Creative destruction in hard drives
21 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction
Sorry, Pluto: You’re really not a planet
21 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in technological progress Tags: Pluto, space
Sorry, Pluto: You're really not a planet. bit.ly/1JaFnJd http://t.co/dcThn5DsLG—
Vox (@voxdotcom) July 20, 2015
Neil Armstrong on the dawn horizon on the moon
20 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, technological progress Tags: moon landings, Neil Armstrong, space
More and more people are able to travel by air
20 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
More and more people are able to travel by air. buff.ly/1G4fMMT #progress http://t.co/Dgseo3FCJL—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 18, 2015
Creative destruction in 1GB hard drives
20 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness
From 10 Million Dollar to 9 cents!
The price of 1GB Hard Drive since 1950(Source: bit.ly/1E4xzDD) http://t.co/TIAZG8OPof—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 05, 2015
Creative destruction in portable Macintosh computers
19 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, laptops, PCs
The 16 Mhz Mac Portable, Apple's first portable Macintosh computer. 1989. http://t.co/nAudOktDBd—
History Pics (@HistoryPixs) February 23, 2014
1st cellphone
18 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: cell phones, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness
This is the first cellphone.
It went on sale 30 years ago today for $4,000 http://t.co/6zFIf3cxDV—
History Pics (@HistoryPixs) March 14, 2014
Measurement error in the computer age
18 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in applied welfare economics, econometerics, economic history, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: age of the computer, capitalism and freedom, measurement error, Robert Solow
Evidence grows of mass kidnappings of Oxfam activists – how else could they have been silenced?
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, technological progress Tags: activists, do gooders, extreme poverty, global poverty, infant mortality, Left-wing hypocrisy, life expectancies, mass kidnappings, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/621132860657897472/photo/1
The biggest success of our time: Child mortality is decreasing rapidly. Everywhere!
More at: OurWorldInData.org/data/populatio… http://t.co/FhdbQeheUd—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) July 13, 2015
Staggering #inequality: top 1% will own 50% of world's wealth by 2016. Help #EvenitUp! act.oxfam.org/new-zealand/ev… http://t.co/KX9GR2VSo5—
Oxfam New Zealand (@oxfamnz) January 19, 2015
Fossil fuel companies get more subsidies than all the public health spending globally. It's time to #GoCoalFree http://t.co/gsDIocxAq9—
Oxfam New Zealand (@oxfamnz) June 08, 2015
Kids today: Watching TV is a punishment for iPad generation of children
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: child rearing, economics of the family
Creative destruction in desktops
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, desktops
vintage computing '67 http://t.co/TmogxJJ0Nu—
Old Pics Archive (@oldpicsarchive) July 10, 2015
The history of camera
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: cameras, creative destruction, mobile phones, smartphones, The Great Enrichment
Creative destruction in Polaroid cameras
12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: cameras, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness
On this day in 1948, the 1st polaroid camera was sold for $89.75 in Boston at the Jordan Marsh department store. http://t.co/hyuXjccsHw—
Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) November 26, 2014
Environmentalists have been losing the battle for public opinion for some time
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, technological progress Tags: air pollution, climate alarmism, conservation, voter demographics, water pollution
Satellite relay TV started this day, 1962
10 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, innovation
10 July 1962: The 'Telstar' Communications satellite was launched. It was the beginning of satellite relayed TV. http://t.co/6kW3aAAEpF—
History (@HistoryTime_) July 10, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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