Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Interactive Pic: SOTU Address
Take a 360 degree look inside the chamber...
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/27/us/politics/state-of-the-union-panorama.html?th&emc=th
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/27/us/politics/state-of-the-union-panorama.html?th&emc=th
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Question of the Day: Happiness
Should we focus on making someone who is miserable less miserable or someone who is happy even more happy?
Friday, January 22, 2010
A 72-Hour Eating Tour in Tokyo
A 72-Hour Eating Tour in Tokyo
by Yukari Iwatani Kane
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703478704574612580483560984.html
by Yukari Iwatani Kane
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703478704574612580483560984.html
Quote of the Week: Waiter Names
"Finally a restaurant that understands I don't want to know my waiter's name."
-From Zagat's Buzz Outakes
-From Zagat's Buzz Outakes
The End of Late Night Work in Japan?
"At 10 p.m. at the head office of Japan's leading cosmetics maker Shiseido Co. in Tokyo's Ginza district, all the lights are switched off. The system was introduced in April last year as part of the company's efforts to reduce excessive overtime. Employees will be stopped by security guards and required to give their names and departments if they fail to leave the office before the lights-out time."
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20100121p2a00m0na006000c.html?inb=rs&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mdn%2Fall+(Mainichi+Daily+News+-+All+Stories)&utm_content=Google+Reader
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20100121p2a00m0na006000c.html?inb=rs&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mdn%2Fall+(Mainichi+Daily+News+-+All+Stories)&utm_content=Google+Reader
Profiling a Jihadist
"The problem comes when you try to define what a male Muslim extremist between the ages of 17 and 40 looks like...There simply is not one ethnic or national profile that can be used to describe them all."
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100120_profiling_sketching_face_jihadism?utm_source=SWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100120&utm_content=readmore
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100120_profiling_sketching_face_jihadism?utm_source=SWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100120&utm_content=readmore
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
How do Dust Bunnies Form
I'd love to see a video...
http://www.esquire.com/style/answer-fella/dust-bunnies-0309
*Straight Dope on Dust Bunnies
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1374/where-do-dust-bunnies-come-from
http://www.esquire.com/style/answer-fella/dust-bunnies-0309
*Straight Dope on Dust Bunnies
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1374/where-do-dust-bunnies-come-from
The Growth of Political Intelligence
"The fact that information from Washington — whether faulty or true — can move markets is nothing new. But the desire for minute-to-minute updates on important legislative and regulatory moves from a Democratic Congress and White House has led to an increasing number of law and lobbying firms offering political intelligence services to clients."
When DC Rumors Move Markets
by Jeanne Cummings
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31633.html
When DC Rumors Move Markets
by Jeanne Cummings
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31633.html
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
More Men Get Economic Boost From Marriage
"Historically, marriage was the surest route to financial security for women. Nowadays it's men who are increasingly getting the biggest economic boost from tying the knot, according to a new analysis of census data."
Report: More Men Get Economic Boost From Marriage
by David Crary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_marriage_economics
Report: More Men Get Economic Boost From Marriage
by David Crary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_marriage_economics
Crayola's Law
The number of colors doubles every 28 years...
http://www.weathersealed.com/2010/01/15/color-me-a-dinosaur/
http://www.weathersealed.com/2010/01/15/color-me-a-dinosaur/
Global TV Watching
Americans watch twice as much TV as any other country...
http://bakadesuyo.com/the-economist-americans-watch-twice-as-much-t
http://bakadesuyo.com/the-economist-americans-watch-twice-as-much-t
"Compassion Fatigue"
"The reason human beings seem to care so little about mass suffering and death is precisely because the suffering is happening on a mass cale. The brain is simply not very good at grasping the implications of mass suffering. Americans would be far more likely to step forward if only a few people were suffering or a single person were in pain...the hidden brain is simply not calibrated to deal with the differrence between a single death and 20 deaths...Humans are the only species that is even aware of large-scale suffering taking place in distant lands; the moral telescope in our brain has not had a chance to evolve and catch up with our technological advances...Compassion fatigue is the inability of people to respond to suffering when the scale or length of the suffering exceeds some astronomical number. Psychologist Paul Slovic's work suggests that compassion fatigue starts when teh number of victims rises from one to two."
Beyond Comprehension
by Shankar Vedantam
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011102007.html
Beyond Comprehension
by Shankar Vedantam
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011102007.html
Monday, January 18, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Remembering Food Orders Becoming a Lost Art for Waiters in the Restaurant Industry
"The assumption has long been that human beings can usually keep only about seven new items of information in mind...Recent studies - including one published last year in the journal Behavioral Neurology that tested the memories of veteran cafe waiters in Buenos Aires - found that the servers' constant practice actually expands teh brain's memory function. Smelling a market of baby boomers eager to ward off the fog of aging, several companies have now designed games to mimic the challenge of remembering restaurant orders - including one by Happy Neuron."
Memory Serves Them Well
by Steve Hendrix
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103936.html
*Happy Neuron Memory Game
http://www.happy-neuron.com/games/memory/Restaurant.html
Memory Serves Them Well
by Steve Hendrix
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103936.html
*Happy Neuron Memory Game
http://www.happy-neuron.com/games/memory/Restaurant.html
Crisis in Government
"There are too many decision-makers, too much central clearance, too many bases to touch, and too many overseers with conflicting agendas...accountability is hard to discern and harder still to enforce."
1. The federal government has the most confusing hierarchy in history; President Obama entered office overseeing at least 64 discrete titles just at the top of the government.
2. A quarter to a half of these layers are filled with political appointees, each of whom must go through an agonizing approval process.
3. Front-line government employees have expressed serious concerns about their jobs; agencies are not able to recruit employees with the right skills.
