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1. The inside story on the YouTube acquisition. This was interesting.
“The second request was to pile some lawsuits on competitors to slow them down and lock in Youtube’s position. As Google looked at it they bought a 6 month exclusive on widespread video copyright infringement. Universal obliged and sued two capable Youtube clones Bolt and Grouper.”
Intimate details on the google youtube deal
2. Break.com, people hurt themselves badly, and upload the videos, hilarious.
3. American Optimism:
“The most telling polling result from the 2000 election was from a Time magazine survey that asked people if they are in the top 1 percent of earners. Nineteen percent of Americans say they are in the richest 1 percent and a further 20 percent expect to be someday.”
Originally in the NYT in Jan 2003, reproduced here.
Filed under: break.com, david brooks | 1 Comment
Tags: google, youtube
I’m not sure that thinking you are in the top 1% of earners necesarily means you are an optimist. I’d say it’s more a measure of contentment. Maybe I think illogically, but as an example, if I was earning $200k a year, I think I’d be more of an optimist if I DIDN’T think I was in the top 1% of earners. This would indicate a greater possibility of earning more. Imagine if someone was earning $50k a year thought he was in the top 1%, you wouldn’t call him an optimist would you? You’d call him an ignorant pessimist, no?