Blog reading fatigue

Opinion

I’m nowhere near the crazy level of blog reading that Scoble goes through. I have 119 blogs in my google reader list. But I’m beginning to have blog reading fatigue. You know how people who give you blogging advice say that you need to post at least once a day, maybe even twice or more?

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Tip vs. bottom of iceberg

1 CommentPersonal

Steve Rubel talked about the New Digital Divide a long time ago(http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MicroPersuasion/~3/65173015/americas_new_di.html.) 75% of online users have broadband, according to msnbc (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16174787/), yet most of those empowered people are “passive” users of the Internet. 35% of Americans post photos online and only eight percent have published a blog. This reminded me of something one of my

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Is money the only effective behavior modification tool on a societal level?

2 CommentsEnvironment, Opinion, Sustainability

It used to be that we were all inextricably connected to the planet and each other. We lived in small villages or other little communities, got our sustenance from farming or gathering, and bartered with each other. The baker would trade bread for horseshoes. The doctor would trade consultations for eggs. The farmer would trade grains for plows.

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