American - Journalist | July 20, 1953 -
Every sport needs its temple, its cathedral.
Thomas Friedman
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Nature is regulating our climate for free. Mother Nature, she's been doing that for free, for a long, long time. Now do you really want to get in there and do geo-engineering and all this kind of stuff?
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Whatever you may be thinking when you apply for a job today, you can be sure the employer is asking this: Can this person add value every hour, every day - more than a worker in India, a robot or a computer? Can he or she help my company adapt by not only doing the job today but also reinventing the job for tomorrow?
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Many jobs at Google require math, computing, and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that you can apply, it would be an advantage. But Google has its eyes on much more.
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Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells.
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You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.
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Inspiring conduct has so much more of an impact than coercing it.
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I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before.
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If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you.
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Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well.
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We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.
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We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.
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