YouTube: 5 Historical Misconceptions Rundown

5 Historical Misconceptions Rundown

The most spectacular thing ever: Barry Zito’s 11-pitch at-bat « Bay City Ball – A Giants Blog

Futurity.org – Brain ‘cascade’ in third party punishment

The Chocolate-and-Radish Experiment That Birthed the Modern Conception of Willpower – Hans Villarica – Health – The Atlantic

Twitter: @hotdogsladies

hotdogsladies A year ago today, I posted “Cranking.”

http://t.co/vEQYXzqW

It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever written.

The Top of My Todo List

“I inverted the 5 regrets, yielding a list of 5 commands
Don’t ignore your dreams; don’t work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.”

The Foreign-Language Effect

” Whereas people were risk averse for gains and risk seeking for losses when choices were presented in their native tongue, they were not influenced by this framing manipulation in a foreign language.”

YouTube: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: Does email turn you into an asshole?

Blog: HardballTalk: Cole Hamels: not a fan of homegrown stars leaving via free agency

Twitter: @ftrain

ftrain The commenters don’t read the article, the writers don’t read the comments, and no one clicks on the ads.

Into The Wild: Lost Conversations From Steve Jobs’ Best Years | Fast Company

“Open salaries was a dumb detail of the Open Corporation, but its core idea, of a workplace where every single person understands the company’s goals, is something that most organizations get wrong and that Apple has gotten so right for well over a decade.”

How to be Awesome at Baseball. Part 1.

On Dinosaur Time | Dinosaur Tracking | Smithsonian Magazine

“The so-called Age of Mammals–which began when the non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out–has been going on for about 66 million years. Less time separates us from Tyrannosaurus rex than separated T. rex from Stegosaurus.”

Blog: The Body Odd: Why dudes go nuts while watching the big game

The Gifted Introvert

Andy Dolich: The A’s belong in Oakland, and they’ll stay there – San Jose Mercury News

Lobby more, pay less in taxes – Sunlight Foundation

Blog: david-frum: The Penn & Teller Election

Blog: Ezra Klein: Best way to pick legislators? At random.