Carver Mead presents The Universe and Us: An Integrated Theory of Electromagnetics and Gravitation TTI/Vanguard
Monthly Archives: March 2015
YouTube: Carver Mead presents The Universe and Us: An Integrated Theory of Electromagnetics and Gravitation
2015.03.20 – 18:43
Varna Man and the Wealthiest Grave of the 5th Millennium BC | Ancient Origins
2015.03.20 – 12:02
Varna Man and the Wealthiest Grave of the 5th Millennium BC | Ancient Origins “Increased trading activity allowed the metallurgists to accumulate wealth and very quickly, a societal gap developed with metallurgists at the top, followed by merchants in the middle, and farmers making up the lower class.”
How Elite Universities are Hurting America
2015.03.19 – 22:22
How Elite Universities are Hurting America ‘To Deresiewicz, it appears that the twenty-first-century American educational system wants to produce bright, healthy, knowledgeable, hard-working, well-behaved young adults with undeveloped moral imaginations and a disinclination to question authority. When a member of one of Deresiewicz’s student audiences pondered this description of herself and her cohort, she replied, […]
Tweet by BenedictEvans
2015.03.19 – 08:55
The internet paradox: it made it possible to find everything you’ve heard of, but also made it impossible to have heard of everything — Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) March 18, 2015 via https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans
Tweet by moleitau
2015.03.18 – 09:20
Amazing, detailed, fascinating deconstruction of apple watch manufacturing & material processes http://t.co/gbsaet2Kph (via @amcewen) — Matt Jones (@moleitau) March 17, 2015 via https://twitter.com/moleitau
8,000 Years Ago, 17 Women Reproduced for Every One Man
2015.03.17 – 20:25
8,000 Years Ago, 17 Women Reproduced for Every One Man Reproductive bottleneck at the advent of agriculture
YouTube: Mario Paint Composer – Joy Division – Transmission
2015.03.17 – 13:56
Mario Paint Composer – Joy Division – Transmission soupfan1
Tweet by StackExchange
2015.03.17 – 08:53
If you watch only one trailer for a book this year…. Kathy Sierra is a frigging genius. (Again.) https://t.co/CGkdTBMunr — Stack Exchange (@StackExchange) March 17, 2015 via https://twitter.com/StackExchange
Tweet by foxjust
2015.03.16 – 10:49
when a liquor store went to self-service, "the market share of difficult-to-pronounce items increased 8.4%" https://t.co/nxEhSmQhSM — Justin Fox (@foxjust) March 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/foxjust
The stage was set for tension so I cried and I…
2015.03.16 – 09:12
The stage was set for tension so I cried and I… “What I’m making my way towards suggesting here is that if somebody did almost all of their social interaction on Facebook, on their phone, they might start to get the idea that it’s not OK to feel sad. That people don’t like them, or […]
Tweet by sweden
2015.03.15 – 21:59
.@DarkDOLLYumi When we are treated with cruelty, our reaction is either to become like our oppressors, or vow NEVER to become like them. — @sweden / Mattias (@sweden) March 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/sweden
Tweet by BillCorbett
2015.03.15 – 07:24
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox I don't even like plums they're gross But you not having them makes me happy I'm not well — Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) March 14, 2015 via https://twitter.com/BillCorbett
Understanding the Two Types of Extroversion
2015.03.14 – 17:13
Understanding the Two Types of Extroversion “Agentic extraversion is about sensitivity to reward, engagement with goals and achievement, persistence, and taking a leadership position when you have an opportunity to do that. In other words, being comfortable in the limelight. It’s a social leadership dimension, really. Affiliative extraversion is also a really great trait — […]
The Terminator Is Not Coming. The Future Will Thank Us.
2015.03.12 – 19:11
The Terminator Is Not Coming. The Future Will Thank Us. Jeff Hawkins: “Similarly, today it is tempting to imagine that intelligent machines will look like humans, perform human-like tasks, converse with humans, and have human-like desires and emotions. If you believe that intelligent machines will be like us, only much smarter, then they might evolve […]
Tweet by winbassett
2015.03.11 – 16:43
Rebecca Solnit's summer 2014 @Orion_Magazine piece on travel and friendship http://t.co/QkxTk8skyu via @Longreads — Win Bassett (@winbassett) March 8, 2015 via https://twitter.com/winbassett
The Amish Farmers Reinventing Organic Agriculture
2015.03.10 – 21:25
The Amish Farmers Reinventing Organic Agriculture ‘The breakthrough came from the study of plant immune systems which, in healthy plants, produce an array of compounds that are toxic to intruders. “The immune response in plants is dependent on well-balanced nutrition,” Kempf concluded, “in much the same way as our own immune system.” Modern agriculture uses […]
Thomas Talheim rice and wheat cultures
2015.03.10 – 10:04
Thomas Talheim rice and wheat cultures Whether a culture is individualist or collectivist often depends on what the main crop is.
How Ikea Took Over The World
2015.03.10 – 08:01
How Ikea Took Over The World from: March 10, 2015 at 08:00AM