A siren song, Facebook’s special, TED , Gatsby and immortality: The week that was in innovation

Its Friday! That means its time for our weekly Storify wrapping up the week on Ideas@Innovations.

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Storified by Emi Kolawole Fri, May 25 2012 12:19:27

ICYMI: Our own Vivek Wadhwa was on CBS's 60 Minutes this past weekend. So, we, naturally, started the week with his follow-up on Peter Thiel's then-most recent appearance advocating for kids to reconsider going to college:

Peter Thiel sings siren song to America's youthThiel made this statement based on a 2011 calculation by Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff, which found that plumbers make m...

We also couldn't resist bringing to your attention this wonderful piece from our esteemed colleague Joel Achenbach:

Facebook IPO and Twitter meet Copernican PrinciplePosted at 11:49 AM ET, 05/21/2012 Mazel tov to Mark Zuckerberg and his lovely bride! Now let's talk about that Facebook IPO again. Your b...

And VentureBeat had the story about Reddit's latest gift-giving effort. Featuring Stephen Colbert for the win...

Reddit kicks off new gift exchange to boost troop moraleEver the patriot, The Colbert Report's Stephen Colbert (pictured) was among the first to sign up for the new gift giving program. The new...

STAPLES Center "Sports-ageddon" Conversion - LA KINGS to LAKERS to CLIPPERSscntmarketing

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A siren song, Facebook’s special, TED , Gatsby and immortality: The week that was in innovation

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