Imagine a Better World – Malcolm Gladwell – Zeitgeist Americas 2013
Sal Fasano on catching Mariano Rivera
“He never pitched to home plate. He pitched to body line of the batter.”
# 2013.09.19 – 11:51
Game of Tribes
“The game is indefensible. Every year during August two-a-days, some poor kid dies of heat stroke. …And yet there is such joy in seeing your tribe, your people, your team win. You are validated. You are part of the family, the clan. You have a home.”
# 2013.09.19 – 11:51
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.@howardmegdal talked to Hunter Pence about his approach at the plate. You might be surprised by the answer: http://t.co/zPlJAy582q
— Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) September 19, 2013
via http://twitter.com/hangingsliders
# 2013.09.19 – 10:43
An Interview With Pope Francis
“If one has the answers to all the questions — that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt.”
# 2013.09.19 – 09:07
Tweet by ThatBootlegGuy
9 y/o son left travel ball game due to arm injury after pitching to 2 batters. I mentioned "Tommy John surgery". My son CANNOT take a joke.
— Aaron C. (@ThatBootlegGuy) September 18, 2013
via http://twitter.com/ThatBootlegGuy
# 2013.09.17 – 19:07
Leo Tolstoy on Emotional Infectiousness and What Separates Good Art from Bad
Art is…”a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.”
# 2013.09.17 – 11:32
Learning Sympathy
“Before roughly the 1800s, sympathy was less common and more restricted in scope, overwhelmed as people were by practical needs and circumstances.”
# 2013.09.17 – 10:19
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Interesting animated gif showing how reduction of design elements can be effective. http://t.co/jcbcuBASPT
— Drawar (@drawar) September 16, 2013
via http://twitter.com/drawar
# 2013.09.17 – 07:43
How To Learn Judaism as a Native Language
“So, if Judaism is no longer a native language for many Jews, what is it? I believe that Judaism is best thought of now as an art, or maybe a sport. Put in even simpler terms, it’s like playing guitar, or playing tennis.”
# 2013.09.16 – 23:49
Low-budget Oakland A’s fearless against MLB’s big spenders
Confidence. Yes, that explains the A’s success. #Not
# 2013.09.16 – 18:07
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This Russell Brand essay is the best. http://t.co/EH00c284Ts The crazy thing is that he speaks exactly like this.
— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) September 16, 2013
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# 2013.09.16 – 17:37
What good is religion?
“If religions stuck with helping people, non-coercively, in their attempts at self-transformation, they probably would not be ignored, hated or ridiculed as they are by growing numbers of the religiously disaffected.” Asking for what Rod Dreher calls Moral Therapeutic Deism.
# 2013.09.16 – 08:32
Asia, Credit and the End of Stuff
“the only things that are scarce are good ideas (technology, design) and human attention (clicks, impressions, brands)”
# 2013.09.16 – 08:32
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Is it just me, or are middle-aged men really REALLY into forecasting doom & gloom? http://t.co/CUARnqSgvp
— Lisa Schmeiser (@lschmeiser) September 15, 2013
via http://twitter.com/lschmeiser
# 2013.09.14 – 23:19
Philip K. Dick on Human Heroism
“The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do, and, in addition, he will balk at doing it.”
# 2013.09.14 – 19:19