4. The government is increasingly dependent on a huge workforce of employees who operate in the shadows. The number of federal contractors grew by 7.5 million by FY 2005.
The Real Crisis in Government
by Paul Light
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103255.html
1. The federal government has the most confusing hierarchy in history; President Obama entered office overseeing at least 64 discrete titles just at the top of the government.
2. A quarter to a half of these layers are filled with political appointees, each of whom must go through an agonizing approval process.
3. Front-line government employees have expressed serious concerns about their jobs; agencies are not able to recruit employees with the right skills.
4. The government is increasingly dependent on a huge workforce of employees who operate in the shadows. The number of federal contractors grew by 7.5 million by FY 2005.
The Real Crisis in Government
by Paul Light
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103255.html
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Do Smart Investors Outperform Dumb Ones?
"This study analyzes whether high IQ investors exhibit superior investment performance. It combines equity return, trade, and limit order book data with two decades of scores from an intelligence test administered to nearly every Finnish male of draft age. Controlling for wealth, trading frequency, age, and determinants of the cross-section of stock returns on each day, we find that high IQ investors exhibit superior stock-picking skills, particularly for purchases, which earn up to 11% more per year than the purchases of below average IQ investors. High IQ investors also obtain superior trade execution for both purchases and sales."
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1364014
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1364014
Monday, January 11, 2010
Old Fogies by Their 20s
"Another bubbling intra-generational gap, as any modern parent knows, is that younger children tend to be ever more artful multitaskers. Studies performed by Dr. Rosen at Cal State show that 16- to 18-year-olds perform seven tasks, on average, in their free time — like texting on the phone, sending instant messages and checking Facebook while sitting in front of the television. People in their early 20s can handle only six, Dr. Rosen found, and those in their 30s perform about five and a half."
The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies By Their 20s
by Randall Stross
The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies By Their 20s
by Randall Stross
Why Genes Aren't Destiny
On epigenetics...
Why Genes Aren't Destiny
by John Cloud
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1951968,00.html
Why Genes Aren't Destiny
by John Cloud
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1951968,00.html
How Do Food Companies Determine "Serving Size"?
"With old data. The Food and Drug Administration provides an exhaustively detailed set of guidelines to help manufacturers set portion size based on the amount the average person is likely to eat at once—or, in jargon, the "reference amount customarily consumed." The agency arrives at this figure—always expressed in grams—by factoring in survey data, recommendations from food and nutrition organizations, and customs in other countries. One reason official serving sizes seem so small is that the survey data comes largely from studies conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the 1970s and '80s, when Americans consumed less food than they do now."
This Pint of Ben & Jerry's Is Four Servings?
by Christopher Beam
http://www.slate.com/id/2240844/
This Pint of Ben & Jerry's Is Four Servings?
by Christopher Beam
http://www.slate.com/id/2240844/
When Did the World Negro Become Taboo?
"It started its decline in 1966 and was totally uncouth by the mid-1980s. The turning point came when Stokley Carmichael coined the phrase black power at a 1966 rally in Mississippi. Until then, Negro was how most black Americans described themselves."
When Did the Word Negro Become Taboo?
by Brian Palmer
http://www.slate.com/id/2241120/
When Did the Word Negro Become Taboo?
by Brian Palmer
http://www.slate.com/id/2241120/
Hungry Men Love Larger Ladies
Hungry Men Love Larger Ladies
by Tom Jacobs
http://www.miller-mccune.com/news/hungry-men-love-larger-ladies-1497
by Tom Jacobs
http://www.miller-mccune.com/news/hungry-men-love-larger-ladies-1497
The Most Effective Critic - The Art of Persuasion
"Experts are more persuasive when they seem tentative about their conclusions, a study soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests. But the opposite is true of novices, who grow more persuasive with increasing certainty."
For Critics, Soft Approach Can Go Far
by Alex Mindlin
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/business/19drill.html?_r=2
For Critics, Soft Approach Can Go Far
by Alex Mindlin
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/business/19drill.html?_r=2
Authorship - Drowning in a Sea of Books
With so many people publishing books, how does one choose the best of the best?
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/a_writing_revolution/
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/a_writing_revolution/
How is News Made?
"95 percent from the old media, mostly newspapers...Much of the news people receive contains no original reporting. Fully eight out of 10 stories studied simply repeated or repackaged previously published information."
In the Trenches
by Howard Kurtz
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011100892_2.html
In the Trenches
by Howard Kurtz
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011100892_2.html
Danger of Falling Objects
I wonder what the chances are of being stuck by fallign infrastructure (like a bridge) or from a flying rock/cement from a work crew who is jack-hammering...
http://bakadesuyo.com/danger-falling-absurd-objects
http://bakadesuyo.com/danger-falling-absurd-objects
The Conceit of Deceit
Or, the "I Read Playboy for the Articles" theory...
"People will do what they want to do, and then find reasons to support it."
http://www.economist.com/business-education/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14739888
"People will do what they want to do, and then find reasons to support it."
http://www.economist.com/business-education/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14739888
The Most Important Writing Lesson Ever?
1) Reduce your message to its simplest, clearest, easiest-to-understand form.
2) Make it fun. Or sexy or interesting or informative.
3) Apply that to all forms of writing or art or commerce.
"When you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, your mind becomes powerfully concentrated. You begin to understand that writing/reading is, above all, a transaction. The reader donates his time and attention, which are supremely valuable commodities. In return, you the writer, must give him something worthy of his gift to you."
http://blog.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-2-the-most-important-writing-lession-i-ever-learned/
2) Make it fun. Or sexy or interesting or informative.
3) Apply that to all forms of writing or art or commerce.
