Free trade, infidelity, hiring, pecha kucha

[wsj.com] Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts
By DAVID WESSEL and BOB DAVIS
March 28, 2007
See also: a related six-minute video clip
... This line captures my worries and mix feelings over offshoring/outsourcing:

Civil engineers, who have to be on site, could be in great demand in the U.S.; computer engineers might not be.

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[wsj.com] Is This Man Cheating on His Wife?
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
August 10, 2007

Sitting alone in the living room in front of the television, Mrs. Hoogestraat says she worries it will be years before her husband realizes that he's traded his real life for a pixilated fantasy existence, one that doesn't include her.
"Basically, the other person is widowed," she says. "This other life is so wonderful; it's better than real life. Nobody gets fat, nobody gets gray. The person that's left can't compete with that."

... Same thing for all kinds of addictions. So beware.

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[blog.pmarca.com] How to hire the best people you've ever worked with
Jun 6, 2007
... I'll have to agree with all the points from the arthor. Logic tests, academic achievements - did Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Lee Ka Shing do well in any of those?

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Just learned what Pecha Kucha is. Looking forward to the first event ever in HK.