tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816005865793642443.post2442326409564777974..comments2024-03-09T00:49:37.891-05:00Comments on Lake Chalice: Love Knows No Means. It Knows Standard Deviation.Meredith Garmonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16197895762895387696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816005865793642443.post-30045079613379628562012-05-07T10:43:43.310-04:002012-05-07T10:43:43.310-04:00We don't need innovative new products. We need...We don't need innovative new products. We need rediscovery of a very old product: community connectedness. <br /><br />(And in my ideal community, I'll be surrounded by plenty of art history majors.)Meredith Garmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197895762895387696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8816005865793642443.post-91516098332394575582012-05-07T10:22:45.976-04:002012-05-07T10:22:45.976-04:00Excellent - thank you! You may want to use the gi...Excellent - thank you! You may want to use the gist of your message here to send a letter or email message to the New York Times in response to its cover story in yesterday's Sunday Magazine. It reports on a a book, "Unintended Consequences" by a former partner at Mitt Romney's Bain Capital, that makes the case that income inequality is actually good for society. The promise of striking it wildly rich encourages "art history major" types to get off their butts and and out of coffee shops, to work hard to invent innovative new products.<br /><br />Left unanswered in the article is how much innovative new products contribute positively to the social health indicators that you mention.Charlie Talberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267737011472607186noreply@blogger.com