Monthly Archives: February 2014

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Most startling revelation of spring: Dan Haren says he has never even tried a piece of fish — Eric Stephen (@truebluela) February 24, 2014 via http://ift.tt/GVC3Ox

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I wrote for @classical about how the fancy rich new Dodgers are abandoning their working class fans http://t.co/Vk6GF1BmIu — Eric Nusbaum (@ericnus) February 24, 2014 via http://ift.tt/OuiQhJ

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@kenarneson egō kōnājai ṛnumái. ghawōd mē — Nicholas Badders (@RFNick149) February 24, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1dnfJx7

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See @kenarneson What did I tell you. #TypedEhs RT @TaoofStieb So that was a frustrating game today, eh? — Ewan Ross (@Mentoch) February 21, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1jm7vKH

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Truly, this is a great essay. If you don't have time to read it at work then you might need to quit your job. http://t.co/ofWgvZX3Zl — Paul Ford (@ftrain) February 20, 2014 via http://ift.tt/xqfhIR

“On Creative Direction,” an article by Dan Mall

“On Creative Direction,” an article by Dan Mall “Creative Direction is championing the intersection where Art Direction & Design meet Strategy. Let’s quickly define each of those terms:…”

YouTube: The Capitalist’s Dilemma – Clayton Christensen

The Capitalist’s Dilemma – Clayton Christensen The RSA

Vimeo: The Roving Typist

The Roving Typist Mark

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The All-or-Nothing Marriage Do we expect too much? http://t.co/o8qdQAJwe5 — danariely (@danariely) February 17, 2014 via http://ift.tt/qeHnni

Learning to Take “No” as an Answer?

Learning to Take “No” as an Answer? “When it comes to Iran, Russia’s goal is not to help the United States keep Iran from becoming a nuclear power or to stabilize the Middle East. That outcome would be excellent for the United States, and horrible for Russia; American power in Russia’s backyard would grow, and […]

Art and the Default Mode Network

Art and the Default Mode Network “It was the shift in attention from a full focus on the outside world to a split focus on external stimuli and internal world-modeling, Buckner theorizes, that accounted for the cognitive leaps that eventually separated modern man from his ape ancestors.”

Lots of oxygen does not necessarily lead to the evolution of advanced life

Lots of oxygen does not necessarily lead to the evolution of advanced life “Such ups and downs in oxygen contents have always taken place on Earth. However, we shall not expect any dramatic fluctuations in the future, assures Emma Hammarlund. Today there is so much of the planet’s carbon stored in underground rocks that cannot […]

Theory on origin of animals challenged: Animals need only extremely little oxygen

Theory on origin of animals challenged: Animals need only extremely little oxygen “One of science’s strongest dogmas is that complex life on Earth could only evolve when oxygen levels in the atmosphere rose to close to modern levels. But now studies of a small sea sponge fished out of a Danish Fjord shows that complex […]

YouTube: Chris Dixon at Startup School 2013

Chris Dixon at Startup School 2013 Y Combinator

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My answer to "What does it feel like to meet your biological parent(s) or sibling(s) for the first time?" http://t.co/1Vlmxb8XkK — David Cole (@irondavy) February 16, 2014 via http://ift.tt/ONtHg4

YouTube: How Wolves Change Rivers

How Wolves Change Rivers Sustainable Man

James Burke says the darndest things

James Burke says the darndest things “Burke said that in the past, there was only one truth, put there by the ruling class to ensure everyone behaved in the same way. But that’s changing.”

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Now me: that's a mixed bag because it has also allowed opinion to seem as valid as empirical evidence. Have to take bad w/ good I guess. — Dan Turkenkopf (@dturkenk) February 17, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1gMERRR

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Interesting short post from @acroll with insight from James Burke on how the internet has democratized truth http://t.co/8vEYn7ujBv <cont> — Dan Turkenkopf (@dturkenk) February 17, 2014 via http://ift.tt/1gMERRR

A history of the They Might Be Giants song Birdhouse in Your Soul.

A history of the They Might Be Giants song Birdhouse in Your Soul. ‘“Birdhouse in Your Soul” refuses to be about one single thing, and elsewhere on the album, this refusal hits fever pitch. On the would-be theme song “They Might Be Giants,” the band uncorks a flood of all the things they might be, […]