The coolest unsubscribe page

I love when companies incorporate some humor into their interactions with customers.
(And, Groupon is in Memphis now.)

Screenr – @greggpollack: The coolest unsubscribe page Ive ever seen from groupon.com.

What Can Creativity Do?

What separates extraordinary and average people?

Malcolm Gladwell¬† has come out with some interesting concepts. And, he has a new book out called Outliers. The new book poses the question: “why do some people succeed, while so many more never reach their potential?” He applies the concept of scarcity and abundance to people and their capabilities. Here is a video where he discusses his new book and its concepts.

Vertical Farming

Here is a Discovery video on “vertical farming” a concept for farming food and raising livestock in skyscrapers.

IOUSA – The most important movie this year?

UPDATE: A “Byte Sized” 30 minute version has been released if you want to see the key stuff in a half hour…

I saw IOUSA this past week here in an independent movie theater in Memphis. This is a great movie to see if you want to understand the future of the USA.

The movie is a documentary about the US debt (now surpassing $10 Trillion). Check out the trailer.

The overall movie was very informative in a non-dry way and was non-partisan. My only criticism was that sometimes presidential administrations get blamed or praised for congressional actions during times. The congress is the ultimate budget watchdog section of our government, so letting them off the hook or ignoring the good things they did and only looking at the presidential administration is too simple.

The movie is great and highlights the growing problems of all the promises the federal government is making. Medicare is a big financial burden, and social security is second. This is not new news. The federal government is highly overstretched and it is not shrinking its obligations.

I think that no, the federal government will never shrink its scope or obligations voluntarily. I certainly do not see any proof from citizens or top leaders in Washington that shrinking the government is an area of interest. In fact any effort to be more fiscally conservative and shrink entitlements are met with an entitlement mentality fostered by elected officials. So, the next question is, what will the world look like in that scenario? I think it will affect a lot of things long term.

IOUSA the Movie