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In short, the central thing about job creation from young companies is its inevitability. It is a species of mathematical certainty (one driven by initial simplicity and a wall) that young companies must create the most jobs (even without assuming particular skill on their part, or taking into account sectoral or economic growth, both crazily conservative assumptions). That the drunkard’s walk applies to the economics of young firms is an mind-altering realization (in a good way), one that helps put the messy data of company and job creation in a more plain and meaningful context.

It may sound like chaos, but it’s only the lesson drawn from one of the insights of traffic psychology: Drivers will force the accelerator down ruthlessly only in situations where everything has been fully regulated. Where the situation is unclear, they’re forced to drive more carefully and cautiously.

Sweat and bicycling do not necessarily go hand-in-hand! Perhaps potential street-clothes-commuters need to take a lesson out of racing’s playbook and start using heart rate monitors, not to set a high target for fitness, but a low ceiling to stay cool and sweat-free.

Hey Adobe, Quit whining and start competing. Use your market position to become dominant in the open HTML5 world instead of continuing to exploit the same kind of walled garden that you don’t want Apple to have.

“The media to me is like the same thing as the telephone,” he said. While clearly intriguing, his analogy begged for further explanation. Mr. Packer was happy to oblige. “Instead of calling my folks, let’s say, I’ll go on TV,” he said. “My mom will usually call back later saying: ‘Hi, Greg, this is Mom. You won’t believe this, but we saw you on TV at the …’ ” Just fill in the blank.

There are literary techniques, there will be iPad techniques. I’m 21, I can say with a lot of confidence that the ‘books’ that come to define my generation will be impossible to print. This is great.