This seems to offer a never failing font of innovative ideas. Thanks
I think you accidentally a typeface.
No, it's correct usage. "Spring, source, fountain" [1], "a productive source" [2].
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#42One question is missing : "what if we had to pay for our environmental footprint" ? Since so few ask it in a meaningful way, I dare to say it is still, unfortunately, a pretty extreme questions for those it should be asked to.
I would ask
"When is it justified to put the environment over human life?"
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#43One question is missing : "what if we had to pay for our environmental footprint" ? Since so few ask it in a meaningful way, I dare to say it is still, unfortunately, a pretty extreme questions for those it should be asked to.
Is it? EU talks a lot about national carbon footprint, and GCP launched carbon calculator https://cloud.google.com/carbon-footprint . Sure, noone asks this in explicit way but given current trends it feels like we are going in this direction very fast.
well, EU talks a lot about national carbon footprint and normally the solution is to send the carbon footprint overseas, then the national problem is solved.
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#44One question is missing : "what if we had to pay for our environmental footprint" ? Since so few ask it in a meaningful way, I dare to say it is still, unfortunately, a pretty extreme questions for those it should be asked to.
I would ask "When is it justified to put the environment over human life?"
But it brings another questions with it: Do we need to provide Welfare to everyone at any cost?
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you accidentally a typeface.
No, it's correct usage. "Spring, source, fountain" [1], "a productive source" [2]. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/font [2] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/font
Wow! TIL - thanks for the information - I had no idea!
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#46I am missing: "How could we make the world a better place while doing good business?"
Probably too extreme a question.
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#47The application of whatever conceptual model was being used here doesn't encompass the biggest innovations of the last few decades, open-source and user-generated content. Or in terms of the language of the article: how can we enlist the customer to work for us for free?
> how can we enlist the customer to work for us for free?
That idea is kind of covered in the "No tech support" section, where they talk about the benefits of customer self-service.
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#48I am missing: "How could we make the world a better place while doing good business?" Probably too extreme a question.
What do you think about utopia?
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#49I am missing: "How could we make the world a better place while doing good business?" Probably too extreme a question.
Ok, so a slightly less extreme version:
"What would you do if you discovered that your company's core product or service has a net negative influence on the world?". This is a hypothetical, so assume the evidence you have is clear and the conclusion correct.
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#50I am missing: "How could we make the world a better place while doing good business?" Probably too extreme a question.
What do you think about utopia?
According to search behavior at least, interest in utopias is growing steadily since the fifties. The fans of the "you never had it so good" theory must work a bit harder https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=uto...
Interestingly, while from the beginning the word utopia was used to refer to a desirable (perfect) society, etymologically it simply means a place that does not exist.
In contrast to dystopia, which is clearly a bad place.