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http://www.idearocketanimation.com/2157-who-wins-the-internet-tv-race/

“Some people think it will be Hulu, Netflix or Amazon. All three companies are using the Video as a Channel model. They charge a subscription fee for access to licensed content that is usually not exclusive, combined with some original content that is exclusive.”

“What if the winning model is the Platform, like Apple’s App Store?”

“YouTube is considering introducing a subscription model. This doesn’t really seem like it will be a final state; rather than paying a subscription for each show, viewers will likely prefer paying a subscription fee for all ad-free content, and then just have the subscription divvied up according to viewership of the content.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/10/going-to-college-is-worth-it-even-if-you-drop-out/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein

“The economic case for college is simple: college graduates make more money. In fact, they make over $500,000 more over the course of their lifetimes, on average.”

“Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, who’ve done some of themost comprehensive work on the returns to college, have estimated the returns on going to college without getting a degree. They’re very high!”

“On average, college dropouts make $8,000 a year more than high school graduates without any college, or $100,000 more over their lifetimes.”

“To one established in non-stealing all wealth comes.” -Patanjali

http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx

Authentic Happiness is the homepage of Dr. Martin Seligman, Director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania and founder of positive psychology, a branch of psychology which focuses on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions.

I recommend you take the “VIA Survey of Character Strengths” test. Over a million people have taken the test to learn more about some of their strengths.

I wonder how biased the data is to someone’s liking. I received the 5 strengths below and I feel that my life will be a continuous journey to accomplish some of the strengths listed.

“We found that the happiest people take pleasure in other people’s successes and show concern in the face of others’ failures. A completely different portrait, however, has emerged of a typical unhappy person—namely, as someone who is deflated rather than delighted about his peers’ accomplishments and triumphs and who is relieved rather than sympathetic in the face of his peers’ failures and undoings.” ~ Sonja Lyubomirsky from The How of Happiness

How about you? Are you celebrating other people’s successes?

In his great book The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker tells us to “Bless that which you want. If you see a person with a beautiful home, bless that person and bless that home. If you see a person with a beautiful car, bless that person and bless that car. If you see a person with a loving family, bless that person and bless that family. If you see a person with a beautiful body, bless that person and bless their body.”

The scientific fact is that: “You can’t be envious and happy at the same time. People who pay too much attention to social comparisons find themselves chronically vulnerable, threatened, and insecure.”

Plus: “The happier the person, the less attention she pays to how others around her are doing.

Via Entheos.com

http://thestacks.deadspin.com/in-the-early-90s-i-watched-a-60-minutes-piece-on-ali-511982911

Awesome piece on Muhammad Ali that was originally published in 1989 in the Louisville Courier-Journal Magazine.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672750/ai-weiwei-brings-150-tons-of-rebar-to-venice#1

“THE ARTIST AND DISSIDENT AI WEIWEI HAS ERECTED A 150-TON LANDSCAPE OF STEEL AT THE 2013 VENICE BIENNALE.”

via Kottke.org

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/05/how-can-you-follow-your-passion-if-you-dont-have-a-passion.html

“The fact that Max and other young college graduates can even entertain this question — “What is my passion?” — is a new conundrum, and still a luxury not everybody enjoys. Tyler Cowen believes it is “a central question of our time.”

Questions to consider when looking for a job in today’s world:

• How much are you willing to suffer in the short run to get a better future?
• Have you ever considered working in Asia?
• How important will it be to spend X number of hours with your kids? And what is that X?
• How well do you understand your own defects?
• What do you want as a 50 year old?
• Can your community be a cyber community, or do you need to have a face-to-face community?

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/9338962/when-beautiful-game-turns-ugly

Wright Thompson’s profile on racism in soccer and Italy.