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One black swan, two black swans...

"No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion," wrote philosopher David Hume.

The middle kingdom

Last month, President Obama spoke in his State of the Union address about the need for a better national infrastructure.

A Sputnik moment

John F. Kennedy challenged the American nation to do great things "not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." He uttered those words because the Soviet Union had launched its first satellite, Sputnik, into space, and the United States did not even have a space program in place.

The Facebook effect

"A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A billion dollars," says Sean Parker in a pivotal scene from the critically acclaimed "The Social Network," a film adaptation of the drama surrounding the founding of Facebook. And cooler still is Facebook today.

Because they said so

The casualties of the recession are endless: General Motors, Chrysler, American International Group, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, CIT Group, and the list goes on.

A Blockbuster bust

The distinctive blue and yellow ticket stub that serves as Blockbuster's logo was once a symbol of the company's brand power.

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