WEIRD (pdf) How are Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic people psychologically different from others?

Jesus vs. Mao? An Interview With Yuan Zhiming “You can see this in China’s foreign policy. If you’re their enemy, even if you help them they’ll accept the aid but they won’t change their view that you’re their enemy. They don’t have the idea of yi (righteousness). Just li (benefit).”

hotdogsladies If you want to learn what someone fears losing, watch what they photograph.

An Astros Game Recap Juxtaposed Against the Symphonies of Mahler “This recap will compare tonight’s ball game to the symphonies of Gustav Mahler, thereby providing a juxtaposition between the two that symbolizes hope, despair, cake, death, and finally rebirth. More or less.”

cistulli Man (speaking with authority): “It’s imperative to establish the run/fastball.”

When The Magic Goes Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher

DSzymborski @hangingsliders The good thing about Bochy is I get to use that Wheel of Fortune graphic a *lot* (http://t.co/p31TfKtp)

The Great Consolidation of Power “This is the perverse logic of meritocracy. Once a system grows sufficiently complex, it doesn’t matter how badly our best and brightest foul things up. Every crisis increases their authority, because they seem to be the only ones who understand the system well enough to fix it.”

How can you make your weekends more awesome? Eric Barker, Barking up the wrong tree

Venus and Serena Against the World “Life was get up, 6 o’clock in the morning, go to the tennis court, before school. After school, go to tennis. But it was consistency. I hate to put it [like this], but it’s like training an animal. You can’t just be sometimey with it.”