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Synopsis

Former England cricketer Ed Smith argues that too much professionalism in sport and in other areas of life spoils rather than promotes the chance of success.
Four Thought is a series of talks which combine thought provoking ideas and engaging storytelling. Recorded live in front of an audience at the RSA in London, speakers take to the stage to air their latest thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect our culture and society.
Producer: Sheila Cook.

Great talk by Ed Smith - based on his experience as a professional and now amateur cricketer. One of the best things I've heard all year.

Let's go back to what's good and bad about the personalization. Tell me some ways that this is not a good thing?
Pariser: Here's a few. 1) It's a distorted view of the world. Hearing your own views and ideas reflected back is comfortable, but it can lead to really bad decisions--you need to see the whole picture to make good decisions.

2) It can limit creativity and innovation, which often come about when two relatively unrelated concepts or ideas are juxtaposed.

and 3) It's not great for democracy, because democracy requires a common sense of the big problems that face us and an ability to put ourselves in other peoples' shoes.

More over at The Filter Bubble.

It's all about facebook and Google, but I suspect you could also argue the same about the way that the world is filtered by the Daily Mail ..or The Guardian..

On the positive side, low penetration represents a big opportunity ahead for those device makers not named Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), which currently controls more than 80 percent of the tablet market, according to Nielsen.

And it also spells good news for those retailers that can sell at smaller margins and make a killing on volumes. We are already starting to see some of that happen now: just today in the UK, the retailer Asda (owned by WalMart) launched a scheme selling the seven-inch, WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab for £277 (just under $450), “the lowest price on the market in the UK,” according to a release from the company. Asda has priced a further five other tablets at under £100.

The economic benefits imputed to the availability of Fair Use in the US have sometimes been over stated ... The success of high technology companies in Silicon Valley owes more to attitudes to business risk and investor culture, not to mention other complex issues of economic geography, than it does to the shape of IP law.

In his review of IP, Ian Hargreaves has rightly nixed that silly thing about 'Google couldn't have started in the UK because of the IP framework..as reported at paidcontent.