[PopTech 08] Clay Shirky: Grobanites and Designing For Generosity

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Josh Groban is a pop star. The type of pop star with teenage girls screaming and fainting at every concert and young women waiting in his hotel lobby wherever he travels. These worshipping fans even have a name: Grobanites. In 2002 the Grobanites decided that they wanted to buy him a birthday present. Here is a man who before turning 21 already had the unending adulation of thousands of women around the planet. What more could he possibly want? So they decided to donate to charity in his nam

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Reality-Defying Futurama Flying Car For Sale On Amazon For A Mere $50,000! [Novelties]

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A recently-launched merchant on Amazon — named Jetson — is offering the “Futurama Flying Car” for the bargain price of only $50,000. Although the seller makes no promises or claims, other than an artfully updated image of the Guigiaro B.A.T. 5, the reviews on this product offer stunning insight into the performance of this revolutionary, yet totally fictional, vehicle. From reviewer mateo22: “I picked up this item as a birthday present for my wife. She was pretty upset because it’s also eviden

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