Indian Names

Kiva

Sandeep
Kiva is a new site that allows anyone to lend money to poor entrepreneurs in developing countries. 99.7% of loans are repaid, so visit the site and try becoming a micro-VC.

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Charlie: Your friend Adama in Ghana may be interested in seeking loans through this site.

Female-Oriented?

Sandeep

Using Microsoft adCenter Labs Demographics Prediction, via Ian Ayres prediction tools, via Tyler Cowen.

Wisdom of Elders

Charlie

Watch both parts of this video. It’ll be well worth your time.

 

 

Groundbreaking Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne captures many sentiments I have been recently pondering. Never overly dissastisfied with the instruction I recieved in public schools, I tacitly assumed their legitimacy. But as I delve ever deeper into the world of ideas, I have gradually begun to realize that our modern tendancy favoring prescriptive education treads dangerously towards indoctrination.

 

Mr. Coyne implores the graduates of his former high school in Oklahoma City to trespass upon the bounds of convention and embrace a new paradigm.

Streaming Video

Sandeep
I’m fascinated by the changes in the way streaming video is viewed online. I think policy organisations need to realize that their message will not be effective unless they are broadcasting it to different types of people in a variety of mediums. The accessiblity and ease of streaming video will increase the demand for shorter documentaries and periodic video-casts with a predetermined issue-area. Imagine the dynamism of content on blogs, exploded; we can make serious issues interesting to people who previously would not have been desirous of augmenting their lukewarm inquisitivenss.

It’s all about reducing the percieved costs of wading through potential nonsense to find something that may or may not be titillating.

Assorted Links

Sandeep
1. What men and women blog about, at LanguageLog, which is quickly becoming one of my favorites.
2. Something NOT to say to your girlfriend/boyfriend while their head is on your shoulder: “Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.”
3. An amazing site that is changing the way we capture and broadcast personal video. (HT: Michael Felix, a friend who is working on a fascinating technological impresa that will change the way we cooperate with each other on the web. I will blog about him in detail soon.)