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YouTube: Screw business as usual….this is the real world: Brian Solis at TEDxPresido

Screw business as usual….this is the real world: Brian Solis at TEDxPresido TEDxTalks

You’ll never be Chinese

You’ll never be Chinese

Blog: Wonkblog: Would you like a menu label with that?

Would you like a menu label with that? Sarah Kliff, Wonkblog

Blog: Brain Pickings: David Byrne on How Music and Creativity Work

David Byrne on How Music and Creativity Work Maria Popova, Brain Pickings

YouTube: GoPro STOLEN by a SEAGULL!! – Unique San Francisco sunset…

GoPro STOLEN by a SEAGULL!! – Unique San Francisco sunset… Nathalie Rollandin

Who is speaking for the poor? | Felix Salmon

Who is speaking for the poor? | Felix Salmon “The Republicans clearly are the party of the 1%, and the Democrats are trying to paint themselves as the party of the middle class — of the 59%, you might say. But no one is standing up for the bottom 40%, the invisible poor, partly because […]

Twitter: @HerzogIND

HerzogIND Ditto. RT @ezraklein: A headline I never expected to see: http://t.co/sK60w5nS

Blog: Wonkblog: The politicians-are-failing theory of unemployment

The politicians-are-failing theory of unemployment Ezra Klein, Wonkblog

Why Mitt Romney’s foreign policy platform might cost him the 2012 election

Why Mitt Romney’s foreign policy platform might cost him the 2012 election “Independents basically want the exact opposite of what Mitt Romney is selling them”

Testing the RSS feed

Expect some wonkiness in the RSS feed for an hour or 6.

WEIRD (pdf)

WEIRD (pdf) How are Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic people psychologically different from others?

Importance of Limits

Importance of Limits “If there is one thing truly alien to a conservative temperament, it is the rejection of limits.”

Jesus vs. Mao? An Interview With Yuan Zhiming

Jesus vs. Mao? An Interview With Yuan Zhiming “You can see this in China’s foreign policy. If you’re their enemy, even if you help them they’ll accept the aid but they won’t change their view that you’re their enemy. They don’t have the idea of yi (righteousness). Just li (benefit).”

YouTube: Francis Spufford introduces Unapologetic

Francis Spufford introduces Unapologetic faberandfaber

Twitter: @hotdogsladies

hotdogsladies If you want to learn what someone fears losing, watch what they photograph.

Unapologetic

Unapologetic “…what I have produced is a pathetically inadequate pencil sketch of the object in view. It has been a lesson in not mistaking your descriptions for the things you’re trying to describe.”

An Astros Game Recap Juxtaposed Against the Symphonies of Mahler

An Astros Game Recap Juxtaposed Against the Symphonies of Mahler “This recap will compare tonight’s ball game to the symphonies of Gustav Mahler, thereby providing a juxtaposition between the two that symbolizes hope, despair, cake, death, and finally rebirth. More or less.”

Twitter: @jsnell

jsnell The Amazon Doctrine: Align with consumers’ needs. Consumers apparently really need ads they can’t turn off. http://t.co/dH35ReDY

Twitter: @cistulli

cistulli Man (speaking with authority): “It’s imperative to establish the run/fastball.”

Twitter: @octonion

octonion Strasburger’s syndrome – a condition characterized by compulsively stopping an activity once you become too good at it.