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Most Viral Videos Are Stupidly Pointless [Here’s Proof]
If viral content doesn’t produce new subscribers, leads, or customers, what’s the point? New viral content comes out every single week of the year. Most viral videos are quickly forgotten after their 24 hours of fame — even if they garner millions of views and hundreds of editorial mentions during that time. Remember the summer […]
Continue readingDeadly Bodybuilding Supplement Pulled Off Wal-Mart Shelves
Interesting news today… Wal-Mart yanked the pre-workout supplement “Craze” from its online shelves due to the product creator’s shady history. USA Today reports: Wal-Mart spokeswoman Dianna Gee said the company pulled Craze, a pre-workout powder, off its retail website Thursday after the investigation showed that the product’s maker, Matt Cahill, has a history of putting […]
Continue readingWhy Whistle Blowers Give Up Money, Sex and Personal Freedom
It’s funny… for a few days this week all the reporters seemed to be asking the same question: “What could possibly be Edward Snowden’s motive for leaking details about NSA surveillance programs?” Reporters pointed to all the things Snowden had to lose: a $200,000 salary, a home in Hawaii, and a beautiful girlfriend. He wouldn’t […]
Continue readingMore Strong Evidence College Degrees Are Crazy Worthless
The “Perspective” section of the June 2, 2013 Denver Post leads with the following question: Cheating Epidemic? The column is quite good, but the statistics are what I’m interested in. Pulling from a variety of sources, The Post reports the following figures: 60.8% of students have admitted to cheating 3.41 is the GPA of students […]
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Can I Ignore This Scary Getty Images Settlement Letter?
I’ve been getting an increasing number of emails from blog readers asking, “Can I ignore the Getty Images settlement demand letter?” Readers have also been asking for an update on what’s happened since I shared my personal Getty Images story last fall (October 2012). Let’s handle first things first…
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