May 2010
23 posts
May 31st
“What does a guy have to do to get a beer around here?” he said, more under his...”
– His Holiness, Mr. Dalai Lama
May 30th
“It may be necessary to fool people for their own good…Average intelligence...”
–  John Benson, President of the American Association of Advertising Agencies
May 27th
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“So here is the answer to the puzzle of human takeoff. It was caused by the...”
– Evolution and Creativity: Why Humans Triumphed - WSJ.com
May 24th
“… if you’re a startup, he says, you are 30 to 40 percent more likely to...”
– How to Predict Whether a Startup Will Succeed or Fail: Testing the “Disruptive Innovation” Model | Xconomy
May 24th
“Story was that human civ. started to develop with first social network. Emerged...”
– DST’s Yuri Milner: Facebook Is Going To Be The Social Graph That Unifies All Civilization
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If you want to understand the New York city grafitti scene, don’t watch this video.
May 20th
“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
– Diogenes
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Wooster Collective: Praça Cantão, A new Favela... →
Over the last month, Praça Cantão, the square at the entrance of the community of Dona Marta was turned into a vibrant artwork of monumental scale. 34 houses on the giant hillside favela, located in the center of Rio de Janeiro, have been painted in a design of colorful rays, radiating into the city.
May 12th
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“If there were any truth to the idea that a particular name can guarantee a...”
– Complaint Box | Brittney, Brittny, Brittneigh - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
May 9th
“Today’s market was neither orderly nor efficient nor trustworthy. It was just a...”
– Mean Street: Crash — The Machines Are in Control Now - WSJ
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Wooster Collective: Fresh Stuff From George... →
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April 2010
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March 2009
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“Given the sophisticated nature of the worm, the question remains: What is the...”
– The Conficker Worm: April Fool’s Joke or Unthinkable Disaster? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
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typical day at work
Mar 18th
Guitarists' brains swing together →
“Our findings show that interpersonally coordinated actions are preceded and accompanied by between-brain oscillatory couplings.”
Mar 17th
Black Holes: Eternal Prisons No More →
Hawking said that the message from his talk is that black holes are not the eternal prisons once thought. If you feel you are in a black hole, don’t give up. There is a way out.
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“We found that religious people or even people who simply believe in the...”
– Assistant Psychology Professor Michael Inzlicht, University of Toronto
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February 2009
67 posts
“But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them...”
– jesus, luke 19:27
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Probing Question: What predicts a happy marriage? →
Couples in happy, long-term marriages manage disagreements without letting them get out of hand.
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Did Deep Fritz use Shakespeare to heckle the World... →
It is an interesting theory: the Fritz team installed the latest chatter files during the Man vs Machine event in Bahrain, causing the machine to talk to the world champion in authentic Shakespearean verse during the game. The historical chatter drove Kramnik to distraction and prompted his ill-fated Morphy-esque knight sacrifice. That, in any case, ist how Schakespearean scholar and chess...
Feb 18th
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TED Blog: How mindboggling science will outlast the crisis: Juan Enriquez on TED.com The opening talk from TED2009: Even as mega-banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don’t look for it on your ballot — or in the stock exchange. It’ll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids are going to be … different.
Feb 18th