Petey Bee Aug 20, 2019
I am not a supporter or sympathizer of Trump at all. But this article is attributing to one person a number of roughly consistent (but unwise) US policies, which have existed since the turn of the century.
Besides that, I agree with the author, in hoping that EU leadership will use its considerable moral influence* to restrain the more aggressive endeavors of the Trump administration and US hawks in general.
* footnote: wealthy people in the US, including the leadership class, tend to have a cultural inferiority complex vs Western Europeans, and consider most of their own world essentially uncivilized (regardless of ethnicity etc). You would be surprised how far people get exploiting this phenomenon alone. This would be a good opportunity to use it for something good.
R Zwarich Aug 21, 2019
This is a key point from our good citizen Petey Bee. Professor Sachs surely knows that self-awareness (objectivity) is the key to scholarship, and I hope he takes note here.
Dr Sachs stretches the truth a good long bit beyond its breaking point when he blames Trump for a "contagion of mass shootings". Was Obama to blame, then, for Newtown, or any of the other mass shootings 'on his watch', in the long history of American Mass Shootings since Austin in '65?
But wait ... It gets so much worse than that ... If we acknowledge the truth, that the deranged shooter in Dayton was a leftist who had publicly expressed support for Senator Warren, should we not then, according to the professor's 'logic', be assigning blame and moral responsibility for the tragedy in Dayton to the senator?
At what point does 'biased omission' become 'lying'?
I admire Professor Sach's article with considerable enthusiasm, but I wince painfully to hear him deviate from the truth, (which he does in several directions). Surely he knows that when one proselytizes for 'good', the devil is going to advocate against one. "If he lies about that", the always-cunning devil will say, "we'd be fools to believe ANYTHING he says".
The good professor's bias leads him astray elsewhere, as well:
Early on he advocates that Europe should realize that Trump does not represent, and is not supported by, "the American people". According to the most recent poll numbers Trumps has the support of about 84-87 million voting age Americans. (84 million sounds like a fair number of 'the American people' to me).
Late in the article he corrects himself, and only cites "a majority of the American people". Yea ... well ... a 56-58% majority would not even pass a bill through the US Senate.
The nation is deeply divided, with strong feelings and powerful forces on multiple 'sides', and the professor is claiming some kind of 'mandate'?
("See?", the always wily and cunning devil will say).
"I can hire half the working class to kill the other half" was the boast of Gilded Age US Industrialist Jay Gould.
*God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe said, "God, you must be puttin' me on"
God said, "No" Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but
The next time you see me comin', you better run"
Well, Abe said, "Where you want this killin' done?"
God said, "Out on Highway 61"*
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How far are we from more generalized violence? How long before people will be shot at a campaign rally? How long before prominent high-profile politicians, like The Squad, will be too afraid to appear in public?
There were armed Antifa thugs, openly armed with, and aggressively brandishing, loaded assault rifles, on the ground, in Charlottesville. In fact, actual video footage, (pretty grainy, but you can see it pretty clearly), shows that when the deranged right-wing white kid drove into the crowd, (killing one and injuring several), a man later identified as a prominent Antifa 'leader', openly brandishing an assault rifle, chased the car down the street as the assailant fled.
We must be aware of the atmosphere our communications must compete in.
We must direct communication that is intended to erode Trump's power base. His 'base' is built on his clever and artful lies. We must begin to fashion a message that can communicate with the people who comprise Trump's confused and bamboozled working class/declining middle class power base.
The truth could be our most powerful ally. But the truth serves no master. The truth only serves itself. The ONLY way to have the truth in one's own camp is to seek it out and pitch one's own tent close by.
When we deviate from the truth, when we take up the practice of cleverly propagated self-bias, our communications only serve to enflame and impassion Trump's base, the exact opposite of our need to erode it.
If we serve the truth diligently, we will trust in our own belief system, (in our ideology), more fully. When we trust that it is true, we can trust that others can be drawn to it. We must trust that if we reach out to American working people with the truth, they will be drawn to it.
Have we ever thought of trying that?
Professor Sachs is one of 'our' (whatever THAT means) most effective communicators. I always watch eagerly for his byline. But what does the good professor, indeed, what does the anti-Trump American Left, have to say to American working people that is 'true'?
Open borders? More intense competition with the world's most desperate and destitute people is good for you?
As they've lost their homes, families broken down, addictions proliferating, suicide rate skyrocketing, life expectancy rapidly declining, their children with needles in their hopeless arms, the American Left wants to tell American working people that they must compete for survival with ever more streaming-in masses of desperate and destitute people?
Can't we see the problem?
