it was part and parcel of my job to
flip through local dailies
“media monitoring”, if you know the term
collection of coverage/ad
on our competitors
stalking is what i do the best
that including competitors’ development too
it suits me well
i pretty much enjoy the newspapers
a variety of ads is definitely
my kind of things, yes!
Travel, Tech, Lifestyles etc
well… all of them
except the whole big chunk of Politics
which ironically is the main purpose of
why the newspapers is published,
for some
and i am that kind who will actually
went on to delve for more info
regarding something i read
yesterday i found out that
a telco in the country actually
making affiliation with telenor
which i later went on to google
a Norwegian telco
but the funny thing is
telenor acquired equity in the company
via a voluntary take-over offer
back then in 2001
yet only in 2014
they are making a branding campaign to
publicizing the affiliation to the
parent-company
out of the blue
since i am not really busy today
i decided to and actually finished
reading a complete article
at the “Opinion” column
have not done this in ages
ever since O-levels
where i used to dig through the “Opinion” section for
key-points, catchy phrases and sentences
so that i could write a better essay
i even had a scrapbook to
to archive these articles
three in facts,
for different languages
okay can i just make a resolution today
well.. 11th March
a belated new year resolution
not so belated i guess
it’s pointless if you have written
101 resolutions at the beginning of the year
yet have not manage to complete even one
but let’s make one a day
and make it happen
resolution #311
i shall read at least one article from the
“Opinion” column a day
and summarize it
“Malthus, Marx, and Modern Growth”
by Mr Kenneth Rogoff
past growth performance is no guarantee that
a broadly similar trajectory can be maintained
due to issues as below:
- externalities, eg: environmental degradation
- wealth inequalities
- aging populations
- issues require regulation of technologies
- poor regulation of financial market
- food-supply
- childhood obesity
- self-destructive addiction
Solutions suggested:
- global carbon tax
- redistribution via tax system
- encourage women / retirees to stay in workforce
- enhanced consumption of public goods
- education, environment, health care
p.s.
if you don’t have access to
physical copies of newspapers
aha that’s not an excuse
not to read
because i found that
the newspapers actually got the article online too
https://www.project-syndicate.org/
Project Syndicate:
The World’s Opinion Page
where articles on a various range of topics by
some pretty heavy weight columnists can be found
economics, world affairs, biz & finance,
education, culture & society, environment
exactly what i need to
make up for time and energy wasted
browsing through social media
not to say i don’t gain information
via social media
i do, undeniably
yet i realize the scrolling of social media
has weakened the ability to read
it’s difficult to stay focus to
even read a proper article
scrolling, flipping, multi-tasking
how much can I really learn
resolution #311
i shall read at least one article from the
“Opinion” column a day; OR
pick up an article from Project Syndicate, AND
make a summary of the article
p.p.s.
flipping through newspapers is
quite a pain these days