"When you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, your mind becomes powerfully concentrated. You begin to understand that writing/reading is, above all, a transaction. The reader donates his time and attention, which are supremely valuable commodities. In return, you the writer, must give him something worthy of his gift to you."
http://blog.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-2-the-most-important-writing-lession-i-ever-learned/
The Physics of Bras
"A pair of D-cup breasts weighs between 15 and 23 pounds—the equivalent of carrying around two small turkeys. The larger the breasts, the more they move and the greater the discomfort. In one study, 56 percent of women suffered from breast pain when jogging."
The Physics of Bras
by Anne Casselman
http://discovermagazine.com/2005/nov/physics-of-bras
The Physics of Bras
by Anne Casselman
http://discovermagazine.com/2005/nov/physics-of-bras
Why it Pays to be a Hedonist
"Ran Kivetz, a business professor at Columbia University, has found a paradox: putting responsibilities ahead of momentary pleasures often leaves us unhappy further down the road. When we skip a holiday to work overtime, or pass up that awesome vintage Porsche for a used minivan, sure, we pat ourselves on the back for a week or two. As the years pass, however, we regret our frugality and wish we'd enjoyed ourselves more. This is hyperopia: an excess of farsightedness."
25 Ideas for 2010: Hyperopia
by Clive Thompson
http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2009/12/features/25-ideas-for-2010-hyperopia.aspx
25 Ideas for 2010: Hyperopia
by Clive Thompson
http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2009/12/features/25-ideas-for-2010-hyperopia.aspx
The Psychology of Boozing
"In a series of studies in the 1970s and ’80s, psychologists at the University of Washington put more than 300 students into a study room outfitted like a bar with mirrors, music and a stretch of polished pine. The researchers served alcoholic drinks, most often icy vodka tonics, to some of the students and nonalcoholic ones, usually icy tonic water, to others. The drinks looked and tasted the same, and the students typically drank five in an hour or two. The studies found that people who thought they were drinking alcohol behaved exactly as aggressively, or as affectionately, or as merrily as they expected to when drunk."
When People Drink Themselves Silly, And Why
by Benedict Carey
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/04mind.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1257681782-nVIgS52jOUa7lz1jkeU74w
When People Drink Themselves Silly, And Why
by Benedict Carey
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/04mind.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1257681782-nVIgS52jOUa7lz1jkeU74w
Video of the Day: Inspiration
"The great musicians—like Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan—understand life in all its bristling glory: find your passion, never leave it, and become a prisoner to the hope that it matters."
http://bigthink.com/ideas/17242
http://bigthink.com/ideas/17242
Chart of the Day: Economic Predictions & Reality
"Paul Kedrosky posts a chart showing the difference between economic predictions and reality."
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/chart-of-the-day-1.html
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/chart-of-the-day-1.html
Video: "Filter Failure", Not "Information Overload"
Excellent video of Clay Shirky...I particularly liked his quote from Yitzak Rabin (I believe) who said that if you've had a problem for a long time, maybe it's not a problem at all but rather a fact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LabqeJEOQyI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LabqeJEOQyI&feature=related
Could Good-Looking Staff be Bad for Business?
I certainly think the answer is "yes." Also, I never understood why men's shaving companies are staffed by women...Talk about being bad for business...
http://bakadesuyo.com/good-looking-staff-are-bad-for-business
http://bakadesuyo.com/good-looking-staff-are-bad-for-business
Question of the Day: Probability
Q: During a card game, I said that the probability of getting dealt two aces is the same as getting an ace and deuce - that the change of getting any wo cards is the same, whatever they are. My friends say I'm wrong. Who's right.
A: Your friends are. To illustrate, let's narrow the question to the red or black half of the dick with only two aces and deuces. Lay the four cards in a grid - aces on the left and deuces on the right, like this:
ace deuce
ace deuce
To get two aces, you must be dealt the left column. (And to get two deuces, you must de dealt the right column.) But to get one ace and one deuce, you can de dealt either the top rop or the bottom row. So getting one of each is more likely.
-Parade Magazine; 1/9/09
A: Your friends are. To illustrate, let's narrow the question to the red or black half of the dick with only two aces and deuces. Lay the four cards in a grid - aces on the left and deuces on the right, like this:
ace deuce
ace deuce
To get two aces, you must be dealt the left column. (And to get two deuces, you must de dealt the right column.) But to get one ace and one deuce, you can de dealt either the top rop or the bottom row. So getting one of each is more likely.
-Parade Magazine; 1/9/09
Super Servant 4
This ship will transport your boat anywhere in the world. The cost? $1,000 per foot (I believe that is the price from the East Coast of the US to Europe).
http://gadgetopia.com/post/5030
http://gadgetopia.com/post/5030
Friday, January 8, 2010
Which Caribbean Island Has the Best Beaches and Water?
Any ideas?
*Some Frommer's Suggestions:
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/caribbean/0217020110.html
*Travel & Leisure's 50 Best Beaches
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/50-caribbean-beaches/1
*Travel Channel Recommendations:
http://www.travelchannel.com/Places_Trips/Travel_Ideas/Beaches/Best_Beach_Vacations/Best_Caribbean_Beaches
*Some Frommer's Suggestions:
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/caribbean/0217020110.html
*Travel & Leisure's 50 Best Beaches
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/50-caribbean-beaches/1
*Travel Channel Recommendations:
http://www.travelchannel.com/Places_Trips/Travel_Ideas/Beaches/Best_Beach_Vacations/Best_Caribbean_Beaches
Farm Bill - Worst US Policy?
Look at the pork...I wonder if anyone has a list of the most wasteful/insane US policies...
http://farm.ewg.org/farm/dp_analysis.php
http://farm.ewg.org/farm/dp_analysis.php
Chess Genius & Madness
"He often calculates 20 moves ahead and can comfortably play several games simultaneously while blindfolded simply by hearing each move in notation. The fear surrounding any such beautiful mind is that a life spent probing the edges of the infinite - the possible permutations of a chess game outnumber the estimated number of atomos in the universe - will eventually lead to madness."
