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3 apples that changed the world:
Adam choked on the first apple on his first bite.
That was when humans acquired knowledge.
The second apple fell on Sir Isaac Newton’s head.
The Theory of Gravitation was written.
Steve Jobs bit the third apple.
It resulted in gadgets that changed the world.
I can’t help but think that the 4th apple may bring about another change to the world.What will the next apple be like?With only just the core left??Or with holes and worms on it??
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Steve Jobs, How to Live Before You Die (via kateoplis)
Happy!!
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Robert Reich: The Limping Middle Class
The economy won’t really bounce back until America’s surge toward inequality is reversed. Even if by some miracle President Obama gets support for a second big stimulus while Ben S. Bernanke’s Fed keeps interest rates near zero, neither will do the trick without a middle class capable of spending. Pump-priming works only when a well contains enough water.
Look back over the last hundred years and you’ll see the pattern. During periods when the very rich took home a much smaller proportion of total income — as in the Great Prosperity between 1947 and 1977 — the nation as a whole grew faster and median wages surged. We created a virtuous cycle in which an ever growing middle class had the ability to consume more goods and services, which created more and better jobs, thereby stoking demand. The rising tide did in fact lift all boats.
During periods when the very rich took home a larger proportion — as between 1918 and 1933, and in the Great Regression from 1981 to the present day — growth slowed, median wages stagnated and we suffered giant downturns. It’s no mere coincidence that over the last century the top earners’ share of the nation’s total income peaked in 1928 and 2007 — the two years just preceding the biggest downturns.
State of America’s economy today.
"Ironically, and tellingly, corporations can lower their tax bills by overcompensating their executives. The higher CEO paychecks soar, the more corporations can deduct off their taxes."
Executive Excess 2011: The Massive CEO Rewards for Tax Dodging (via kateoplis)
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Perfect Pitch girl in Britain’s Got Talent!!!And she’s very cute hahas!!!
