Comparison: Creators are the coal shovelers who have allowed YouTube to move so far so fast, except the railroads used to pay their boilermen a wage. Creators work for free . . . Time magazine writer Belinda Luscombe reaches in her comparison to 19th Century rail life to describe the importance of video creators to YouTube's wild success story of late. YouTube creators--especially the exceptionally successful ones--may not notice the unrewarded sweat. Time for a whistle-stop

Comparison: There was always that slight sense of the anaconda in the chandelier if you got things wrong. BBC writer Greg McKevitt capturing the essence of Margaret Thatcher's approach to controlling decisions and meetings took us to the aquatic tropics for his comparison. If you appreciated the snake metaphor, you'd probably also like references elsewhere in the article concerning dead sheep, badger baiting, crocodiles, and backseat drivers (not to mention variegated cricket

Comparison: . . . the ‘sensitive points’ of the peace plan will be discussed ‘directly with President Trump,’ which is the geopolitical equivalent of saying, ‘I will now consult the fox on how best to secure the henhouse.’ Mary Geddry uses a venerable western comparison with roots in both Roman and Greek culture to help point out the nearly impossible situation in which Volodymyr Zelenskyy finds himself in trying to negotiate with both Republican Donald Trump and Vladimir Put

Comparison: Russians had a saying that today would apply to more than a few other countries: “It’s easier to turn an aquarium into fish soup than to turn fish soup into an aquarium.” Thomas Friedman, working hard to describe the utterly complex and difficult historical and human culture moment in which we find ourselves, borrows a Russian saying to capture the essence of worldwide human experience of tech, policy, governance, and related matters. Context: In 2011, the histori

Comparison: He's the imitation crab of kings right now; the ‘I can't believe it’s not king.’ Jon Stewart, after comparing the Republican President's policies and record against the Declaration of Independence, decides that Trump while not a full-on “KING“ is what he calls “undeniably king adjacent.“ Context: [Jon Stewart on checking the Declaration of Independence to see if it allows any insight about whether Donald J. Trump is behaving as a king-like leader:] Admittedly, it'

Comparison: They were the carrots in the third-grade play. Michael Lewis, he of Moneyball and The Big Short , needed a succinct way to peg non-attention-seeking, government public servants; he found it at a local elementary school. Context: [Concerning Government Agency Public Servants:] Even their nominations [for a largely unknown honor for exceptional public service work called the Sammies] feel modest. Never I did this, but we did this. Never look at me, but look at this

Comparison: It is, as one [Howard] Lutnick adviser told me, ‘a junk drawer for everything under the sun, from red snapper to wind to ships to artificial intelligence—you name it.‘ Writer Antonia Hitchens captures a honest, humble, homely comparison that attempts to evoke the range of different responsibilities held by government agencies within the Department of Commerce. Is your kitchen junk drawer this complex? Context: The Department of Commerce, an agency with fifty thous

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