A Bold Opening
by Eben Harrell
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1950683,00.html
A Bold Opening
by Eben Harrell
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1950683,00.html
How Safe is Your Chicken Dinner?
How Safe is Your Chicken Dinner?
by Tara Parker-Pope
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/how-safe-is-your-chicken-dinner/?ex=1275195600&en=f13fd5e171b465b8&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=NYT-E-I-NYT-E-AT-1202-L8
by Tara Parker-Pope
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/how-safe-is-your-chicken-dinner/?ex=1275195600&en=f13fd5e171b465b8&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=NYT-E-I-NYT-E-AT-1202-L8
Quote of the Week: Wonk Love
"Smart is sexy, hardworking is sexy...Any man packing two BlackBerrys must be all of the above."
-Erin Hennessy, a staffer for an education association in Washington, DC, describing how OMB Director Peter Orszag gets all the ladies (1/8/09, WPost)
-Erin Hennessy, a staffer for an education association in Washington, DC, describing how OMB Director Peter Orszag gets all the ladies (1/8/09, WPost)
Breastaurants
Fact: 30% of Hooters' customers are women.
Question: Are breastaurants the only restaurants that are truly recession proof (besides fast food)?
Question2: If a breastaurant bubble forming?
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/03/nightline-on-breastaurants-video/#more-11774
Question: Are breastaurants the only restaurants that are truly recession proof (besides fast food)?
Question2: If a breastaurant bubble forming?
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/03/nightline-on-breastaurants-video/#more-11774
Question of the Week: Missed Food
What food would you miss the most if you were sent to jail for the rest of your life?
http://www.blogs.com/conversation_starters/2009/04/what-food-would-you-miss-most-if-you-were-sent-to-prison-for-the-rest-of-your-life.html
http://www.blogs.com/conversation_starters/2009/04/what-food-would-you-miss-most-if-you-were-sent-to-prison-for-the-rest-of-your-life.html
The 5th Most Expensive Food in the World
I very much disagree with this list. What about things like shark fin?
1. Saffron
2. Macadamia nuts
3. Beluga caviar
4. White truffles
5. La Bonnotte potato
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/05/the-fifth-most-expensive-food-in-the-world-is-a-potato/
*Here is a list from QualityHealth.com of what it considers to be the top 10 most expensive foods in the world.
http://www.qualityhealth.com/eating-nutrition-articles/10-most-expensive-foods-world
1. Saffron
2. Macadamia nuts
3. Beluga caviar
4. White truffles
5. La Bonnotte potato
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/05/the-fifth-most-expensive-food-in-the-world-is-a-potato/
*Here is a list from QualityHealth.com of what it considers to be the top 10 most expensive foods in the world.
http://www.qualityhealth.com/eating-nutrition-articles/10-most-expensive-foods-world
Video: Imitation Crab Manufacturing
I dare you to eat surumi ever again...
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/07/traumatizing-imitation-crab-manufacturing-video/#more-19001
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/07/traumatizing-imitation-crab-manufacturing-video/#more-19001
Video: The Marshmallow Test
In this reprise of a now-classic Stanford psychological experiment from the 1960s, kids are put in a room with a marshmallow and told they can either eat it immediately or wait until the researcher gets back, and they'll be given a second marshmallow. Hilarity ensues as the kids suffer marshmallow temptation! But the consequences go deeper: In the New Yorker article "Don’t!" from May that detailed the very same experiment, it turned out that the ones who passed the marshmallow test enjoyed greater success as adults.
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/09/psychological-experiments-in-self-control-the-marshmallow-test/#more-26330
http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/09/psychological-experiments-in-self-control-the-marshmallow-test/#more-26330
Should You Go To Grad School?
"I’m a great believer in the benefits of an undergraduate education when it’s done right (which is rarely). But grad school is a different matter entirely: the opportunity costs are much higher, the amount of debt involved rises substantially, and the range of jobs you can do at the end of it in many ways goes down rather than up."
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/01/07/the-costs-and-benefits-of-grad-school/
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2010/01/07/the-costs-and-benefits-of-grad-school/
Video: How to live to be 100+
How does a human live beyond his/her years when he is programmed for procreative success?
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100.html
*Also Dr. Oz's tips to gain 10 years of life
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/7-deadly-habits-you-need-break-now (I like the idea of stretching in the morning and being early to appointments)
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100.html
*Also Dr. Oz's tips to gain 10 years of life
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/7-deadly-habits-you-need-break-now (I like the idea of stretching in the morning and being early to appointments)
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Getting Noticed
I wonder to what extent this is true...
"The bar has been raised for what you need to do to be noticed..."
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/11/fabulous.html
"The bar has been raised for what you need to do to be noticed..."
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/11/fabulous.html
5 Cocktail Trends for the New Decade
1) Cocktial and food pairing
2) Monk-made liqueurs
3) Get Wet! (i.e., more Vermouth)
4) Orange-flavored liqueur
5) Ice
5 Cocktail Trends for the New Decade
by Derek Brown
http://food.theatlantic.com/mixmaster/5-cocktail-trends-for-a-new-decade.php
2) Monk-made liqueurs
3) Get Wet! (i.e., more Vermouth)
4) Orange-flavored liqueur
5) Ice
5 Cocktail Trends for the New Decade
by Derek Brown
http://food.theatlantic.com/mixmaster/5-cocktail-trends-for-a-new-decade.php
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Time and the Brain
Where Did The Time Go? Do Not Ask The Brain
by Benedict Carey
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/health/05mind.html?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema9
by Benedict Carey
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/health/05mind.html?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema9
New Health Rule: Quit Worrying About Your Health
I think the same goes with other aspects of our daily lives, whether friends, family, work, schooling/education, finances, etc...
