I think they should at least allow users to access their data temporarily. Open up users accounts for downloading only the files that they have personally uploaded for 48 hours and after that they can wipe everything clean.

I never understood how bad boys/aggressive business people succeed. I always go out of my way to help people that are genuinely nice and caring, and not so much for the jerks.

The bad guys I've known were could be very charming when it mattered or to the right people. It took several months (sometimes a year) for people to compare notes and realize they were basically jerks. One of the nicest guys I've ever met I later found out verbally abused (and sometimes physically abused) his wife, often stole money from her purse to go get high, left his kids in a seedy part of town because he was too high to remember where they were, and spread many horrible, demonstrably false rumors when they separated. Maybe some of the people you helped because you thought they were nice, many years from now, you will realized they are sociopaths.

I think they may just be a lot better at framing the options for the people they manipulate in favor of their desired outcome. Mostly out of necessity, because people really don't often like helping or working for jerks. The most successful bad boys include a factor through which it is also beneficial to the people they are playing or even better - a factor through which they think they are the ones pulling ahead aggressively.

My own problem is, as soon as I think of any business I think "How can I make this business become a global powerhouse" and while I should be focused on details of the business, instead im off dreaming about the yachts and private jets Im going to buy.

This year I'm going to think local, then national, then global, and see how that works out. Wish me luck!

Even though I know exactly what the article is about, I wish it wasnt written in relation to football/gambling terms as a lot of people are not football fans or avid gamblers, myself included.

Ive used Khan Academy to teach myself a few courses. Hes really good. I believe he was featured on ted.com as well. www.khanacademy.org

I dont see this happening, or being very accurate if it does. I dont know about you guys, but my mind thinks about something new every few seconds, and one tiny piece of a thought will turn into a whole new though. Its all very random and for a computer to be able to understand and filter that seems a little too sci-fi.