This week, Ben and Rich discuss two huge cultural events that happened on the same day: the iPad unveiling and the State of the Union. And of course, these discussions inevitably resulted in a discussion of how the United States is in the midst of a downfall (?!). Sorry about the downer.
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Only just got to the State of the Union bit, but wanted to say: as someone who owns a Kindle but no iPhone, Netbook, or laptop, the iPad interests me. Obviously not as an eReader which it was clearly never intended to be, but as convenient portable internet.
I won’t get one because well, think of all the books I could buy for that much, but still. It’d be nice to have.
Ben, Bravo on the assertion about taking on responsibilities as opposed to rights. We seem to forget that liberty involves self-government and not necessarily being sheltered from all risk and potential failure. Holding on to the latter over the former is a sign of a people in decline. I think President Obama does need to get a handle on how to be a party leader as an executive (very different from being a Senator).