Monthly Archives: October 2015

You’re not indispensable (except when you are)

You’re not indispensable (except when you are) from: October 31, 2015 at 12:54PM

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Jon Carroll announces his upcoming retirement from #SFChronicle https://t.co/Of5NmuytUU via @sfchronicle — Al Saracevic (@AlSaracevic) October 29, 2015 via https://twitter.com/AlSaracevic

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Om någon #mlbse missat inslaget från TV4 i morse där @JohnHoudi är med en snabbis också =) https://t.co/A3bIKOsYzw — Johan Macke (@Rodsockan) October 30, 2015 via https://twitter.com/Rodsockan

The Four Forces for Sociology

The Four Forces for Sociology Sex and kinship, Trust, Skills complementarity, and Brand attraction.

The transformation of David Brooks

The transformation of David Brooks “If Brooks could inspire journalists to engage in public discussion of morality, politics and current events would not be relegated in favor of abstract reflections. Instead, moral scholarship would inform analysis of just about any issue: student debt, income inequality, national defense, healthcare reform, mass incarceration, and on, and on. […]

Today’s Employee: Creative. Adaptive. Temporary.

Today’s Employee: Creative. Adaptive. Temporary. October 29, 2015 at 02:18PM

Everything We Think We Know About Addiction Is Wrong

Everything We Think We Know About Addiction Is Wrong October 29, 2015 at 11:08AM

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Man is nearly beaten to death by 5 bigots. Man wakes up w/no memory. Man creates life-size dioramas in his backyard: https://t.co/AfKPVBwgbz — Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) October 29, 2015 via https://twitter.com/annehelen

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This Boz column is a pretty fascinating topic; it's the inverse of @kenarneson's theory about dissimilar bats https://t.co/RNpSsbWbal — Internet Contrarian! (@bogcommenter) October 29, 2015 via https://twitter.com/bogcommenter

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Why Are Some People So Good at Persisting? https://t.co/ikXIsSUQKv by @natekontny Connection, not isolation. pic.twitter.com/merOGYVtmj — autumnanderson (@autumnanderson) October 28, 2015 via https://twitter.com/autumnanderson

a16z Podcast: Holy Non Sequiturs, Batman: What Disruption Theory Is … and Isn’t by a16z

Disruption is such an overused buzzword. But the word itself does have meaning: As defined by the Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries, it is a “disturbance…that interrupts an event, activity, or process” and that causes something “to be unable to continue in the normal way”. It’s also the name for an influential theory about innovation first […]

Vada Pinson and Ron Hodges

Vada Pinson and Ron Hodges from: October 27, 2015 at 02:33PM

Is Trump A Likable Character By Screenplay Standards?

Is Trump A Likable Character By Screenplay Standards? “In my first post on what makes a character likable, I laid out Eric Edson’s criteria from The Story Solution: Courage; Unfair Injury; Skill; Funny; Just Plain Nice; In Danger; Loved By Friends And Family; Hard Working; Obsessed. To be likable, a character only needs a majority – 5 […]

The Grumpy Economist: Economic Growth

The Grumpy Economist: Economic Growth “The golden rule of economic policy is: Do not transfer incomes by distorting prices or slowing competition and innovation. The golden rule of political economics seems to be: Transfer incomes by distorting prices and regulating away competition.”

Google I/O 2015 – Designing for virtual reality

Google I/O 2015 – Designing for virtual reality October 26, 2015 at 06:09PM

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.@tbelrod all complaints in history 1) kids these days 2) ugh, immigrants 3) technology is scary 4) we need more religion 5) the end is nigh — Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies) October 26, 2015 via https://twitter.com/labuzamovies

an assumed admixture

an assumed admixture “it seems to me that many people now talk about educational performance by students as simply and uncomplicatedly a product of school and teacher inputs. There’s a certain degree of variation between students in their academic performance, whether you’re looking at standardized testing or grades or whatever. What portion of that variation […]

This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day

This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day from: October 25, 2015 at 04:11AM

These political scientists may have just discovered why U.S. politics are a disaster

These political scientists may have just discovered why U.S. politics are a disaster This study offers evidence that inequality leads to political polarization. Though they have yet to produce definitive findings, the researchers also believe, as many others in their field do, that political polarization also in turn produces more inequality, creating a vicious feedback […]

Brian B’s Climate Blog: 70°F Road Trip

Brian B’s Climate Blog: 70°F Road Trip “Imagine that you really like days where the high temperature is 70°F and you wanted to plan a road trip where the temperature always hovers around 70°F. Well, I have done the planning for you.”