Chew On This: Slicing Meat Helped Shape Modern Humans “A diet that included cooked meat would have provided that ready energy without the need for sharp canines and big grinders. But the research evidence is pretty clear that cooking didn’t become common until about 500,000 years ago, Lieberman says. So, how did H. erectus get […]
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Neuroaesthetics: How neuroscience informs some of the world’s biggest design successes | The Drum
2016.03.15 – 11:42
Neuroaesthetics: How neuroscience informs some of the world’s biggest design successes | The Drum “We set out to understand consumer decision-making and came to neuroscience and the theory of system 1 and system 2 thinking, leading to our belief that brands need to seduce the subconscious and convince the conscious.”
Swedish economy grows ahead of expectations
2016.03.15 – 08:27
Swedish economy grows ahead of expectations “Essentially, the bank doesn’t want the kroner to increase in value— at least until 2% inflation has been reached — and is prepared to intervene to stop it doing so, by making its negative interest rates even more negative.”
Personality and Ideology
2016.03.15 – 07:37
Personality and Ideology from: March 15, 2016 at 07:33AM
Why A Group’s Power Dynamics Interferes With Collaboration
2016.03.15 – 06:54
Why A Group’s Power Dynamics Interferes With Collaboration from: March 15, 2016 at 06:52AM
Reshma Saujani’s TED Talk: Teach girls bravery, not perfection
2016.03.15 – 06:54
Reshma Saujani’s TED Talk: Teach girls bravery, not perfection from: March 15, 2016 at 06:07AM
Tweet by FiveThirtyEight
2016.03.11 – 15:47
Is Twitter making us more productive? https://t.co/7umnhkjjva pic.twitter.com/gAx9oLkQl0 — FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) March 11, 2016 via https://twitter.com/FiveThirtyEight
The Next Amazon (Or Apple, Or GE) Is Probably Failing Right Now
2016.03.03 – 12:28
The Next Amazon (Or Apple, Or GE) Is Probably Failing Right Now “Put another way, the U.S. may have as many would-be Bezoses as ever, but it’s getting fewer Amazons. That finding is consistent with other recent research showing that even the most successful companies aren’t creating as many jobs as they used to. Together, […]
in the simple foundation | Fredrik deBoer
2016.03.03 – 12:28
in the simple foundation | Fredrik deBoer “My many unhappy debates with liberals have demonstrated to me that, for every one of them that is motivated by a sincere desire to help everyone, another is motivated by the base instinct to place him or herself above others on the hierarchy of righteousness. American liberalism has […]
Tweet by stratechery
2016.03.02 – 17:15
The Voters Decidehttps://t.co/eTxOCzSDsT An apolitical analysis of U.S. politics through the lens of Aggregation Theory — Stratechery (@stratechery) March 2, 2016 via https://twitter.com/stratechery
The Voters Decide – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
2016.03.02 – 17:14
The Voters Decide – Stratechery by Ben Thompson “The likelihood any particular message will “break out” is based not on who is propagating said message but on how many users are receptive to hearing it. The power has shifted from the supply side to the demand side. […] the most successful politicians in an aggregated […]
Tweet by ProfAbelMendez
2016.03.01 – 19:17
Oldest Nervous System Found in 520-Million-Year-Old Fossil https://t.co/5WxBQKrlq7 pic.twitter.com/O5PEXX6CEm — Prof. Abel Méndez (@ProfAbelMendez) March 2, 2016 via https://twitter.com/ProfAbelMendez
Tweet by ObsoleteDogma
2016.03.01 – 14:54
17. Bottom line: Conservatism has failed most GOP voters, so they’d rather try nationalism. It was what they liked most anyways. — Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) March 1, 2016 via https://twitter.com/ObsoleteDogma
Tweet by bogcommenter
2016.03.01 – 09:26
I always bristle at "if we could just educate voters they'd agree with me" analysis, but there's truth-sliver here. https://t.co/72CYrhj7vi — Internet Contrarian! (@bogcommenter) March 1, 2016 via https://twitter.com/bogcommenter
Tweet by hilzoy
2016.03.01 – 09:26
@hilzoy Anyways: in world w/o trust, gestures are everything. In world in which GOP leaders have lost trust, they can't give those gestures. — hilzoy (@hilzoy) March 1, 2016 via https://twitter.com/hilzoy