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psychology, communications, economics, sociology, philosophy, history, political science, journalism, etc.

I was talking to a friend on Google Hangout the other day and it came to my mind the idea that if our conversation was being recorded, it could be used in the future for multiple purposes.

1st purpose could be entertainment. Imagine some kind of reality TV show in the future where "interesting" footage from private online video conferences would be broadcast on TV/internet to entertain people, laugh at others. I'm talking in the future when may be we'll all be dead or old or when people would sign non-disclosure agreements we haven't signed today.

2nd purpose: It could also be used for sociological and psychological research. Imagine all the data gathered from people's most private and personal conversations!

Do you think this is where things are going?

Are we the guinea pigs of the future of our species?

I thought you'd be the right crowd to brainstorm about this.

I'm 34 y/o and considering going back to school for masters and ideally phD. I've been wanting to do this forever but didn't have the money. Now I'm financially healthy enough to take the hit of becoming a full time student again.

Field would be Math/Economics

How can I ensure that apple shipped me what I paid for in terms of processor, RAM and graphic card if I can't open the iMac or Mac Book?

If so,

what do you use them for?

how important are they to you? do you use them for personal as much as for work stuff?

Any mind mapping tools you recommend?

I used to work 40h/week and had plenty of time to do creative stuff.

Now I work 60h/week and even though I feel very productive and healthy, I've had give up the time I had for doing something creative.

How do you manage your creativity? Do you have a slot in your schedule for creativity? Are you spontaneous? Suggestions? Advice?

My company address is set up at my accountant's office.

My accountant takes care of all the tax paper work for my company.

How do I switch to a new accountant?

This guy owns me!

Any suggestions?

I had a customized MS Excel spreadsheet back in the days, my roommate would use Microsoft Money, then I tried Quicken, now I see there are many interesting apps out there to keep track of your expenses.

What do you use? What do you recommend?

I have a long list of books and articles to read on different topics, some are recent, some are old classics and topics vary from latest technology to philosophy and finance, science, fiction & non-fiction, politics, the list goes on and on.

How do you manage this not to read only about one thing or not to get caught reading only the recent stuff (which could be junk).

How many books do you read at the same time?

How do you guys juggle with this problem?

Cheers,

Is it worth installing Ubuntu on my Chromebook if I've never used Linux or Unix?

I read that one can run Skype on Ubuntu which is the major flaw I've encountered with using Google Chrome.

If it's not too complicated I'd appreciate if you can share a "good" link that shows how to do it.

Thank you,

What do you do to meet like minded people (in person) and thrive with them in whatever interest you have in common?

I posted an ad on a website where I get charged by CPM (cost per thousand views).

My questions is how do I know I'm not getting over charged?

How do I know they're running my ad? I can't check the website all day and they revolve many ads on the website.

Any books, websites, software you'd recommend about Asset Management and/or Asset Allocation?