Baseball Toaster: A quick but fond remembrance from: February 3, 2018 at 03:19PM
The Invention Of Moral Narrative from: January 30, 2018 at 10:26PM
Why hiring the ‘best’ people produces the least creative results from: January 30, 2018 at 04:15PM
Conflict Vs. Mistake from: January 26, 2018 at 12:03AM
The lower your social class, the ‘wiser’ you are, suggests new study “people who grow up in a working-class environment have to rely on shared, communal resources more than people in the middle class, and therefore hone social techniques that smooth out conflicts with their peers. Those in the middle class, in contrast, tend to […]
That Smells Like … Um, I Can’t Think Of A Word For It! from: January 18, 2018 at 11:36AM
The Building Blocks of Personhood: Oliver Sacks on Narrative as the Pillar of Identity from: January 15, 2018 at 01:05PM
Is marrying your cousin bad for democracy? from: January 11, 2018 at 09:45PM
Does Serena Williams Have The Willpower To Ace The ‘Marshmallow Test’? from: January 11, 2018 at 10:36AM
We are multitudes from: January 11, 2018 at 10:30AM
The schizoid presidency of Donald Trump Martin Gurri: “Call it the Mannerist Theory of Trump: nothing proposed is particularly outrageous for a conservative or a Republican – but the manner of proposing it is. The implications are interesting. That strange shadowy figure, the populist, would come into focus as the embodiment of a political style […]
Unlike Humans, Bonobos Shun Helpers And Befriend the Bullies from: January 4, 2018 at 01:02PM
Playing video games as meditation from: December 21, 2017 at 01:54PM
Comment on the Japanese influences of The Last Jedi “He brings to mind the famous zen teacher, Suzuki Shosan, a famously combative monk who lived in feudal Japan. Shosan was originally a Samurai, and an accomplished fighter who decided to retire from life as a warrior to pursue enlightenment. He was famous for being disruptive […]
The Carpenter Vs. The Gardener: Two Models Of Modern Parenting “Alison has researched children’s development for decades, and thinks modern views of what it means to be a parent don’t align with the way children learn and grow. “I think the science suggests that being a caregiver for human beings is…much more about providing a […]
Silicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear “Billionaires like Bill Gates and Elon Musk assume that a superintelligent AI will stop at nothing to achieve its goals because that’s the attitude they adopted. (Of course, they saw nothing wrong with this strategy when they were the ones engaging in it; it’s only the […]
Parliament Size Cube Root Law “The cube root rule says the USA “should have” a House of around 660 members today, which would remain a workable size… Even an increase to just 530 would put it within about 80% of the cube root.”
Estonia, the Digital Republic “I asked Kaevats what he saw when he looked at the U.S. Two things, he said. First, a technical mess. Data architecture was too centralized. Citizens didn’t control their own data; it was sold, instead, by brokers. Basic security was lax. “For example, I can tell you my I.D. number—I don’t […]
Conservative Evangelicals Have Shown Me Who They Really Are from: December 17, 2017 at 11:09AM
BEDROCK from: December 13, 2017 at 07:14PM