Screw business as usual….this is the real world: Brian Solis at TEDxPresido
YouTube: Screw business as usual….this is the real world: Brian Solis at TEDxPresido
# 2012.09.13 – 10:26
Blog: Wonkblog: Would you like a menu label with that?
# 2012.09.13 – 09:48
Blog: Brain Pickings: David Byrne on How Music and Creativity Work
# 2012.09.13 – 09:31
YouTube: GoPro STOLEN by a SEAGULL!! – Unique San Francisco sunset…
GoPro STOLEN by a SEAGULL!! – Unique San Francisco sunset…
# 2012.09.12 – 21:41
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 they have a distressing tendency not to vote.”
# 2012.09.11 – 16:37
Twitter: @HerzogIND
HerzogIND Ditto. RT @ezraklein: A headline I never expected to see: http://t.co/sK60w5nS
# 2012.09.11 – 15:01
Blog: Wonkblog: The politicians-are-failing theory of unemployment
# 2012.09.11 – 09:41
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”
# 2012.09.10 – 22:38
Testing the RSS feed
I’m running some tests right now on the RSS feed, so there may be some weirdness for the next hour or 6.
# 2012.09.10 – 10:43
WEIRD (pdf)
WEIRD (pdf)
How are Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic people psychologically different from others?
# 2012.09.10 – 09:52
Importance of Limits
Importance of Limits
“If there is one thing truly alien to a conservative temperament, it is the rejection of limits.”
# 2012.09.10 – 09:21
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).”
# 2012.09.09 – 14:17
YouTube: Francis Spufford introduces Unapologetic
Francis Spufford introduces Unapologetic
# 2012.09.09 – 12:13
Twitter: @hotdogsladies
hotdogsladies If you want to learn what someone fears losing, watch what they photograph.
# 2012.09.09 – 12:13
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.”
# 2012.09.09 – 12:05
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.”
# 2012.09.08 – 23:16
Twitter: @jsnell
jsnell The Amazon Doctrine: Align with consumers’ needs. Consumers apparently really need ads they can’t turn off. http://t.co/dH35ReDY
# 2012.09.08 – 14:55
Twitter: @cistulli
cistulli Man (speaking with authority): “It’s imperative to establish the run/fastball.”
# 2012.09.08 – 14:25
Twitter: @octonion
octonion Strasburger’s syndrome – a condition characterized by compulsively stopping an activity once you become too good at it.
# 2012.09.08 – 11:28