The Niche Makers are bring down the industrial revolution

After reading "The Long tail" by Chris Anderson I became aware of the economics and the shift taking place to a niche model in business for the 21st century. It is becoming evident how the wide play, vague and impersonal paradigm is starting to collapse while the strong niches are starting to dominate. It is even a matter fiction by such writers as Cory Doctrow in his novel "Makers".We can also can read about it in E.F. Schumacher's book "Small is Beautiful" as well as by Seth Godin in "Small is the New Big". I would say that the industrial revolution is slowly dying and we are moving into a more intimate, one to one, humane and nurturing model of doing business and living. Niche your way to success and happiness.

Breaking down the Media Gatekeeper

The current information ecosystem is really starting breakdown. It is moving away from the corporate and government  centralize model. It is slowly being sliced  by thousands of niche offerings with very specific information and  committed audiences. This new landscape is giving people the opportunity to really participate, create and report. I think this  dynamic puts the individual in a position of power and moves him or her away from a victim framework. The time has come to start communicating among ourselves uncover our great intelligence and creativity by cutting out the current media and information gatekeepers- enjoy this new model and participate. How about creating a new reality on this planet, one that is not about fear and negativity which as we know is designed to make you shop and hide.

The death of massification

There is revolution going on in the planet it is of decentralization. The control and command system of operating is starting to fall apart. We are starting to see it the energy business, content and information distribution in as well as the creation of local currencies. The world is becoming more local, small and of niches with incredible value. It is part of the human evolution away for the massification of the individual towards a more individualistic driven paradigm. The system is starting to transform itself to a New global paradigm, a new model existence.

Destroying America one ounce of junk food at a time.

Obesity is probably more of a threat to our national security then terrorism is. I look at my surrounding including my family & friends and obesity in not a television story anymore it now part of our everyday existence, including the emotional consequences and health care costs. The question is why do we continue to feed our children such poison? To me it is a four way conspiracy: The food companies(poison pushers), media companies(drive by advertising), the politicians(policy pimps) and the parents( playing dumb for the sake of convenience). It is simply disgusting to continue to watch so many people become sick and have their lives cut short as a consequence ingesting kilos and kilos of junk food, sugar, etc. I wonder if there  is any difference in terms of collateral damage between drug trafficing and junk food dealing. People in this country have two options : 1-Become radically responsible for your health and eventually drive the dealers out of business or 2- continue to play dumb until we reach our personal, family and country collapse. If there is a poison heaven it is right here in America. Imagine covering such a beautiful country with junk food rappers, garbage and corpses of people killed by introducing into their bodies legally approved poison. Shame, shame and more shame.

Facebook: $100 billion valuation? Really?

I am trying to figure out the real value of Facebook. I have a Facebook page. I use it very little. Yes it does have an initial connectivity value  to it but what about afterwards. It seems  the personal investment of time  in such a social media platform seems to be a diminishing return. There is also a significant lost of privacy due to the fact that Facebook owns your personal information and sells it.   After this initial public offering I was left wondering why would it have a $100 billion plus valuation. I was looking at their advertising  revenues per user, at one point it was $33 now it is $2. They currently have very low CPM(Cost per thousand impressions). General Motors recently announce that they were going to stop advertising on Facebook because it did not work for them. Of course they have close 900 million users that gives them tremendous latitude to create new business models and ways of bring in revenue. But I still can't figure out the real value of Facebook for me moving forward. It feels like a global distraction while really important things are happening that could determine our destines. Please somebody explain this to me. Thanks