links for 2009-02-09
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10 top innovations from around the world, presented by Parisians.
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An older article but still a go-to for me – In a study by Leonard Waverman, of the London Business School, it was discovered that for an extra 10 mobile phones per 100 people in a typical developing country, there is an additional 0.59 percentage points of growth in GDP per person. As a result, Professor Waverman has suggested a strong correlation between the increase in communication power and individual economic output.
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In the battle between nature and technology, I was surprised to hear so many people assured by the claim that birds could take out a jet (this isn't deer vs. car folks). Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III might even get more credit for overcoming any other difficulties that may have transpired.
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"Without Bay Area technology, ingenuity, righteous indignation, and cash, Barack Obama would not be president." says San Fran mag. Agree or believe that the Bay Area exists in a bubble (or another planet), I found the chronology of the simultaneous rise of Obama and the Internet to be particularly great.
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The Times and Times mag take two drastically different and hilariously telling perspectives on this current trend.
6 to cut, 4 to sharpen 