"Failing to live by the various health rules is a major source of stress and guilt...Is the goal to live forever? she said in a recent interview. I would contend it’s not. It’s really to live as long as you can with the best quality of life you can."
New Health Rule: Quit Worrying About Your Health
Tara Parker-Pope
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/new-health-rule-quit-worrying-about-your-health/?nl=health&emc=healthupdateemb1
"Failing to live by the various health rules is a major source of stress and guilt...Is the goal to live forever? she said in a recent interview. I would contend it’s not. It’s really to live as long as you can with the best quality of life you can."
New Health Rule: Quit Worrying About Your Health
Tara Parker-Pope
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/new-health-rule-quit-worrying-about-your-health/?nl=health&emc=healthupdateemb1
Best Country to Live in the World
From International Living magazine...
1. France
2. Australia
3. Switzerland
4. Germany
5. New Zealand
6. Luxembourg
7. United States
8. Belgium
9. Canada
10. Italy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1240988/France-tops-list-best-places-live-world-fifth-year-row--Britain-languishes-25th.html
1. France
2. Australia
3. Switzerland
4. Germany
5. New Zealand
6. Luxembourg
7. United States
8. Belgium
9. Canada
10. Italy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1240988/France-tops-list-best-places-live-world-fifth-year-row--Britain-languishes-25th.html
Debt Collection Capital of the World
Buffalo, New York.
"Between 5,000 and 6,000 people earning $30,000 to $40,000 a year now work at roughly 110 collection agencies in and around Buffalo, an industry created with the help of seed money from the state of New York. The industry has been a rare economic bright spot in Buffalo, the nation's third-poorest city of its size, a place where 30 percent of the people live in poverty...the collection companies were drawn to Buffalo by its inexpensive office space and its willing and affordable work force."
Buffalo's Debt Collectors Accused of Bullying
by Carolyn Thompson and David Caruso
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Buffalos-debt-collectors-apf-2226423347.html?x=0
"Between 5,000 and 6,000 people earning $30,000 to $40,000 a year now work at roughly 110 collection agencies in and around Buffalo, an industry created with the help of seed money from the state of New York. The industry has been a rare economic bright spot in Buffalo, the nation's third-poorest city of its size, a place where 30 percent of the people live in poverty...the collection companies were drawn to Buffalo by its inexpensive office space and its willing and affordable work force."
Buffalo's Debt Collectors Accused of Bullying
by Carolyn Thompson and David Caruso
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Buffalos-debt-collectors-apf-2226423347.html?x=0
What Makes a Great Teacher?
What Makes a Great Teacher?
by Amanda Ripley
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201001/good-teaching
by Amanda Ripley
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201001/good-teaching
Only 1/5 Asleep Before Midnight on NYE
But I bet they weren't polling people who were already asleep by the time they called! (Or people who are sick/old/bedridden - the very people who may very well go to bed before midnight.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/december_2009/as_2009_becomes_2010_21_will_be_asleep
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/holidays/december_2009/as_2009_becomes_2010_21_will_be_asleep
Question of the Day: Life-Changers
*What is the most life-changing quote you've ever heard?
*What is the most life-changing idea you've ever heard?
*Who is the most life-changing person you've ever met?
*What is the most life-changing day you've ever had?
*What is the most life-changing Internet site you use?
*What is the most life-changing idea you've ever heard?
*Who is the most life-changing person you've ever met?
*What is the most life-changing day you've ever had?
*What is the most life-changing Internet site you use?
In Praise of Boredom
On why not to become rich...
"The other trouble with originality and inventiveness is that they literally pay off. Provided that you are capable of either, you will become well-off rather fast. Desirable as that may be, most of you know firthand that nobody is as bored as the rich, for money buys time, and time is repetitive. Assuming that you are not heading for poverty, one can expect your being hit by boredom as soon as the first tools of self-gratification become available to you. Thanks to modern technology, those tools are as numerous as boredom's symptoms. In light of their function -- to render you oblivious to the redundancy of time -- their abundance is revealing."
http://kottke.org/09/03/in-praise-of-boredom
"The other trouble with originality and inventiveness is that they literally pay off. Provided that you are capable of either, you will become well-off rather fast. Desirable as that may be, most of you know firthand that nobody is as bored as the rich, for money buys time, and time is repetitive. Assuming that you are not heading for poverty, one can expect your being hit by boredom as soon as the first tools of self-gratification become available to you. Thanks to modern technology, those tools are as numerous as boredom's symptoms. In light of their function -- to render you oblivious to the redundancy of time -- their abundance is revealing."
http://kottke.org/09/03/in-praise-of-boredom
Okonomiyaki Robot
Here is Motoman SDA10, aka, the "Okonomiyaki Robot"...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/04/AR2010010402849.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/04/AR2010010402849.html
How to Get Replies in Online Dating
"Dating site OKCupid examined which words in an opening email to women increased or decreased the chances of a reply. Hilarious and revealing."
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/four-infographic-morsels/
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/four-infographic-morsels/
Women With Mate Get Heavier
I wonder if men get heavier...
"After adjusting for other variables, the 10-year weight gain for an average 140-pound woman was 20 pounds if she had a baby and a partner, 15 if she had a partner but no baby, and only 11 pounds if she was childless with no partner."
Study Says Women With Mate Get Heavier
Nicholas Bakalar
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/health/05weight.html?em
"After adjusting for other variables, the 10-year weight gain for an average 140-pound woman was 20 pounds if she had a baby and a partner, 15 if she had a partner but no baby, and only 11 pounds if she was childless with no partner."
