Monthly Archives: May 2013

Blog: Barking Up The Wrong Tree: “Nice guys finish last.” Really? What does the research say?

“Nice guys finish last.” Really? What does the research say? by Eric Barker Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Blog: Dilbert.com Blog: Crime and Privacy

Crime and Privacy by (author unknown) Dilbert.com Blog

Blog: Adventures in Capitalism: The value of the “locker room guy” for your startup

The value of the "locker room guy" for your startup by Chris Adventures in Capitalism

Blog: kottke.org: The three types of specialist

The three types of specialist by Jason Kottke kottke.org

Loneliness and Suicide

Loneliness and Suicide ‘The problem is that as it’s grown easier to be remarkable and unusual, it’s arguably grown harder to be ordinary. To be the kind of person who doesn’t want to write his own life script, or invent her own idiosyncratic career path. To enjoy the stability and comfort of inherited obligations and […]

YouTube: RSA Animate – The Power of Outrospection

RSA Animate – The Power of Outrospection The RSA

How to Find Fulfilling Work

How to Find Fulfilling Work “We have entered a new age of fulfillment, in which the great dream is to trade up from money to meaning.” –Roman Krznaric

The most beautiful inventor in the world

The most beautiful inventor in the world Hedy Lamarr filed a ground-breaking patent that is a precursor to wifi and cell phone technology.

Bill Gates: ‘Death is something we really understand extremely well’

Bill Gates: ‘Death is something we really understand extremely well’

Kirkegaard: The First New Atheist

Kirkegaard: The First New Atheist “Kierkegaard thought that true Christianity’s relentless assault on reason, good sense, and any normal definition of self-seeking was the closest thing to a proof of its being true. The surrender must be its own reward.”

New like on tumblr: oaklandathletics

Liked on Tumblr: oaklandathletics

The AL West hats spell ASSHAT

The AL West hats spell ASSHAT on Twitter by @BlakeMurphyODC

How Bing Crosby and the Nazis Helped to Create Silicon Valley

How Bing Crosby and the Nazis Helped to Create Silicon Valley by Paul Ford

Blog: Baseball Prospectus: The Stats Go Marching In: Catcher Framing Before PITCHf/x by Max Marchi

The Stats Go Marching In: Catcher Framing Before PITCHf/x by Max Marchi by (author unknown) Baseball Prospectus

YouTube: Davos 2013 – An Insight, An Idea with Clayton Christensen

Davos 2013 – An Insight, An Idea with Clayton Christensen WorldEconomicForum

What If Social Networks Just Aren’t Profitable?

What If Social Networks Just Aren’t Profitable? “What if we designed a social network to be small, self-supporting, and independent from the outset? How would it look, work, and feel?”

Blog: The Portable Griddle: afootballreport: Indecisive? Pick the middle “The goalkeeper…

afootballreport: Indecisive? Pick the middle “The goalkeeper… by (author unknown) The Portable Griddle

Blog: david-frum: Peter Worthington’s Self Obituary

Peter Worthington’s Self Obituary by Justin Green david-frum

Blog: What If?: High Throw

High Throw by (author unknown) What If?

State, Clan, and Liberty

State, Clan, and Liberty “…antiliberal social and legal organizations that tend to grow in the absence of state authority or when the state is weak. These groups include petty criminal gangs, the Mafia, and international crime syndicates, which look a great deal like clans and in many respects act like them.”