May 08, 2013

17 Mind-Blowing Facts About People Over 50


This is the first video from my new company, Type A Group.

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Explanation:

Earlier today I posted a different version of this video. It was called "19 Mind-Blowing Facts...".

Because the blogging industry has such a bad reputation for accuracy, I try to be very scrupulous about what I publish as "facts." I checked all my sources and I realized that I had lost the attribution for 2 of the facts. I searched all over my records and couldn't find them.

I know they were correct, but without the sources, I didn't feel right about publishing them.

So I took down the video, re-edited it without the facts in question, and re-posted. I know I now have bad links all over the damn place pointing to a video that is no longer there. But I'd rather be stupid than wrong.

I will try to find the original sources for the facts and re-post the original "19" version. Sorry for being an idiot.

11 comments:

  1. MeganMay 8, 2013 at 2:21 AM

    Do you have details of this research? I like mind-blowing facts, I also like to know where they come from

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  2. paulbenjouMay 8, 2013 at 5:48 AM

    She's 50! http://youtu.be/aiehDcVZ-vA

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  3. PaoloMay 8, 2013 at 7:48 AM

    Is it fact number 12 you are checking? That would make me very sad, as it was the most shocking of all!!! :-)

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  4. adcontrarianMay 8, 2013 at 7:51 AM

    Yes. Lost track of the original sources on previous 11 and 12 and don't want to include them unless I can find the original sources. Bummer.

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  5. Kate RichardsonMay 10, 2013 at 12:02 AM

    Those car stats are pretty amazing

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  6. AlanMay 11, 2013 at 3:56 AM

    Death by music and stats... maybe I'm too young, with no free time.

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  7. ADMANMay 13, 2013 at 9:15 AM

    Journalistic standards? From a blogger? I'm shocked. Could you please forward this post to CNN?

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  8. Jeffery BerryMay 14, 2013 at 4:09 PM

    Just as I, a Boomer myself, have always suspected: We were, are, and will continue to be the most important generation. Science confirms it.

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  9. NicoMay 16, 2013 at 5:59 AM

    Great piece on the lasting power of Boomers- something every marketer should re-educate themselves on. Too bad much of this loses credibility due to lack of source citation.
    You should know better!

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  10. bob hoffmanJune 3, 2013 at 9:09 PM

    This is a video, not a term paper

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  11. Rick OsmanJune 4, 2013 at 9:24 AM

    But will those who become 50 by 2030 be as well off as those (of us :) ) who are already over 50? I think not.

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