"By grinding all those rectangular datasets into triples, they’ve actually managed to make it *less* useful than in its original form. In the original form at least I had a little context of what this data was for and from, which is lost here. A surprising achievement, but I bet you won’t read about it at semantic web conferences any time soon.

Now, will this gigantic hairball of triples enter the LOD map of Middle Earth and double it in size overnight with a big “data.gov” stamp of self-validation?"

"…A colleague once suggested that if our aim is to create more entrepreneurs or at least better prepare potential entrepreneurs, we should replace all entrepreneurship education programs with basic sales courses. After all, and to Fox's point, entrepreneurs are engaged at every step of the way in selling something: an idea, themselves, a product, a vision."

"In fact, democracy is in deep trouble in America. The financial crisis has inflicted hardship on a population that does not like to face harsh reality. President Barack Obama has deployed the “confidence multiplier” and claims to have contained the recession. But if there is a “double dip” recession, Americans will become susceptible to all kinds of fear mongering and populist demagogy…."