Es Muss Sein
“…statesmanship is more like surfing than like sailing. A ship is making for a particular port, chosen by the captain, and the prevailing winds determine how swiftly he will get there, and by what route. A surfer, on the other hand, rides the waves to shore, and the waves will determine his destination, not his will.”
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Es Muss Sein
# 2012.11.27 – 18:43
Libertarians and Group Norms
Libertarians and Group Norms
“It poses a problem for libertarian thinking, because the maintenance of trust-building institutions that undergird free markets may depend on enforcement of group norms. Enforcement of group norms in turn may depend on irrational attachment to group identity. And one of the elements of group identity to which humans may be irrationally attached is the state.”
# 2012.11.27 – 16:27
Liberal Women Wish for More Sex. Why?
Liberal Women Wish for More Sex. Why?
“More liberal women therefore want to have more sex because they feel the lack of sufficient transcendence in life.”
# 2012.11.27 – 12:07
Father And Infant Interactions Affect Behavior Later On
Father And Infant Interactions Affect Behavior Later On
“Children whose fathers showed more positive engagement before three months of age tended to not have as many behavioral problems when they turn one-year-old.”
# 2012.11.26 – 18:56
5 secrets to “clicking” with other people: | Barking Up The Wrong Tree
5 secrets to “clicking” with other people: | Barking Up The Wrong Tree
“Allowing yourself to be vulnerable helps the other person to trust you, precisely because you are putting yourself at emotional, psychological, or physical risk.”
# 2012.11.26 – 17:03
Blog: Ben Casnocha: Bezos’s Insistence on Full Narrative Prose
# 2012.11.26 – 08:45
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories and Good News vs. Bad News
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories and Good News vs. Bad News
“So we don’t know whether this thing was really Hamlet’s father or if it was good news or bad news. And neither does Hamlet.”
# 2012.11.26 – 08:38
Blog: Ben Casnocha: Bezos’s Insistence on Full Narrative Prose
# 2012.11.26 – 08:30
Blog: Ben Casnocha: Bezos’s Insistence on Full Narrative Prose
# 2012.11.26 – 08:18
Human Nature: We Are Good, After All
Human Nature: We Are Good, After All
“This suggests that cooperation is the intuitive response only for those who routinely engage in interactions where this behavior is rewarded—that human ‘goodness’ may result from the acquisition of a regularly rewarded trait.”
# 2012.11.26 – 07:33
The Distress of the Privileged
The Distress of the Privileged
“It seems so unfair. He doesn’t want anybody to be unhappy. He just wants dinner.”
# 2012.11.25 – 23:47
Europe doesn’t need a culture of failure, we need a culture of success
Europe doesn’t need a culture of failure, we need a culture of success
“But the biggest problem in Europe as I see it – it’s bad when you fail, but it’s even worse when you succeed.” There was some laughter in the room here. “We have no culture of applauding success.”
# 2012.11.25 – 20:39
Blog: Marginal Revolution: Are benefit costs increasingly driving the cyclicality of employment?
# 2012.11.25 – 19:54
Reasoning Is Sharper in a Foreign Language
Reasoning Is Sharper in a Foreign Language
“Cognitive biases are rooted in emotional reactions, and thinking in a foreign language helps us disconnect from these emotions and make decisions in a more economically rational way.”
# 2012.11.25 – 18:31
Growing food in the desert
Growing food in the desert
“using the sun to desalinate seawater for irrigation and to heat and cool greenhouses as required, and thence cheaply grow high-quality, pesticide-free vegetables year-round in commercial quantities.”
# 2012.11.25 – 12:07
Clarity and Freedom | Brian Bailey
Clarity and Freedom | Brian Bailey
“In my experience, it’s how the best people lead and how most of us want to be led; clarity as to the goal and freedom in how to achieve it.”
# 2012.11.25 – 12:07
On Being a Junior Developer | Matt Sencenbaugh’s Blog
On Being a Junior Developer | Matt Sencenbaugh’s Blog
“the list I wish someone had written for me as a developer starting out in the tech industry”
# 2012.11.25 – 11:28
The Architecture of Evil
The Architecture of Evil
“But even as we condemn him, we must ask — especially we engineers and technicians — is Speer so different from us? How many of us would be willing to compartmentalize our emotions, suppress our consciences, almost to sell our souls, for the opportunity to work on the grand projects that Speer was involved in? How many of us are so focused on solving a technical problem that we fail to contemplate where that solution might lead?”
# 2012.11.25 – 11:28
Catlike DIY
Catlike DIY
“Cats are not famed for their ability to use a power drill, but Jeeves is willing to give it a go.”
# 2012.11.24 – 22:52