Four Ways Happiness Can Hurt You | Greater Good “Mauss shows that the more people strive for happiness, the more likely they will be to set a high standard for happiness—then be disappointed when that standard is not met.”

What Has Christianity To Do With Human Rights? | The American Conservative “By contrast, saying, “the ideas of democracy and human rights emerged from the Christian world, but they are not necessarily dependent on Christian premises, and are pragmatically useful outside of that context” leaves open the possibility that they could be re-founded on other […]

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Mustafa’s Space Drive: An Egyptian Student’s Quantum Physics Invention | Fast Company “Aisha Mustafa, a 19-year-old Egyptian physics student, patented a new type of propulsion system for spacecraft that uses cutting edge quantum physics instead of thrusters.”

Where to Draw the Line | The Intercom Blog “There is a fundamental difference between making a product simple, and making a simple product.”

The Neuroscience of Choking Christopher Shea, Ideas Market

jcroft Terrific, terrific, terrific, absolutely must-read piece on Responsive Web Design: http://t.co/km98Ie2D Seriously, don’t miss this.

API Design – Matt Gemmell

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stuntbox The Internet didn’t destroy publishing, it destroyed advertising. Publishing was handcuffed to the corpse when we threw it off the bridge.