How to establish the difference between moral imperative and legal and constitutional imperative?

How to establish the difference between moral imperative and legal and constitutional imperative?

With legal proceedings.

How to deal with change?

How to deal with change?

Experimenting with new ways of thinking.

How to have the feeling of being already in the future.

How to have the feeling of being already in the future.

Working on the fields of information retrieval, knowledge systems, logic, machine learning, multi-agent systems, natural language, neural networks, planning and probabilistic inference.

Why Warren Buffett is dumping Exxon Mobil?

Why Warren Buffett is dumping Exxon Mobil?

Because he needs cash for an insider deal with IBM

How many private companies have raised venture capital since 2011?

How many private companies have raised venture capital since 2011?

16,700 start-ups have raised venture capital since 2011, 0,05 % of  the 30 millions businesses in the U.S.

How much money has raised the Clinton Foundation from overseas governments?

How much money  has raised the Clinton Foundation from overseas governments?

At least $48 million since its founding according to a Wall Street Journal tally.

Necessary things to persuade

Necessary things  to persuade

Reciprocity
Scarcity
Authority
Consistency
Liking
Consensus

Which are the most important underclass measures in the U.S.?

Which are the most important underclass measures in the U.S.?

Income, academic achievement and employment.

How do you stop war in current times?

How do you stop war in current times?

Integrating people.

What is the consumer item with fastest sales growth in the U.S.?

What is the consumer item with fastest sales growth in the U.S.?

Used cars.

It was private jets in 2013.

Two examples of funding allocation.

Why has the dollar risen 17% since June?

Why has the dollar risen 17% since June?

It is not because the FED signaled and end to its quantitative-easing program.

It is not because the decline in the price of oil.

It is not because the domestic side of the U.S. economy is showing signs of greater strength.

It is because since June the are 27 countries involved in war conflicts in Africa, 18 in Asia, 9 in Europe, 8 in the Middle East and 5 in the Americas, making a total of 65 countries involved in war with 614 military groups.

How to Reach a Cease-Fire Deal ?

How to Reach a Cease-Fire Deal ?

Pulling back weapons from each side and giving to one side money and to the other side broad powers, control of the borders, relief from sanctions and more money.

How many births in the U.S. are to unmarried women?

How many births in the U.S. are to unmarried women?

1,609,619 in 2012,   40%  of all births in the U.S.

How do you do something impactful?

How do you do something impactful?

Creating an emotional connection through a magic moment.

What is the most critical factor affecting the prospect that U.S. will encounter a structural break?

What is the most critical factor affecting the prospect that U.S. will encounter a structural break?

Current public policies design.

What is efficiency?

What is efficiency?

Efficiency  is not how many results you get, efficiency is how many actions are needed to get a result.

How much does the U.S. pay in interest every year?

How much  does the U.S.  pay in interest every year?

The annual interest payments on the debt is $220 billion per year and are set to explode to $800 billion per year within a decade.

Can self-doubt avoid conflict?

Can self-doubt avoid conflict?

Only before the spark that triggers the explosion.

Which is the employment-to-population ratio in the U.S.?

Which is the employment-to-population ratio in the U.S.?

59.3% , 33-year low.

How many people in Silicon Valley do not make enough money to meet their basic needs without public assistance ?

How many people in Silicon Valley do not make enough money to meet their basic needs without public assistance ?

30 percent of the region's population (2.9 million people) according the think tank Join Venture Silicon Valley.

Why is a theocracy more attractive than a democracy for many around the world?

Why is a theocracy more attractive than a democracy for many around the world?

Because for  many around the world  democracy  does not really give identity.

Who creates capital?

Who creates capital?

Capital gain rate was 15% in 2008, it is now 23.8% and it will be 28% in 2016.

Who must ask for the public's generous forgiveness?

 Who must ask for the public's generous forgiveness?
Who shows a display of entitlement, ostentatious wealth and unfettered power.

How many manufacturing jobs the U.S. economy has outside the country?

How many manufacturing jobs the U.S. economy has outside the country?

More than 30 million.

