Worth of an MBA

Scott Adam got it right

Democracy

Harvey Dent: When their enemies were at the gates, the Romans would suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city. It wasn't considered an honor, it was considered a public service.

Rachel Dawes: Harvey, the last man who they appointed the Republic was named Caesar and he never gave up his power.

- The Dark Knight

Miserable without love

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.- Dumbledore

Twitter statistics

Tweets:
• 3 years, 2 months and 1 day. The time it took from the first tweet to the billionth tweet.
• 1 week. The time it now takes for users to send a billion tweets.
• 50 million. The average number of tweets people sent per day, one year ago.

• 140 million. The average number of tweets people sent per day, in the last month.
• 177 million. Tweets sent on March 11, 2011.
• 456. Tweets per second (TPS) when Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009 (a record at that time).
• 6,939. Current TPS record, set four seconds after midnight in Japan on New Year’s Day.
Accounts:
• 572,000. Number of new accounts created on March 12, 2011.
• 460,000. Average number of new accounts per day over the last month.
• 182%. Increase in number of mobile users over the past year.
Employees:
• 8. 29. 130. 350. 400. Number of Twitter employees in January 2008, January 2009, January 2010, January 2011 and today.