“Nice guys finish last.” Really? What does the research say? by Eric Barker Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Blog: Barking Up The Wrong Tree: “Nice guys finish last.” Really? What does the research say?
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.”
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
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.”