What happens when every decision you have made in your life has been right?

What happens when every decision you have made in your life has been right?

Your life is completely  identical to everything you wanted it to be.

What is the modern way of solving economic problems?

What is the modern way of solving economic problems?

Printing money, because bankruptcy settlements  are not imposed by democracy.

How much money Medicare pays to doctors and hospitals?

How much money Medicare pays to  doctors and hospitals?

Medicare paid providers $362 billion for their services in 2014.

What is needed to be a politician?

What is needed to be a politician?

Lofty goals.
No details.
Hollow lectures.
Talking points designed to fire up your base.
No ideas.
No solutions.
No different tone.
Talking about vision and execution.
Delivering your thoughts.

Why does the average wage fell 1.1% between 2010 and 2014?

Why does the average wage fell 1.1% between 2010 and 2014?

Supply and demand.

No growth no jobs.

Growth implies risk and government policies avoid risk.

Who supplies more federal corporate-tax revenue?

Who supplies more federal corporate-tax revenue?

CVS Health supplies fully 1% of all federal corporate-tax revenue.

Why there is not any link from central-bank reserves to private-sector money?

Why there is not any link from central-bank reserves to private-sector money?

Because regulators have forbidden taking risk.

No risk no growth, no growth no jobs.

What is the median household income in the U.S.?

What is the median household income in the U.S.?

The median household income in the U.S., adjusted for inflation was $51,939 in 2013.

What is the median earning for full-time U.S. workers aged 18 to 34?

What is the median earning for full-time U.S. workers aged 18 to 34?

$33,883 ; 10% less than 2000, after adjusting for inflation; below 1980s levels.

What is the most draconian intervention of government into people's life?

What is the most draconian intervention of government into people's life?

Forcing people to be unhealthy and then mandate them to buy health insurance.

Which are the most opposite political concepts?

Which are the most opposite political concepts?

Security and freedom

How much are the politicians awarded retirement benefits for workers of cities and states?

How much are the politicians awarded retirement benefits for workers  of cities and states?
Between $1.5 trillion and $4 trillion

How many dollars flow to disability in the U.S.?

How many dollars flow to disability in the U.S.?

Payments have increased 32% since 2008 to $140.1 billion.

The total number of people in the United States receiving federal disability benefits is  10.9 million.

How many patents IBM have received during 2014?

How many patents IBM have received during 2014?

7,534 U.S. patents.

What is the difference between free speech and insulting?

What is the difference between free speech and insulting?

Free speech is a fearless freedom of debate and deliberation.

An insult is an expression, statement or  behavior which is disrespectful or scornful.

Is possible to regain competitiveness through internal devaluation?

Is possible to regain competitiveness through  internal devaluation?

No if  the government must borrow to fund its activities or recapitalize the banking system .

Does free speech have limitations?

Does free speech have limitations?

Advocating violence
Libel
Slander
Obscenity
Offensive speech
Threats

Why sieges always end up with some hostage killed?

Why sieges always end up  with some hostage killed?

Because it is very difficult to control the timing.

Fanatic values versus liberal values.

Fanatic  values versus  liberal values.

Principles based on violent means  versus  principles based on speech.

Why we do not have more unlicensed spectrum free?

Why we do not have more unlicensed spectrum free?

Because division over cyber-security legislation

Oversight of Icann

Security regulations

Net-neutrality fight

Increased spectrum demand

Spectrum allocation

Broadband providers

Utility regulations.

What knowledge is power?

What knowledge is power?

Knowing how to fix problems before outrage.

Knowing more than your opponents.

 

What you should never lose?

What you should never lose?

The belief that you need to earn every day your own way in life.

How many hours office workers spend in meetings?

How many hours office workers spend in meetings?

According to officebroker.com the average office worker spends 16 hours in meetings every week and government workers spend 22 hours a week in meetings.

What are the limits of standing on principle?

What are the limits of standing on principle?

Results.

What keeps you humble?

What keeps you humble?

Things that redirect you.

Why U.S. Leads the World?

Why U.S. Leads the World?

Because it can send a credible threat to deploy its military resources.