Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Thanks

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Thanks to everyone who came to the event yesterday at Carnegie, particularly to all of you who came up to talk about the blog. I believe Carnegie will have a video of the event that I’ll post when it comes out.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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