Professor Sachs has a remarkable ability to illuminate certain facets of the truth, but he sure doesn't do himself, or any cause that is best-served by an allegiance to the truth, any favors when he allows his bias to carry him 'across that line', into territory where the devil roams freely.
john mesrobian Aug 19, 2019
Social Mood is going Negative around the Globe and Europe is leading the way.
Europe is rejecting Europe and following the election of Pres. Trump. The ruling elite are experiencing a revolt, Italy, Poland, Czech, Brexit, and etc. are going against the ruling elite.
Voters in Germany and France are opposing their leadership, Merkel and Macron are on their way out. Refer to recent elections in Germany and Macron's rating only 27% approve. Other European countries are not satisfied with their leadership, refer to the news and politics in each country.
President Trump will be reelected for the Democrats have nobody and their policies are radical and Socialist which will be rejected by the voters. Don't be fooled by the shame polls or Main Street Media or the Washington swamp. Trump is drawing crowds from both parties, which the Main Street Media is not telling.
Ben Piper Aug 19, 2019
Oh dear -where to begin -the perception from this side of the pond (guess you might be in St P. by your spelling/syntax) is that Europeans looked at populism -realised it was fascism and backed off -yes Macron and Merkel are not too popular -incumbents tend not to be when things are stressed-and with Breks**t and the crises in the middle east -global warming becoming ever more apparent things are a bit ....stressed-so anyways I think the question IS what does Trump and the other 'simple answers (usually wring) to complicated problems' merchants ACTUALLY have to offer -apart from fetishising 'disruption' like tantrumatic (or is that psychotic) teenagers - I'm afraid that in my world -it ain't smart or clued up to be briefing for the destruction of the Western liberal enlightenment by psychopaths and small frightened people without the courage to face reality ?
Emanuel Müller Aug 19, 2019
Unless US democracy is just a joke, Donald Trump, the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States, is just the messenger and an interesting one for once.
Oh c'mon - 'interesting' ....?
is that like 'May you live in interesting times'.....!
P. Kamath Aug 19, 2019
I am sure Prof. Sachs ( himself being a New Yorker) knows a lot about Trump and his enterprises , some of them not reported in main stream papers😁!
Anyway, congratulations for updating about Trumpdom!
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The original Resident Evil (or Biohazard in its native Japan) tells the first chapter in an ongoing story of the Umbrella Corporation's biotech research in developing the "T-Virus" that breached the walls of the primary facility and infected neighboring Racoon City. Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, elite members of the S.T.A.R.S taskforce, are dispatched to investigate the disappearance of their team members, stumbling across an old mansion, and having to face the horrors within.
Of the numerous books and documents you uncover as the story progresses, one has always stuck with me… a diary written by the caretaker of the mansion, which documents the effects of the T-Virus infection in his blood and the slow decline in his cognitive ability, until he's able to utter only single words before losing the ability to write all together…
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New Delhi: Asserting that there will be "zero tolerance" on air safety issues, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has said the aircraft with engine problems will remain grounded till the issues are addressed.
His remarks came against the backdrop of aviation watchdog DGCA grounding 14 A320 neo planes, operated by IndiGo and GoAir, due to problems with their Pratt & Whitney engines.
"Pratt & Whitney has done some retrofitting, which has resulted in some challenges in engines. So, when I became the (civil aviation) minister, it was pointed out to me... I said this is too risky because safety should not be compromised on any account," Prabhu told PTI in an interview.
Prabhu, who took charge of Civil Aviation Ministry on 12 March, noted that safety should not be compromised on any account.
On the same day, aviation regulator DGCA ordered IndiGo and GoAir to immediately ground 11 A320 neo planes powered with a certain series of Pratt & Whitney engines after incidents of mid-air engine failures.
"Let them rectify this error and till that time they will be grounded and we called the airlines and told them to make alternate arrangements," Prabhu said.
"By doing this, we are ensuring that there will be zero tolerance on safety issues," he said, adding that the engines will be required to be certified again for air worthiness.
While 14 planes were grounded by IndiGo and GoAir last month due to engine issues, some of them are back in operation after being fitted with spare engines from Pratt & Whitney.
Following the grounding of aircraft, there has been a significant number of flight cancellations by the two carriers.
According to the minister, the situation is more or less stabilised in terms of disruptions.
About regional air connectivity scheme UDAN, Prabhu said funds are not an issue. The funds are coming by way of cross-subsidisation, "so there is no problem," he added.
UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) seeks to connect unserved and under-served airports as well as make flying more affordable for the common people.
Towards providing viability gap funding for carriers participating in the scheme, the government is collecting levy from airlines flying on major routes. Various other incentives are also extended to the carriers under UDAN.


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