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Or, humans have always had to focus on their own self-preservation and only recently have we had the luxury to care for the past at the expense of the present.

Slightly off-topic, but speaking of lists... http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/spiegel-interv...

Turo is a short term car rental marketplace. Fair is a flexible "long-term" car leasing service. They have two different business models and are serving two different problems.

Off the top of my head, Jimi Hendrix had it...and Blood Orange

In the good old days, we'd have just gotten Mulder and Scully on the case...Those were simpler times...

Yes but "talking to your customers" is universally applicable and valuable advice. One could argue that it's of even greater value if you're targeting a niche with only "a few cust…

As jogjayr pointed out, the Hawala system has existed before and after formal regulations. Crypto alone might not represent a viable mainstream alternative, but it does have potent…

250 million people isn't mainstream? These are people sending money to their families on a monthly basis, and where current transfer fees can take the equivalent of a half day of w…

According to Wikipedia, remittances were in excess of $560 billion last year, faciliated by 250 million migrant workers[1]. You and I are not the user demographic ;) 1: https://en.…

I don't know Kalanick, though I've read about how his brashness and "win at all costs" attitude was forged through his past startup failures[1] If this is true then he is his own w…

That probably depends on the narrative they're told and their propensity to believe it. "Copy this Snapchat feature" vs "Stories are a new storytelling medium" vs. "We need to do t…

The high-end smartphone market is dominated by Apple, with Samsung a very distant second.

I don't know about Bombay Beach but I was just in Wonder Valley in January and that town is a unique place with a self-selecting population that values isolation. There are larger …

Your point and the OPs are not mutually exclusive. It's sad to think that we may soon have the capacity to colonize other planets, yet remain incapable of calming the handful of pe…

Seconding this. Arena is a great tool with a really interesting community.

I'm just a happy person ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Microsoft is far from dead, and under Satya they've actually found their feet again :)

Are you aware of any studies or successful real-world implementations of systems to promote and incentivize long-term thinking, planning & action?

Immediately. This is right up my alley :)

I'd say it's in the eye of the beholder. You may not think it's profound, but I'm sure you know several people in your life who would. I believe we all do. What is inspiring - to m…

If you're looking for more, Naval was also on the Tim Ferriss podcast a couple of times: 1. http://tim.blog/2015/08/18/the-evolutionary-angel-naval-ravi... 2. http://fourhourworkwe…

I want to echo this advice. One of my closest friends was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in his teens, having surgery not long thereafter. He began researching for ways to get it u…

One technique that has helped me is what I call "atomic actions". What is the smallest action you can undertake, that you can build upon, which will help you realize your goal? I'v…