It’s a 401(k) World

Re:It’s a 401(k) World by ebbv on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:27PM (#5646613)

Friedman is a hack:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/contest-...

TL;DR - Friedman's been doing minor variations on this "the world is increasingly hyperconnected" bullshit for years and years. It's bad writing and it means nothing.

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Re:It’s a 401(k) World by cwsteinbach on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:44PM (#5646705)

Several years ago I had the idea of using Markov chain algorithms to auto-generate Thomas Friedman articles. I was going to build a site around it called mechanicalfriedman.com. I just discovered someone else beat me to it:

http://thomasfriedmanopedgenerator.com/

There goes my billion dollar exit...

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Re:It’s a 401(k) World by cwsteinbach on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:48PM (#5646731)

Matt Taibbi practically makes a living writing takedowns of Thomas Friedman's Op/Ed pieces and books. Here's a selection:

http://nypress.com/flathead/ http://nypress.com/flat-n-all-that/

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Re:It’s a 401(k) World by ebbv on Thursday May 02, 2013 @03:51PM (#5646751)

He likes calling bullshit on other writers, and it just so happens Friedman is an endless font of bullshit.

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