Study Says Women With Mate Get Heavier
Nicholas Bakalar
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/health/05weight.html?em
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Better-Looking Athletes More Likely to Win
"The better an American football player, the more attractive he is, concludes a team led by Justin Park at the University of Bristol, UK. Park's team had women rate the attractiveness of National Football League (NFL) quarterbacks: all were elite players, but the best were rated as more desirable. Meanwhile, a survey of more than a thousand New Scientist Twitter followers reveals a similar trend for professional men's tennis players."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18176-betterlooking-sportsmen-more-likely-to-win.html
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18176-betterlooking-sportsmen-more-likely-to-win.html
On How Companies Destroy Themselves
"Here's a rule that's so inevitable that it's almost a law: As an organization grows and succeeds, it sows the seeds of its own demise by getting boring. With more to lose and more people to lose it, meetings and policies become more about avoiding risk than providing joy."
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/11/upside-vs-downside.html
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/11/upside-vs-downside.html
How Smart Are Islamic Terrorists?
"One of the most significant findings to emerge from this research regards the poor tradecraft and operational mistakes repeatedly committed by Islamic terrorists. Even the most "successful" operations in recent years -- 9/11, 3/11, and 7/7 -- contained basic errors in tradecraft and execution."
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/11/how_smart_are_i.html
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/11/how_smart_are_i.html
What is the Numerical Definition of "Most"?
I would also like to know what most (to joke intended) people think is the numerical definition of a "couple."
http://bakadesuyo.com/what-specifically-is-the-numerical-definiton
http://bakadesuyo.com/what-specifically-is-the-numerical-definiton
Men Often Treat There Friends Better Than Women Do
Men Often Treat Their Friends Better Than Women Do
by Dave Munger
http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2009/11/men_arent_always_less_sociable.php
by Dave Munger
http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2009/11/men_arent_always_less_sociable.php
Mackeral Economy in Prison
"There's been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004, former inmates and some prison consultants say. That's when federal prisons prohibited smoking and, by default, the cigarette pack, which was the earlier gold standard. Prisoners need a proxy for the dollar because they're not allowed to possess cash...Unlike those more expensive delicacies, former prisoners say, the mack is a good stand-in for the greenback because each can (or pouch) costs about $1 and few -- other than weight-lifters craving protein -- want to eat it."
Mackeral Economics in Prison Leads to Appreciation for Oily Fillets
by Justin Scheck
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122290720439096481.html
Mackeral Economics in Prison Leads to Appreciation for Oily Fillets
by Justin Scheck
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122290720439096481.html
$40,00/Year = The Magic Number?
"Until you earn about $40,000 a year, you’re pretty much stuck in poverty, an economists’ numbers show. In fact, until you get past $40,000 a year, any raise or higher paying job you get might actually sink you deeper into poverty."
http://trueslant.com/megancottrell/2009/11/13/dont-fall-in-the-poverty-trap-you-might-never-get-out/
http://trueslant.com/megancottrell/2009/11/13/dont-fall-in-the-poverty-trap-you-might-never-get-out/
World's Friendliest Countries
That is, nations which are the most hospitable to expatriates...
1. Bahrain
2. Canada
3. Australia
4. Thailand
5. Malaysia
6. South Africa
7. Hong Kong
8. Singapore
9. Spain
10. US
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/30/worlds-friendliest-countries-lifestyle-travel-canada-bahrain-hsbc-chart.html
1. Bahrain
2. Canada
3. Australia
4. Thailand
5. Malaysia
6. South Africa
7. Hong Kong
8. Singapore
9. Spain
10. US
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/30/worlds-friendliest-countries-lifestyle-travel-canada-bahrain-hsbc-chart.html
Body Art and Deviant Behavior
Do people "decorate" there bodies more because they feel more insecure about how there bodies look, and thus, are more likely to be angry/aggressive?
http://bakadesuyo.com/is-there-a-connection-between-body-art-and-de
http://bakadesuyo.com/is-there-a-connection-between-body-art-and-de
The Case Against DHS & TSA
"So customary has it become to repeat old, familiar lists of ludicrous public projects that readers who cannot bear to read the litany one more time are allowed to skip to the next paragraph. For, yes, it is true: Having started with 13 employees in January 2002, the TSA now employs 60,000, and in the process of its lavish expansion, the organization found it had money for all kinds of extras."
Sense and Security
by Anne Applebaum
http://www.slate.com/id/2240478/
Sense and Security
by Anne Applebaum
http://www.slate.com/id/2240478/
How Bill Gates Works
"I get about 100 e-mails a day. We apply filtering to keep it to that level...The one low-tech piece of equipment still in my office is my whiteboard. I always have nice color pens, and it's great for brainstorming when I'm with other people, and even sometimes by myself."
How I Work: Bill Gates
by Bill Gates
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/30/news/newsmakers/gates_howiwork_fortune/
How I Work: Bill Gates
by Bill Gates
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/30/news/newsmakers/gates_howiwork_fortune/
The Economics of Advice
"You don't know what a person really thinks until you hear his or her advice. Along these lines, if you really want to know what a person thinks, ask for advice and he or she will open up."
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/01/the-economics-of-advice.html
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/01/the-economics-of-advice.html
Capital Budget vs. Operating Budget
These two ideas (from the Internet) seem to contradict each other. Must find a good explanation...
*In a state, the capital budget has one-time appropriations that do not recur. The operating budget funds programs that are ongoing.
*In general, the capital budget is concerned with provision of resources for the long-term running. The operating budget is conerned with day-to-day operations (it is considered a short-term budget - usually for one year).
*In a state, the capital budget has one-time appropriations that do not recur. The operating budget funds programs that are ongoing.
*In general, the capital budget is concerned with provision of resources for the long-term running. The operating budget is conerned with day-to-day operations (it is considered a short-term budget - usually for one year).
