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“I’m with Stupid”

The dumb, dumb world of Malcolm Gladwell • The Register.

These are my links for November 30th

• Why the Unskilled Are Unaware: Further Explorations of (Absent) Self-Insight Among the Incompetent - People typically provide overly optimistic social comparisons when rating their competence relative to their peers. Previous work has shown that poor performers overestimate their performances the most because their incompetence deprives them of the skills needed to recognize their deficits. Five studies demonstrated that poor performers lack insight into their shortcomings even in real world settings and when given incentives to be accurate. An additional meta-analysis showed that it was lack of insight into their errors (and not mistaken assessments of their peers) that led to overly optimistic social comparison estimates among poor performers. Along the way, these studies ruled out recent alternative accounts that have been proposed to explain why poor performers hold such positive impressions of their performance.

These are my links for November 30th

• Criticker - Movie Recommendations and Community - Film recommendations
• What to Rent! - Great DVD/Movie Rental Recommendations - Welcome 3ruce! To receive a movie recommendation, proceed to the mood assessment page. The following movies have been recommended to you in the last 24 hours. After 24 hours you can tell us what you thought of the pick. We give you 24 hours so you can get some sleep and form a solid opinion.

Is Bush Drinking Again?

These are my links for November 27th

• Cloud definitions and economics | Irregular Enterprise | ZDNet.com - If cloud computing is to be the business success so many in the industry anticipate, then as a buyer, my primary concern must be to know that my providers will be there in 5, 10 and 15 years’ time. All the evidence I’ve seen so far suggests it requires companies capable of making massive investments to develop a viable cloud based ecosystem. I’d rather pay a wee bit more now to ensure vendor survival than be lured into what often seems like a race to the bottom on pricing in the deluded expectation that somehow it will all work out.

The Force is with us but let’s try to keep our heads. These things are certifiable: “The Empire Strikes Back,” George Lucas’s sequel to his “Star Wars,” the biggest grossing motion picture of all time, has opened. On the basis of the early receipts, “The Empire Strikes Back” could make more money than any other movie in history, except, maybe, “Star Wars.” It is the second film in a projected series that may last longer than the civilization that produced it.

‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Strikes a Bland Note.

YouTube - How the Mainstream Media Actually Works.

YouTube - The speed takes place in the fire.