Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Harvard business review and economist

For many days I am in search of insightful content in articles. In news, I am looking not so much for unbiased news, though it would be nice, as looking for a complete picture. News from all over the world and news from many different sources. This desire came into being when I watched Ahmadinejad speech on Singapore news channel in my recent visit to Taiwan. I have to admit that after so many years listening Ahmadinejad demonized in American media, I imagined him as a fanatic with no capacity of rational thinking. No wonder it was quite a surprise to see him talk logically. On my return to USA I opened a google reader account and added rss from news from different parts of world. I discovered some good news sources - al jazeera, Asia news network. Other than news, I also rediscovered other good sources. Economist is at the top of my list for being the most complete international and in-depth news, however, judging from it content from India (I am an Indian and so understand the content biasedness), I feel it is a little Americanized. Harvard business review is just amazing for its realistic content. In my brother's words "no bullshit" content. As an example, there are articles on such cliche and everyday questions "should one follow one's dream and money will follow?" but analysis and recommendation is not everyday and ordinary.

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