The differential marginal utility of money from: May 19, 2015 at 10:44PM
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Tweet by rands
2015.05.19 – 20:18
There is something useful for you here: http://t.co/27hUPYL4Ak — rands (@rands) May 17, 2015 via https://twitter.com/rands
Tweet by firstheart42
2015.05.19 – 11:20
Found a great new gig for @HeyNeenz http://t.co/bwwB9GEH30 — hannah✯ (@firstheart42) May 19, 2015 via https://twitter.com/firstheart42
Why Tommy John surgeries won’t cease any time soon
2015.05.19 – 09:18
Why Tommy John surgeries won’t cease any time soon “The same mentality — get as close to the edge as possible and hope to get lucky — is evident across youth sports.”
Tweet by SamMillerBP
2015.05.19 – 09:13
I wrote about elbow injuries for ESPN the Magazine, and it is here: http://t.co/gXnstz0XfL — Sam Miller (@SamMillerBP) May 19, 2015 via https://twitter.com/SamMillerBP
Feynman: Knowing versus Understanding
2015.05.17 – 22:12
Feynman: Knowing versus Understanding May 17, 2015 at 10:06PM
Transportation emerges as a crucial link to escaping poverty
2015.05.17 – 11:14
Transportation emerges as a crucial link to escaping poverty NY Times: “In a large, continuing study of upward mobility based at Harvard, commuting time has emerged as the single strongest factor in the odds of escaping poverty. The longer an average commute in a given county, the worse the chances of low-income families there moving […]
Strategy Letter V – Joel on Software
2015.05.15 – 18:26
Strategy Letter V – Joel on Software “Smart companies try to commoditize their products’ complements.”
Frictionless product design
2015.05.15 – 06:44
Frictionless product design “Minimalist design is about reducing the surface area of an experience. Frictionless design is about reducing the energy required by an experience.” Or: minimalist design reduces the number of features of a product, frictionless design reduces the amount of Kahneman System 2 processing needed to use the product.
Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Star Trek Captain’s Chair
2015.05.14 – 16:03
Adam Savage’s One Day Builds: Star Trek Captain’s Chair May 14, 2015 at 03:52PM
Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla
2015.05.14 – 13:48
Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla “Dec. 23, 2008, SpaceX received a wonderful shock. The company won a $1.6 billion contract for 12 NASA resupply flights to the space station. Then the Tesla deal ended up closing successfully, on Christmas Eve, hours before Tesla would have gone bankrupt. Musk had just a few hundred […]
A Database Of All Things Brainy
2015.05.14 – 10:16
A Database Of All Things Brainy “…the institute is creating a freely available online database that eventually will include thousands of nerve cells. For now, the Allen Cell Types Database has detailed information on 240 mouse cells, including their distinctive shapes.”
Tweet by latimes
2015.05.13 – 16:13
A new study shows writing and speaking are "quasi-independent language systems" in the brain http://t.co/NMk4kGd4nU pic.twitter.com/7KYc7ha2AE — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 13, 2015 via https://twitter.com/latimes
Brandcast 2015: ZeFrank, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures
2015.05.13 – 15:19
Brandcast 2015: ZeFrank, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures May 13, 2015 at 03:18PM
The Future of Web Design is Hidden in the History of Architecture
2015.05.13 – 08:39
The Future of Web Design is Hidden in the History of Architecture “It’s uncanny how similar the recent “flat design” movement is to the Renaissance. Renaissance architecture called for a return to Classical logic. Simple geometric forms replaced ornate complexity. Designs became cleaner. People started publishing treatises with the new rules, and it all got […]
Tweet by nathanperetic
2015.05.13 – 06:59
“Curricula” http://t.co/9tKz5DTGyV — Nathan Peretic (@nathanperetic) May 13, 2015 via https://twitter.com/nathanperetic
Tweet by craigcalcaterra
2015.05.13 – 06:27
This is what happens when you send me to cover two 15-17 teams playing a random Tuesday night game. http://t.co/WA9ehLPHg1 — Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) May 13, 2015 via https://twitter.com/craigcalcaterra
Tweet by jay_jaffe
2015.05.12 – 23:19
The Scully/Satchel story, a fun one RT @snidog: @jay_jaffe Did you see this? https://t.co/123oerjtU5 — Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) May 13, 2015 via https://twitter.com/jay_jaffe
Tweet by jessespector
2015.05.12 – 20:42
Re-reading this from @kenarneson and it's still great, not like there's any reason it wouldn't be. http://t.co/gncKyi7bCA — Jesse Spector (@jessespector) May 13, 2015 via https://twitter.com/jessespector
Wendell Berry on How to Be a Poet and a Complete Human Being
2015.05.12 – 16:33
Wendell Berry on How to Be a Poet and a Complete Human Being from: May 12, 2015 at 04:16PM