September 2011
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Our findings provide evidence for the provocative notion that having access to...
– Does Money Make You Unhappy? | www.wired.com | Readability
August 2011
Scientists have found that music stimulates more parts of the brain than any...
– ‘The Power Of Music’ To Affect The Brain : NPR
When our mood is neutral or content, there is no incentive to embrace unfamiliar...
– The Creativity of Anger | www.wired.com | Readability
as Zack said, “Anger is a gift.”
Today I am a college professor, and I am sad that most of my students will not...
– When Roommates Were Random | www.nytimes.com | Readability
When I’m on the bike path riding my truly weird recumbent bicycle,...
– Seth’s Blog: Waving to myself
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The best ideas have to win, otherwise good people don’t stay.
– Ideas, Not Hierarchy: On Steve Jobs Supposedly Making All Apple Decisions - The Small Wave.
The best businesses were rarely created for massive profits, exit strategies or...
– Anything You Want | www.twistimage.com | Readability
When confronted with a new idea, do you:
Consider the cost of switching before...
– Seth’s Blog: The warning signs of defending the status quo
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Say what you will about her new album, her originality, and issues around...
– Lady Gaga’s Drag King Persona Jo Calderone on MTV’s Video Music Awards | violet blue ® :: open source sex
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The confluence of science and art has fascinated me throughout my career. For...
– Ned Kahn: Artist Statement
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Digitized Field by Ned Kahn (by Benjy Young)
very intrigued by art that tries to digitize analog phenomenon.
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As someone who has written and spoken at length about how we might develop a...
– The Blog : How to Lose Readers (Without Even Trying) : Sam Harris
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Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever...
– STEVE JOBS, in a commencement address at Stanford, 2005.
(via the Wall Street Journal)
Sadness fills me about all of this.
The computer programmer creates the environment and terms through which the...
– The GeekDad Interview With Douglas Rushkoff | www.wired.com | Readability
The closer one comes to the tops of organisations, the more one sees the overall...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: The closer one comes to th …
A prospective couple is on the right tracks when both parties feel they’d...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: A prospective couple is on …
Impacted wisdom teeth and malocclusions are very recent problems. They arise...
– NYT interviews Dan Lieberman, NYCBR speaker | Hunter-Gatherer
What you do with the pressure is up to you. If it’s not helping you do...
– Seth’s Blog: “I’m under a lot of pressure…”
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You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they...
– Anais Nin (via aeloquence)
The end of the industrial era is opening countless doors. So many doors, in...
– Seth’s Blog: Can and should
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I worked out things in my head that have bothered me for years. For example, I...
– Niniane’s Blog: Survival school journal: Saturday (last day)
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Art is art. And an artist, according to Marshall, is someone on the frontiers of...
– Happy Birthday McLuhan | Blog @ Percolate
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I figured it out: I’m walking down the street one day and suddenly there’s this...
– Miranda July, Future Perfect - Film - Interview Magazine
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Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed...
– Gordon B. Hinckley (via onherway)
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A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books.
– —Andrei Tarkovsky, director of Solaris.
Backup Brain » Blog Archive » Perspective
Humans are masters of deception. We use our minds and behavior continually to...
– -Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale University
#46 F*cking Facebook Photos | whytherearenogirls.blogspot.com | Readability
I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when...
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, page 25 (via Reddit)
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