Just to whet your appetite (*ahem*) for the next series of Uncommon Knowledge, I wanted to let you know that Peter Robinson's guest will be Peter Thiel. Here is his Wikipedia page.
I've just finished watching it and it combines a timely review of the American economy with a thoughtful reflection on how the realities of America today compare with past predictions of America's future.
Peter Thiel is one of the co-founder's of PayPal and now is president of Clarium Capital Management LLC. You should briefly check out their very enigmatic web presence.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Goodbye Careers in Business?
We are The Uncommon Knowledge Blog don't want to sink into obsolescence by only reading conservative opinion, so this week we've begun undertaking an occasional survey of left-leaning magazines. Today's choice was The Nation. The article was titled, You Voted. Now What? and can be read here.
There are three options given to youthful Obama supporters. The gist of the advice is "be like Barack Obama." And then aside from encouraging readers to actually go to Harvard, Kristina Rizga actually outlines job options much like Obama's own choices: 1) community organizer, 2) PeaceCorps/AmeriCorps/Teach for America and 3) become a politician.
Sadly, as America begins its journey through the "worst recession since the Great Depression," at least this liberal thinker (and activist according to her bio) doesn't see it fitting to even include careers in business among her admonitions to the rising generation.
As we continue to read liberal commentary, we'll be watching for nuance in the traditional stereotype of "liberals hate business." Certainly, that must be an ugly caricature and myth and not actually the default position.
There are three options given to youthful Obama supporters. The gist of the advice is "be like Barack Obama." And then aside from encouraging readers to actually go to Harvard, Kristina Rizga actually outlines job options much like Obama's own choices: 1) community organizer, 2) PeaceCorps/AmeriCorps/Teach for America and 3) become a politician.
Sadly, as America begins its journey through the "worst recession since the Great Depression," at least this liberal thinker (and activist according to her bio) doesn't see it fitting to even include careers in business among her admonitions to the rising generation.
As we continue to read liberal commentary, we'll be watching for nuance in the traditional stereotype of "liberals hate business." Certainly, that must be an ugly caricature and myth and not actually the default position.
Shelby Steele on Barack Obama
After two weeks off-the-air, Uncommon Knowledge returns this week with Hoover Institution Senior Fellow, Shelby Steele as Peter Robinson's guest. Steele was featured in the New York Times in the past week for his book on Obama and its now infamous subtitle, A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win. You can read that article here.
What strikes me most about the two segments released thus far are 1) Steele's explanation of the difference between "The Bargainer" and "The Challenger" using Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis and 2) his own personal reflection on being the son of a black father and white mother and the need for multiracial people to prove their blackness.
Watch Segment 1 and Segment 2.
Future posting on The Uncommon Knowledge Blog will be more sporadic (as it has been throughout the month of November), but we are not leaving altogether.
What strikes me most about the two segments released thus far are 1) Steele's explanation of the difference between "The Bargainer" and "The Challenger" using Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis and 2) his own personal reflection on being the son of a black father and white mother and the need for multiracial people to prove their blackness.
Watch Segment 1 and Segment 2.
Future posting on The Uncommon Knowledge Blog will be more sporadic (as it has been throughout the month of November), but we are not leaving altogether.
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