The Pros and Cons of Being an Insider vs. Outsider from: September 23, 2015 at 02:34PM
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Tweet by frank_chimero
2015.09.23 – 06:56
@robweychert @tangentialism Spider-Man / Spider-Man / Make sure to hyphenate / Spider-Man / Spider-Man / There’s a hyphen in Spider-Man — Frank Chimero (@frank_chimero) September 23, 2015 via https://twitter.com/frank_chimero
Tweet by Pinboard
2015.09.23 – 06:42
A talk I gave last week on advertising, silly con valley, and six ways we could fix the Internet to restore privacy http://t.co/yYdX1xOfYr — Pinboard (@Pinboard) September 23, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Pinboard
The Most Diverse Cities Are Often The Most Segregated | FiveThirtyEight
2015.09.20 – 23:55
The Most Diverse Cities Are Often The Most Segregated | FiveThirtyEight “A few cities actually get pretty close to this ideal of complete diversity. Oakland, California, is not far from being evenly divided between whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians; its citywide diversity index is 75 percent. New York’s is 73 percent. And Chicago’s is 70 […]
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Is Our Most Misread Poem
2015.09.19 – 16:05
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Is Our Most Misread Poem “…there is no point in trying to explain away the general misreadings of “The Road Not Taken,” as if they were a mistake encouraged by a fraud. The poem both is and isn’t about individualism, and it both is and isn’t about rationalization. It […]
From the comments, on CEOs and candidates
2015.09.19 – 15:32
From the comments, on CEOs and candidates from: September 19, 2015 at 03:31PM
Karl Martin Sandberg, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen and Other Songwriters Behind the Hits of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift
2015.09.18 – 23:10
Karl Martin Sandberg, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen and Other Songwriters Behind the Hits of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift “Millions of Swifties and KatyCats—as well as Beliebers, Barbz, and Selenators, and the Rihanna Navy—would be stunned by the revelation that a handful of people, a crazily high percentage of them middle-aged Scandinavian men, write most […]
two visions of higher education?
2015.09.18 – 12:57
two visions of higher education? from: September 18, 2015 at 12:48PM
Proton Earth, Electron Moon
2015.09.18 – 12:11
Proton Earth, Electron Moon from: September 18, 2015 at 11:57AM
Tweet by tvoti
2015.09.17 – 07:30
In which I offer some writing advice: http://t.co/xQCXq9ySUa — Todd VanDerWerff (@tvoti) September 17, 2015 via https://twitter.com/tvoti
Tweet by StatsbyLopez
2015.09.16 – 14:25
Looking for some scoring-rate heat maps in soccer (sort of like this: http://t.co/uLWKSuoVwR). Any good ones? (cc @MC_of_A @DannyPage) — Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) September 16, 2015 via https://twitter.com/StatsbyLopez
A Conversation with Luigi Zingales
2015.09.16 – 10:42
A Conversation with Luigi Zingales “There is always the trade‑off between incentives and some form of insurance. If you eliminate every insurance, you have all incentives, then incentives are great but people are not particularly happy. You need to find the right trade‑off.”
Vimeo: Eyeo 2015 – Sara Hendren
2015.09.16 – 09:36
Eyeo 2015 – Sara Hendren Eyeo Festival // INSTINT
Children of Men: Don’t Ignore The Background
2015.09.16 – 07:07
Children of Men: Don’t Ignore The Background September 16, 2015 at 07:06AM
Introductory statement 04 – Claire Pentecost
2015.09.15 – 22:22
Introductory statement 04 – Claire Pentecost “And one of the models I’ve developed theoretically is that of the artist as the public amateur. Not the public intellectual, which is usually a position of mastery and critique, but the public amateur, a position of inquiry and experimentation. The amateur is the learner who is motivated by […]
a public amateur’s story
2015.09.15 – 20:08
a public amateur’s story from: September 15, 2015 at 08:07PM
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration
2015.09.15 – 20:08
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration from: September 15, 2015 at 08:06PM
Cassini Solstice Mission: Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
2015.09.15 – 15:20
Cassini Solstice Mission: Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn’s Moon Enceladus “The mechanisms that might have prevented Enceladus’ ocean from freezing remain a mystery. Thomas and colleagues suggest a few ideas for future study that might help resolve the question, including the surprising possibility that tidal forces due to Saturn’s gravity could be generating much […]
Paleo People Were Making Flour 32,000 Years Ago
2015.09.15 – 09:03
Paleo People Were Making Flour 32,000 Years Ago “Most intriguing, many of the starch grains were swollen and partly gelatinized, which is consistent with them being heated before grinding. Because the climate 32,000 years ago was cooler than it is today, seeds gathered in autumn might not have had enough time to dry naturally. Perhaps, […]
A Visual History of Human Knowledge | Manuel Lima | TED Talks
2015.09.14 – 11:00
A Visual History of Human Knowledge | Manuel Lima | TED Talks September 14, 2015 at 10:59AM