Wednesday morning roundup

Tom Friedman explains it all (and since you know I only pay attention to him when he writes about the Middle East, i.e., not when he rambles about other stuff, the Middle East is, in this case, "it all").

The younger generations of even lower-middle-class Indians are moving away from old ways of shopping.

Clayton Christensen explains the distinction between incentives and motivation.

This may shock you, but I'm only a very moderate BLIRTer.


EMK on the manliness crisis:

To me the one guy who really got it right in that NYT piece was Lawrence Schlossman, blogger:

I want to tell the modern man that he doesn’t have to look like a gold rush-era carnival worker or brew his own micro whatever to be considered a man in my eyes. No, it’s way easier than that. How about being a good guy, a good person.

When women say they want a “man, not a boy”, I’m pretty sure that this is the crux of it. Sure, it’s a bonus if you can build a deck in your backyard. But really, what separates the men from the boys? It’s integrity. Honor. Responsibility. Sticking with your word. Knowing how to sacrifice. Putting loved ones first. It’s certainly not about manual labor, ability to survive in the wilderness or fighting for your honor. Those are remnants of a 19th century world. Many of us don’t want to return to that world.

Yup.

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