It is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Author Archives: James Patrick Tedrow
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Amazon was founded on this day in 1994
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon on this day – July 5, 1994 – in Bellevue, Washington.
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Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.
~ Jonathan Haidt
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Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
~ John Ruskin
The iPhone 4
turns 14 today
The first GSM model of the iPhone 4 was released today – June 24 – in 2010.
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Building on a Confucian tradition of respect for knowledge, a century-old tradition of university building and a ton of newfound wealth, over the past 20 years China has been steadily building a set of institutions to take on the United States for scientific leadership. But does it have the money, talent and recipe for governance required to achieve this goal?
~ Alex Usher via The World of Higher Education Podcast
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The universe is represented in every one of its particles. Every thing in nature contains all the powers of nature.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The iPhone 3GS
turns 15 today
The iPhone 3GS was released today – June 19 – in 2009.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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