in las vegas. one month after the stock market crash in 1987. i managed to secure an interview with bill gates. he was a young bill gates. microsoft had made him at that point a billionaire. single billion. he was worth about $1 billion. the crash of 87 wiped out about 33% of his net worth. we were talking. i said, listen, i rarely ask the touchy feeley questions given i m working in business. let me ask you something, what were you thinking in 1987? i was sitting at my desk, someone walked in, i was having a good day and told me the stock market is down a lot. i said, oh, okay and went back to work. the concept of having lost $333 million in a day didn t really seem to faze him in the sense that you might imagine. i think that was true for all those early innovators. they were idea guys. they were changing the world in a way that was different than let s say the 60s generation was. the 60s generation we re seeing this again today with the
the crash of 87 wiped out about 33% of his net worth. we were talking. i said, listen, i rarely ask the touchy feeley questions given i m working in business. let me ask you something, what were you thinking in 1987? i was sitting at my desk, someone walked in, i was having a good day and told me the stock market is down a lot. i said, oh, okay and went back to work. the concept of having lost $333 million in a day didn t really seem to faze him in the sense that you might imagine. i think that was true for all those early innovators. they were idea guys. they were changing the world in a way that was different than let s say the 60s generation was. the 60s generation we re seeing this again today with the new iteration among the occupy wall street kids and the tea party folks who want to change their world. the 60s, the pragmatist of the 80s, late 70s, 80s, like the
here is the response from the people of ohio. from a poll released today, ohio voters disapprove 46-30% of the way governor kasich is handling his job. his approval rating is 30% now. 30% approve of the job he is doing as governor. on union stripping, more than half say they oppose his plan to limit collective bargaining rights. 53% call the budget unfair to people like them. in ohio as in the rest of the country, 53% is what s known as a majority. in pennsylvania, tom corbett sweeps into office, announces a budget crisis, says he will solve it by giving away $333 million in tax breaks for businesses. governor corbett, that agenda translates into 31% of pennsylvania voters saying you are doing an excellent or even good job. among voters that say they re in
money to businesses. we re broke. that s the plan from the governor of ohio. here is the response from the people of ohio. from a poll released today, ohio voters disapprove 46-30% of the way governor kasich is handling his job. his approval rating is 30% now. 30% approve of the job he is doing as governor. on union stripping, more than half say they oppose his plan to limit collective bargaining rights. 53% call the budget unfair to people like them. in ohio as in the rest of the country, 53% is what s known as a majority. in pennsylvania, tom corbett sweeps into office, announces a budget crisis, says he will solve it by giving away $333 million in tax breaks for businesses. governor corbett, that agenda translates into 31% of pennsylvania voters saying you are doing an excellent or even good job.
it s 50 million. so they wondered, if you sat down and read every tweet that crossed in 24 hours? how long would it take you, 24 hours, 24 months, five years or ten years? we are talking 333 million seconds of twitter reading material.