Quotes of the Day: Democracy
*Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others that have been tried.
*The best arguement against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
-Winston Churchill
*The best arguement against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
-Winston Churchill
The 14 Countries With New Air Security Checks
The Obama Administration has mandated extra scrutiny from people flying into the US from 14 mostly Muslim countries. I'd love to see a poll of how those countries view the US. Those countries are:
*Afghanistan
*Algeria
*Cuba (considered a state sponsor of terrorism)
*Lebanon
*Libya
*Iran (considered a state sponsor of terrorism)
*Iraq
*Nigeria
*Pakistan
*Saudi Arabia
*Somalia
*Sudan (considered a state sponsor of terrorism)
*Syria (considered a state sponsor of terrorism)
*Yemen
*Afghanistan
*Algeria
*Cuba (considered a state sponsor of terrorism)
*Lebanon
*Libya
*Iran (considered a state sponsor of terrorism)
*Iraq
*Nigeria
*Pakistan
*Saudi Arabia
*Somalia
*Sudan (considered a state sponsor of terrorism)
*Syria (considered a state sponsor of terrorism)
*Yemen
Where Should the US "Fight" Al Qaeda?
Some good points from the report:
*The Christmas Day terror attempt originated in Yemen, a place where the United States has been fighting a covert war with limited military resources. It therefore raises the question of why Obama is focusing on Afghanistan when the threat from al Qaeda spinoffs can originate anywhere.
*The West’s problem can be identified this way: There is no strategic solution to low-level terrorism, i.e., terrorism carried out by a sparse, global network at unpredictable times and places.
*There are two possible solutions. The first is to accept that Islamist terrorism cannot be defeated permanently but can be kept below a certain threshold. In this strategy, there are two goals. The first is preventing the creation of a jihadist regime in any part of the Muslim world. The second goal is preventing terrorists from accessing weapons of mass destruction.
*There is a chasm between the acquisition of information (related to identifying potential terrorists) and the person who has the authority to do something about it.
*The U.S. intelligence community’s obsession with process frequently elevates process above success.
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100104_christmas_day_airliner_attack_and_intelligence_process?utm_source=GWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100104&utm_content=readmore
*The Christmas Day terror attempt originated in Yemen, a place where the United States has been fighting a covert war with limited military resources. It therefore raises the question of why Obama is focusing on Afghanistan when the threat from al Qaeda spinoffs can originate anywhere.
*The West’s problem can be identified this way: There is no strategic solution to low-level terrorism, i.e., terrorism carried out by a sparse, global network at unpredictable times and places.
*There are two possible solutions. The first is to accept that Islamist terrorism cannot be defeated permanently but can be kept below a certain threshold. In this strategy, there are two goals. The first is preventing the creation of a jihadist regime in any part of the Muslim world. The second goal is preventing terrorists from accessing weapons of mass destruction.
*There is a chasm between the acquisition of information (related to identifying potential terrorists) and the person who has the authority to do something about it.
*The U.S. intelligence community’s obsession with process frequently elevates process above success.
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100104_christmas_day_airliner_attack_and_intelligence_process?utm_source=GWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=100104&utm_content=readmore
Monday, January 4, 2010
"Greater Fool" Investing
Isn't nearly all investing "greater fool" investing? Wouldn't a viable investment strategy just be to buy something that you think someone else would pay more for?
A "greater fool" investment is one in which the investment's success is not based on fundamentals, but rather is contingent upon the sale of it to another guy for more money.
http://www.fwallstreet.com/blog/187.htm
A "greater fool" investment is one in which the investment's success is not based on fundamentals, but rather is contingent upon the sale of it to another guy for more money.
http://www.fwallstreet.com/blog/187.htm
Georgian Wine
"More than their rich gastronomy and lavish hospitality, it is the quality of the Georgians' wine that surprises me. This ancient nation is thought to have invented viniculture some 5,000 years before French even tasted wine. Russians have loved Georgia's grapes for so long that until 2006, they purchased nine out of 10 bottles that the country exported."
Georgia Makes Wine With a Truly Long Finish
by Tyler Guthrie
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123101312.html
Georgia Makes Wine With a Truly Long Finish
by Tyler Guthrie
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123101312.html
Who Tips More, Men or Women?
"Lynn’s research found that men left larger tips than women in cases where the server was female, and women tipped more than men when served by a male."
http://www.bookofodds.com/content/view/full/610626
http://www.bookofodds.com/content/view/full/610626
6 Things Science Has Revealed About Female Orgasms
1. The G Spot is real
2. The brain switches off
3. Many women can't have orgasms
4. Genes affect orgasm frequency
5. Technology can help
6. Some mysteries remain
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17165-six-things-science-has-revealed-about-the-female-orgasm.html
*A group of British researchers has just found taht the G-spot probably does not exist...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103354.html
2. The brain switches off
3. Many women can't have orgasms
4. Genes affect orgasm frequency
5. Technology can help
6. Some mysteries remain
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17165-six-things-science-has-revealed-about-the-female-orgasm.html
*A group of British researchers has just found taht the G-spot probably does not exist...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103354.html
Should First Cousins Be Allowed to Marry?
On the same note, I wonder which states have the most inbreeding. In particular, I'd like to see a map...
Shaking Off The Shame
by Sarah Kershaw
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/garden/26cousins.html
Shaking Off The Shame
by Sarah Kershaw
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/garden/26cousins.html
Racial Breakdown of the Top Four Sports
Basketball is the "blackest" and baseball is the "whitest." I wonder if there are any specific factors as to why one race has a proclivity to join one sport instead of another.
http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/0904/trans0409raceinsports.html
http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/0904/trans0409raceinsports.html
What Drugs are Astronauts On?
