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Paul Summerville • avril 16, 2013

Just to let our readers know that I have co-founded LimeSpot Solutions Inc. with Aidin Tavakkol and Majid Ghaffari.

Based in Victoria, LimeSpot is a technology company specializing in leveraging social networks for profit.

Paul Summerville • mars 13, 2013

Commentary on Facebook’s privacy problem, taking a bite, what worries a Navy Admiral, they used to bleed people, whither Tibet, the UK’s hungry kids, and the field narrows.

What I’m listening to today.

Purcell - Chacony in G Minor Z730

Hmmm ….

Paul Summerville • mars 12, 2013

Commentary on the carbon tax, disconnected, why hip surgery may become deadly, cross cultural management, where angels fear to tread, and how the Conservative Party keeps conservatives confused.

What I’m listening to today.

Concerto in C major for two trumpets RV 537: Allegro (third mvt.) by Vivaldi

Smart and efficient.

Paul Summerville • mars 11, 2013

Commentary on the Russian ballet drama, why you should never listen to an economist, the beauty of the autocatalytic city, not so funny fat boy, dangerous superbugs, mobile innovation, and a shocking housing forecast for Canada.

What I’m listening to today.

Abaris ou Les Boréades (Suite and Dances)- 'Gavotte pour les Fleures et les Zéphirs'

Talk about competitive.

Paul Summerville • mars 10, 2013

Commentary on the Life of Pi, rebranding the GOP, the tsunami two years on, public money for rebuilding religious buildings, Facebook facelift, China and its not-so-funny neighbour, and ass-grab-gate.

What I’m listening to today.

Giovanni Gabrieli Sacra Symphonia Sonata Pian'e Forte

Beyond reason.

Paul Summerville • mars 9, 2013

Commentary on the eureka moment, cutting a deal with Iran, the struggle for democracy in Iran, the Muslim brotherhood loses its appeal, take your oil and shove it, different days, and Canada’s thought police.

Rewarding genius.

Financial Times -- Those eureka ideas
Life science prize is welcome but could be more ambitious.

More for more.

Paul Summerville • mars 8, 2013

Commentary on getting a good night’s sleep, the sharing economy, get out the sun screen, George’s hard choices, more to globalization than lattes all round, and strangled by language.

Tossing and turning.

New Yorker -- Up All Night
The science of sleeplessness.

 

Goofy – How to Sleep

Regulating sharing.

Paul Summerville • mars 7, 2013

Commentary on the public service of free blogs, an inflation adjusted DOW doesn’t look so good, Uncle Joe re-examined, rules bound, indestructible capitalism, and suffocating an island.

Tell me about it.

Paul Summerville • mars 6, 2013

Commentary on energy in America, Japan’s risky road, who should get benefits, and the elite speaks.

There is more at stake than just the XL Pipeline at stake.

Economist -- Better out than in
If Barack Obama wants a cleaner world and a richer America, he should allow natural-gas exports.

Is deflation a structural or monetary phenomena?

Paul Summerville • mars 5, 2013

Commentary on record breaking corporate profits, sticks and stones, countdown to suicide, population density, why same sex marriage is founded on conservative values, Ireland’s perilous recovery, and another advocate for a guaranteed annual income.

Good analysis, silly premise. (ed’s note – how exactly do corporate profits ‘eat up’ an economy?)

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Twin Virtues: Inequality of Outcomes & Equality of Opportunity©

LimeSpot: Own Your Experience.

Leveraging Social Networks for Profit.
 
Marrying the product portfolio of brand name firms with the personal profile information on Facebook.
 
The LimeSpot enabled revolutionary new sales channel.
 
Ultimately, the most successful societies find the balance between the twin virtues of inequality of outcomes and equality of opportunity.
 
The new politics must marry the twin virtues of unequal outcomes and equality of opportunity.
 
When too few get too much everybody ends up with less.
 
Can it be that striving for equality of opportunity however imperfect the process not only benefits the individual but also creates benefits for the society as a whole that are unintended but wonderful?
 
Economics must be a 'moral enterprise' as much as politics claims to be. Economic outcomes need to be framed in terms of right and wrong not just efficiency if only because these often align in surprising ways.
 
My vision of Canada is that any Canadian child from a family of limited circumstance can expect to have a chance at lifetime of unlimited opportunities.
 
Tax policy should be founded on the principle of generating steady tax revenues sufficient to maximise environmentally sustainable economic growth in order to fund fair government.
 
Public policy should be designed to decrease inequality before the law and increase equality of opportunity.
 
Capitalism is not the problem; the problem is what we do with capitalism.
 
Content is always more difficult to argue than conspiracy.
 
Let the state regulate and the market operate (most things).
 
Welfare strategies are best designed as a hand up not as a hand out.
 
Political debate should not be fact free fighting.
 
Explanation lasts longer than eloquence.
 
Always favour empowerment over dependency.
 
The most enduring public figures are embraced for the causes they fought for and not the concept of themselves they hoped others would remember them by.
 
Find your voice and don't be the echo of somebody else.