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Push for February, 2003 This issue: * Auren
Joins Blumberg Capital as an Entrepreneur In Residence * First
Names vs. Last Names Personality Test * My
Generation - Will There Be No More Class Reunions? * The
Connector: Party Planners * Book
Review: Generations
-- by William Strauss & Neil Howe * Reader
Responses: (David
Gimpelevich, Michael Tchong, Jim Strock, Charles Goldberg, Lance Brown,
Hunter Walk, Adrian Vanzyl, Catherine Haley) * Friend of
Auren: Andrei Cherny, author of The
Next Deal * Summation
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are currently over 11,000 people subscribed to Summation! -------------------------------- AUREN JOINS
BLUMBERG CAPITAL AS AN ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE I recently
joined Blumberg Capital (http://www.blumbergcapital.com) part-time as an
entrepreneur in residence (EIR). Blumberg is an early-stage venture capital
firm (investments of up to $3 million) located in San Francisco that
generally invests in software and communications companies. I can always be
reached at auren@summation.net -------------------------------- FIRST
NAMES VS. LAST NAMES PERSONALITY TEST By Auren Hoffman Some people identify more
with their first name than with their last name. Some people are just the
opposite. Ever wonder why? (What name do you identify
with most? Write auren@summation.net) ------------------------------------------------- The objective of Summation is to make you think. Pass it on to a friend. ------------------------------------------------- FMY
GENERATION By Auren Hoffman Talking again about the
oft-classified Generation X ... (What do you think? Write auren@summation.net) ------------------------------------------------- Share Summation Push. Forward it to the smartest people you know. ------------------------------------------------- THE CONNECTOR PARTY PLANNERS You know the people that
are always planning parties and events? Those people are a special type of
connector. Generally they are very social people who truly enjoy creating
large events (or planning a vacation) and inviting many people to share the
experience with them. (What are your thoughts
about the party planner connector?
Write auren@summation.net) --------------------------------
Useless Fact: "Did you know that
Japan has over $6 trillion in debt? That's astonishing!" --------------------------------
BOOK REVIEW: Generations ----------------------------------------------------- The objective of Summation is to READER RESPONSES AND OPINIONS Regarding
last month's article on "Will
There Ever Be a Generation X President" (see http://www.summation.net/push0301.html)
David Gimpelevich remarks: Your
take on the Generations concept is very interesting. I read the book
recently, and its thesis has a great deal of initial appeal. Still, as I
began examining individual examples, the theory began to break down. I know
of many people who do not fit the generational profile presented. Enough
exceptions and the rule begins to be sorely tested.
Does your own experience completely bear out the thesis? It is worth thinking
about. Also, the book's premise that it is the generational pressures that
produce external conflicts and determine their outcome is overly simplistic.
There are more convincing arguments based on other factors, such as for
instance interactions among great powers and changes in industrial capacity. ... and Boomers:
1946-64, (78 million) ... and On the
generational issue, is the question really whether "Gen X" will
have a president from its ranks? There are so many contingencies that come
together in the selection of any president-in some ways it is every bit as
arbitrary as a monarchy, just more legitimate! Dr. King was a "silent"-but
his influence historically will surpass many presidents. In some times
leadership from other areas is more significant than the White House-think
1865-1901-and, some argue, 1988 to the present. Also, while generational
distinctions can be useful in the aggregate, they may or may not be as
helpful in understanding individuals. George W. Bush, arguably, is much
closer to Gen X in many of his values than to the Baby Boomers. He chose to
reject many Baby Boom values beginning as a young man, without peer support
at Yale or a clear alternative-and one can see he is distinct in some ways
from the archetypal boomers in high political office, such as Clinton and
Gingrich, Gore and Lott (my guess is that history will come to view them all
of a piece, with their differences far outweighed by their similarities).
Maybe, in the conjunction of 9/11-with its heavy imprint by Gen X from the
beginning-and the presidency of George W. Bush, Gen X has its president now. ... and Charles Goldberg of Harry Walker
Speakers Bureau proposes: Heh
Auren, Perhaps you will be our president! ...
and
I read
your thing about a Gen X President, and I just wanted to mention that plan to
be President, and I'm a GenXer (born 1972). I launched my campaign in 1994,
and I will be running in 2008, at age 36. If I don't win then (which is
obviously very likely), I plan to run again in 2016, and then again in 2024,
when I'll be a 52-year-old GenXer. ;-) I have a campaign blog here:
http://freedom2008.com Regarding
last month's article on "The
Connector" (see http://www.summation.net/push0301.html)
Hunter Walk of Linden Labs chimes
in: Your
note on contact mgmt software indirectly hit one of my favorite topics - social
networks. If the number of " Is the
belief in free will more important than actually having true free will? (In
terms of the way personal responsibility then shapes your actions). If so,
does a political structure that makes people believe they have free work as
well as one where they actually do have free will? So, if voting is not
compulsory, and only the vocal minority shapes decisions, then do you have a
democracy? Going back to my original question, is the belief that what we
have (a democracy) enough, even though in my argument we don't truly have a
system that represents the view of the people? The
Elegant Universe --
This book covers the idea of the superstring theory - pretty darn cool.
Apparently micro-physics (quantum theory) and macro-physics (theory of
relativity) look good on paper, but couldn't possibly work together by
definition. Superstring theory relates the two (Write Auren your
thoughts. Write auren@summation.net) -------------------------------- Send Summation Push to a colleague. -------------------------------- FRIEND OF AUREN (FOA) [This section updates you
an interesting person that is a member of Auren, Inc.] Andrei Cherny See past profiled Friends
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THIS WEEK'S SUMMATION PUSH
PICK LINKS TO MAKE YOU THINK: * Andrew Sullivan Blog (http://www.andrewsullivan.com) --
site talks to Generation X. Referred by Price Roe. * Buttafly (http://www.buttafly.com) – thoughts from
Jennifer Bishop. Referred by Brett Hurt of Coremetrics. * RSVP for the Party of the
Decade (http://evite.citysearch.com/GGParty@eudoramail.com/2011Party)
-- taking place on Nov 11, 2011. *How to sell via e-mail
(from the book "21st Century Selling") (http://www.summation.net/emailselling.html)
*What am I reading? The
Hoffman Reading List (http://www.summation.net/reading.html)
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