*Modafinil (enhances wakefullness)
*Scopolamine (to combat nausea)
*Zoledronate (to prevent bone-mass loss)
*Anti-moon dust pills (to minimize the effects of moon particles in the lungs)
*Tranquilizers (in case someone goes crazy)
http://bakadesuyo.com/what-drugs-are-our-astronauts-on-discovery-ne
*Scopolamine (to combat nausea)
*Zoledronate (to prevent bone-mass loss)
*Anti-moon dust pills (to minimize the effects of moon particles in the lungs)
*Tranquilizers (in case someone goes crazy)
http://bakadesuyo.com/what-drugs-are-our-astronauts-on-discovery-ne
Best Predictor of Traffic Deaths?
The murder rate, because it helps predict aggression...
http://bakadesuyo.com/what-statistic-predicts-traffic-deaths-better
http://bakadesuyo.com/what-statistic-predicts-traffic-deaths-better
What Percent of Illness is Psychosomatic?
I have no idea, but if I had to take a random guess, I'd say at least 25%.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosomatic_medicine
*Also, try this life stress test:
http://marriage.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=marriage&cdn=people&tm=50&gps=473_255_1276_811&f=00&tt=13&bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.cliving.org/lifestresstestscore.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosomatic_medicine
*Also, try this life stress test:
http://marriage.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=marriage&cdn=people&tm=50&gps=473_255_1276_811&f=00&tt=13&bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.cliving.org/lifestresstestscore.htm
Blame It On The Brain
A tip for following new year's resolutions...
"Given its limitations, New Year's resolutions are exactly the wrong way to change our behavior. It makes no sense to try to quit smoking and lose weight at the same time, or to clean the apartment and give up wine in the same month. Instead, we should respect the feebleness of self-control, and spread our resolutions out over the entire year. Human routines are stubborn things, which helps explain why 88% of all resolutions end in failure, according to a 2007 survey of over 3,000 people conducted by the British psychologist Richard Wiseman. Bad habits are hard to break—and they're impossible to break if we try to break them all at once."
Blame It On The Brain
by Johah Lehrer
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703478704574612052322122442.html
"Given its limitations, New Year's resolutions are exactly the wrong way to change our behavior. It makes no sense to try to quit smoking and lose weight at the same time, or to clean the apartment and give up wine in the same month. Instead, we should respect the feebleness of self-control, and spread our resolutions out over the entire year. Human routines are stubborn things, which helps explain why 88% of all resolutions end in failure, according to a 2007 survey of over 3,000 people conducted by the British psychologist Richard Wiseman. Bad habits are hard to break—and they're impossible to break if we try to break them all at once."
Blame It On The Brain
by Johah Lehrer
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703478704574612052322122442.html
The Battle of the Brain
So basically, humans have been neglecting the big picture?
"The neuropsychological evidence shows that the right hemisphere pays wide-open attention to the world, seeing the whole, whereas the left hemisphere is adept at focusing on a detail...There is a reason we have two hemispheres: We need both versions of the world...Yet in the West there has been such an imbalance. And as a consequence, over the past 2,500 years, there has been a kind of battle going on in our brains, the result of which has been, despite swings of the pendulum, an ever greater reliance on the left hemisphere."
The Battle of the Brain
by Iain McGilchrist
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704304504574609992107994238.html
"The neuropsychological evidence shows that the right hemisphere pays wide-open attention to the world, seeing the whole, whereas the left hemisphere is adept at focusing on a detail...There is a reason we have two hemispheres: We need both versions of the world...Yet in the West there has been such an imbalance. And as a consequence, over the past 2,500 years, there has been a kind of battle going on in our brains, the result of which has been, despite swings of the pendulum, an ever greater reliance on the left hemisphere."
The Battle of the Brain
by Iain McGilchrist
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704304504574609992107994238.html
Why Are Economists So Frugal?
"Some economists may be cheap, at least by the standards of other people, because of their training or a fascination with money and choices that drives them to the field. In recent research, University of Washington economists Yoram Bauman and Elaina Rose found that economics majors were less likely to donate money to charity than students who majored in other fields. After majors in other fields took an introductory economics course, their propensity to give also fell."
Secrets of the Economist's Trade: First, Purchase a Piggy Bank
by Justin Lahart
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126238854939012923.html
Secrets of the Economist's Trade: First, Purchase a Piggy Bank
by Justin Lahart
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126238854939012923.html
Is US Media Too Neutral?
"Often, moderate bias is just the result of caution, but the effect is to bolster centrist political positions — not least by implying that they are not political positions at all but occupy a happy medium between the nutjobs."
Polarized News? The Media's Moderate Bias
by James Poniewozik
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1934550,00.html
Also check out:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/163/media-in-the-united-states#TheMainstreamMediaCensorsItself
Polarized News? The Media's Moderate Bias
by James Poniewozik
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1934550,00.html
Also check out:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/163/media-in-the-united-states#TheMainstreamMediaCensorsItself
On Pleasure Procrastination
"Once you start procrastinating pleasure, it can become a self-perpetuating process if you fixate on some imagined nirvana. The longer you wait to open that prize bottle of wine, the more special the occasion has to be."
Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow
by John Tierney
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29tier.html?_r=1&nl=health&emc=healthupdateema3
Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow
by John Tierney
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29tier.html?_r=1&nl=health&emc=healthupdateema3
Rethinking Body Temperature
Not only is the average “normal” temperature lower than previously thought — it’s close to 98.2 degrees — but body temperature can drop as a person gets older.
What Is Your Temperature? Rethinking 98.6
by Tara Parker-Pope
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/whats-your-temperature-rethinking-986/?nl=health&emc=healthupdateemb1
What Is Your Temperature? Rethinking 98.6
by Tara Parker-Pope
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/whats-your-temperature-rethinking-986/?nl=health&emc=healthupdateemb1
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