Midde Age = The Unhappiest Time

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/04/01/the-data-are-in-life-under-putin-is-a-continuous-downward-spiral-into-despair/

55F is the Optimum Temperature for Productivity

So says a new study published in Nature:
http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/10/21/study-finds-climate-change-will-reshape-global-economy/

40 Maps They Didn't Teach You in School

http://www.boredpanda.com/fun-maps-they-didnt-teach-you-in-school/

and

Another 50 maps of how the world works:
http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/n-maps-will-give-glimpse-world-works/

Notorious RBG Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz-9W909cKI

Russell Brand Interview with Jeremy Paxman - On Politics & Voting

Mr. Brand argues why not to vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YR4CseY9pk

Japan's Plastic Foods

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tasty-to-the-eyes-japans-fake-food/

3-Minute Animation of the World

http://www.businessinsider.com/animated-timeline-earth-history-2015-11

Tangled Web in Fight for Syria's Future

Great map/chart...very similar to the Afghanistan COIN map a few years ago...
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/06/12/3447800/iraq-syria-chart/

Only 7% of Journalists Republicans?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/8/republicans-media-bias-claims-boosted-by-scarcity-/

How to Make the World a Better Place

This is from a Michael Shermer review of Matt Ridley's new book The Evolution of Everything:

...He convincingly shows that generally the best thing we can do to make the world a better place is...absolutely nothing.  In most cases the best outcome will happen if government gets out of the way and lets people pursue their own needs, interests and pleasures.  That's because most change in most areas of human endeavor comes from people just doing their thing, not by design.

What Explains the Rise of Humans?

https://www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_harari_what_explains_the_rise_of_humans?language=en

Map: Top Halloween Candy in Every State

http://www.businessinsider.com/favorite-halloween-candy-by-state-2015-10

6.5 Hours of Sleep is What People in Remote Places Get

Get wisdom from hunter gatherers:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/10/16/sleep-study-on-modern-day-hunter-gatherers-dispels-notion-that-were-wired-to-need-8-hours-a-day/

Is 30s the New Retirement Age?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/couple-retired-30s-multi-millions-150000248.html

Leisure is the New Productivity?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/12/opinions/schulte-leisure-productivity/

Map: Most Common Job Held by Immigrants in Every State

http://www.businessinsider.com/immigrant-jobs-state-map-2015-8

Best Route to Take for a Roadtrip Across US?

http://www.businessinsider.com/ultimate-cross-country-us-road-trip-every-state-2015-5

Cool Video of Risotto Tossing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyQvTefwP48

Best Number of Days to Take Vacation: 8?

Advice: One should take shorter, more frequent vacations.


"...measures of health and wellness improved ruing vacation compared with baseline, peaking at the eighth day before gradually declining.  It could be that eight days is the ideal to fully gain the benefits of a holiday, said Dr. de Bloom.  The study was published in 2013 in the Journal of Happiness Studies."


http://www.wsj.com/articles/smartest-way-to-take-a-vacation-1437406680

How Sanctions Actually Work

http://energypolicy.columbia.edu/blog/beyond-numbers-how-sanctions-actually-work

The year-round Circut of the Superrich

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/business/for-the-new-superrich-life-is-much-more-than-a-beach.html

Do Smart People Worry More?

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/04/do_smart_people_worry_more_iq_is_correlated_with_anxiety.html

Sanctions Imposed on Iran

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/02/us-iran-nuclear-sanctions-factbox-idUSKBN0MT02420150402

Should One Move at Least Five Days in Their Life?

http://www.brainjet.com/world/9441/11-reasons-why-you-need-to-move-at-least-5-times-in-your-life-so-you-dont-settle#slide/0

Nate Silver Explains "Wet Bias" in Weather Forecasts

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-meteorologists-often-wrong-weather-nate-silver-2015-3

Chen Lizra on Cuba and the Power of Seduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBIL2sdfoVc

What Every State is Best At

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/what-every-u-s-state-is-best-at-113184438892.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma


and what every state is worst at:
http://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/what-every-us-state-is-the-worst-at?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=syn&utm_term=web&utm_campaign=travel

How Close Are You to a Superfund Site

Type in your zip code and find out (from National Geographic)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/superfund/?source=ngm_more

Sports Coat vs. Blazer vs. Suit Jacket

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-tell-the-different-between-menswear-pieces-2015-2

Personality Types of all 50 States

http://www.businessinsider.com/personality-types-of-different-us-states-2015-2

Will Human Aggression Destroy Us All?

http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-hawking-talks-about-human-aggression-2015-2

Why Judges Tilt to the Right

Lawyers are more liberal, judges more conservative.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/sunday-review/why-judges-tilt-to-the-right.html?_r=0

The 19 Greatest Empires in History

http://www.businessinsider.com/greatest-empires-in-history-2015-2

Quote of the Day

Humans aren't made to be happy, we're made to reproduce.


-Article in Economist

Map: Single Men vs. Single Women

http://www.businessinsider.com/maps-there-are-way-more-young-single-men-than-young-single-women-in-us-cities-2015-2

12 Ways the World Could End

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/260e3168-b177-11e4-831b-00144feab7de.html

How to Get Off an Airplane

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5877863/it-takes-forever-to-get-off-an-airplane-there-might-be-a-better-way

The End of Davos?

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2015/02/09/davos-and-other-summits-irrelevant-in-a-globalized-world

Map: Every State's Favorite Word to USe in Online Dating

http://www.businessinsider.com/here-is-every-states-favorite-word-to-use-in-online-dating-2015-2

Where Does Your Shrimp Come From?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/business/with-wild-shrimp-stocks-dwindling-farmers-step-up-to-the-plate.html

6 Companies Control 90% of Media Consumed by Americans

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/business/a-21st-century-fox-time-warner-merger-would-narrow-already-dwindling-competition.html?_r=0

FP Rank's Best International Relations School in US

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/03/top-twenty-five-schools-international-relations/

The Tribes of Davos

http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2015/01/22/the-tribes-of-davos/

Language Map

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-tree-beautifully-reveals-the-relationships-between-languages-2015-1