How to make expensive cities affordable for everyone again “Economic research on this topic is unanimous. There is no question that on net, adding more units tends to lower rents. All existing peer-reviewed academic studies — including work done at Harvard University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and by me at UC […]
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Tweet by armstrongtr
2016.02.19 – 07:53
Matt Bruenig looks at David Brooks's claims about Northern Europe. (Spoiler: Brooks is wrong.) https://t.co/aAmVo51SkK — Tim (@armstrongtr) February 19, 2016 via https://twitter.com/armstrongtr
Tweet by dturkenk
2016.02.18 – 21:30
A really good list on how project teams should function https://t.co/UyxENXC3L5 — Dan Turkenkopf (@dturkenk) February 19, 2016 via https://twitter.com/dturkenk
Tweet by filmvsbook
2016.02.18 – 18:21
Loving this interview between @WhovianFeminism and #DoctorWho writer @snazdoll https://t.co/wJInKwTg22 #amwriting — Amanda (@filmvsbook) February 18, 2016 via https://twitter.com/filmvsbook
Tweet by Dereklowe
2016.02.18 – 18:21
Everyone in drug discovery should read Scannell and Bosley's new paper. It's that good. https://t.co/JeMdTBcbo5 https://t.co/YHiMgXEh4D — Derek Lowe (@Dereklowe) February 18, 2016 via https://twitter.com/Dereklowe
Why ISIS hates the Sufis and blows up their shrines
2016.02.17 – 12:13
Why ISIS hates the Sufis and blows up their shrines “As fundamentalists who seek to return Muslims to the basics of the faith as taught by Mohammad, they see Sufism as comprising doctrines that emerged at a later period than that of the Prophet and his first followers.”
Tweet by kyleserikawa
2016.02.17 – 10:29
America's unlearned lesson: the forgotten truth about why we invaded Iraq https://t.co/2qPR7npF49 by @max_fisher #motivatedreasoning — Kyle Serikawa (@kyleserikawa) February 17, 2016 via https://twitter.com/kyleserikawa
Tweet by RosenbergMerc
2016.02.17 – 01:36
About 60% of homes in San Francisco & its suburbs now worth $500k more than what owner paid https://t.co/nkFCl9iSe4 pic.twitter.com/KhibBIgKvv — Mike Rosenberg (@RosenbergMerc) February 17, 2016 via https://twitter.com/RosenbergMerc
How to change someone’s mind, according to science
2016.02.16 – 21:20
How to change someone’s mind, according to science “The researchers find that the factor most linked with successfully persuading someone is using different words than the original posts do – a sign that commentators are bringing in new points of view. They find that longer replies tend to be more convincing, as do arguments that […]
Tweet by LesRosbifs
2016.02.16 – 07:10
Feel dirty for reading the Mirror, but this is fascinating. @NevAriJason @kenarneson @NatCoombs https://t.co/qgWjNBnEi8 — Les Rosbifs (@LesRosbifs) February 16, 2016 via https://twitter.com/LesRosbifs
Tweet by Olivianuzzi
2016.02.14 – 08:10
They care about him. They trust him as a leader who won't allow them to be fucked over, because he himself has never been fucked over. — Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 14, 2016 via https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi
The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth
2016.02.11 – 18:09
The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth “The Swedes responded because they could not accept that outcome. They had no special obligation to act; they did so because they believed it was right. They had behaved admirably; even the hypocrisy of political correctness — their opinion corridor — may have been an indispensable […]
Why men fight: An empirical investigation of the extremes of masculinity
2016.02.11 – 15:53
Why men fight: An empirical investigation of the extremes of masculinity “As I settle into this new life, I realize I need to understand the tie, whether biological or cultural or some potent brew of both, between violence and masculinity. I want to know for sure that I can be a different kind of man, […]
Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy
2016.02.10 – 11:23
Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy “In a surprising way, it is far easier to innovate down the stack than up the stack. The reason for this is that you are yourself a natural customer of the lower layers. Apple knew what it wanted from an ideal future microprocessor. It did not have the skills necessary […]
Tweet by mattzollerseitz
2016.02.10 – 10:16
Great piece on why Keanu Reeves is a great film actor. Yes, really. By @angelicabastien. https://t.co/eBfPtgOWIi — Matt Zoller Seitz (@mattzollerseitz) February 10, 2016 via https://twitter.com/mattzollerseitz
One Weird Trick That Makes a Novel Addictive
2016.02.09 – 16:46
One Weird Trick That Makes a Novel Addictive “This is the way adaptation plays out: Person A comprehends some information about person B’s nature from what B says or does, and that changes how A approaches her afterward. It sounds simple, but I think it’s very difficult to write and nearly impossible to write well. […]
The Enduring Solidarity Of Whiteness
2016.02.08 – 21:17
The Enduring Solidarity Of Whiteness from: February 8, 2016 at 09:13PM
The Simpsons screencap search engine
2016.02.08 – 20:39
The Simpsons screencap search engine from: February 8, 2016 at 08:28PM
if you’re not careful who’s in and who’s out becomes the only question
2016.02.08 – 15:22
if you’re not careful who’s in and who’s out becomes the only question “It’s remarkable, on social media, how many of the insults and attacks boil down to more-or-less naked statements of, “I am a member in good standing of this group, and you aren’t, and my group has agreed on your irrelevance and your […]
Tweet by justarobert
2016.02.06 – 21:44
@pizzacutter4 @kenarneson I suspect you'd enjoy the ethnographer @triciawang's advocacy of Thick Data. https://t.co/B6Dc7rzwd0 — Robert (@justarobert) February 7, 2016 via https://twitter.com/justarobert