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AlanMairson

  1. @kemc re: competitiveness - David Brooks once said (paraphrasing here): the Chinese CP is like the Harvard Alumni Assoc, but with an army.
  2. .@tcarmody I don't love TV biz as much as @brianstelter does, but if you care abt tech/media/journalism, Dish/Fox is big news.
  3. Monetizing death with an "extreme reality show" #everest #oneverest bit.ly/LjkMAx
  4. @nickheil Great piece in The Daily Beast. On a related note: bit.ly/K8M1ze
  5. Highly recommended: Mt. #Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions, by @nickheil thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/…
  6. I'm speechless. “@ngablog: ... “Doing this book was hysterical. China is so vast & I had such limited time to do it... bit.ly/KDcS5Z
  7. “@JoeMcNallyPhoto: wonderful story of a moment in the oval office, captured by pete souza.... nyti.ms/JIDh5M#fb
  8. .@cjoh @acarvin More agency but less story.
  9. .@cjoh @acarvin Then try this: Many voters have a sense of participation & agency in the national story; not as true at local level.
  10. .@acarvin An election like 2008 gave voters a sense of shaping History. Rarely do city council elections have same frisson. @cjoh #mesh12
  11. .@NatGeoExplorers When you cast alpine "explorers" as heroes, then you shouldn't be surprised by the circus on #Everest.
  12. .@NatGeoExplorers When you spend decades romanticizing the #Everest climb, what else would you expect but a "traffic jam"?
  13. @acarvin To which advertisers would say: "Why empower readers when we have the money? You work for us." @cjoh #mesh12