February 2012
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“And even a man hoping to be president of a nation-state can look squarely in the...”
– Eric Garland
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How your cat is making you crazy. →
Parasites neurologically affecting human behavior. What is this I don’t even.
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January 2012
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“Britain’s ‘screwed up’ attitude to international migration is revealed by the...”
– Phil Woolas
“If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the...”
– Krishnamurti
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Young People Making a Difference: Lumana →
Do you have any advice for someone who may want to start a non-profit organization? “Make sure that what you’re doing is not just something new, but necessary. I think there’s this huge bias towards being innovative. The world does not only need innovative solutions. In a lot of cases there are problems that don’t get addressed because they’re not as sexy as something brand new. I think...
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I am Mitt Romney's Haircut - I will not be denied →
“I know some folks derive a kind of sick enjoyment from the quadrennial pageant of televised intelligence-abatement that is the United States presidential election, but it’s time to stop the charade. There is no primary. There is no general. There is only this: I am Mitt Romney’s haircut. This is my year, and I will not be denied.”
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New drug may keep you sober no matter how much... →
“For hardened drinkers, it sounds too good to be true: a natural substance that keeps them sober no matter how much they drink, neutralises hangovers and eventually breaks the cycle of alcohol addiction.”
“DHM will reduce the degree of drunkenness for the amount of alcohol drunk and will definitely reduce the hangover symptoms,” says Liang. “In time, it will reduce...
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December 2011
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Remake: Famous works of art as photography →
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The wisdom of crowds: The strange but extremely... →
More than any other way of getting around, walking appears to offer freedom of choice. Reality is more complicated. Whether stepping aside to avoid a collision, following the person in front through a crowd or navigating busy streets, pedestrians are autonomous yet constrained by others. They are both highly mobile and very predictable. “These are particles with a will,” says Dirk Helbing of ETH...
“I have a lot of beliefs, and I live by none of them.”
– Louis ck
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WatchOn effective aid.
“The U.S. could not have been built without Africa’s aid.”
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“How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them...”
– The Big Short
Government Official Who Makes Perfectly Valid,... →
philulzophy:
“WASHINGTON—State Department diplomat Nelson Milstrand, who appeared on CNN last week and offered an informed, thoughtful analysis implying that Israel could perhaps exercise more restraint toward Palestinian moderates in disputed territories, was asked to resign Tuesday. “The United States deeply regrets any harm Mr. Milstrand’s careful, even-tempered, and factually accurate...
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“Human activities might be graded by the quantity of words required: the more...”
– Musil’s Ulrich. Minimalism which I don’t think I like
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“What all media, all representations—from street signs to photographs to...”
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“The truth is not a crystal that can be slipped into one’s pocket, but an...”
– Robert Musil
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“Today they ignore us, but once we are dead they will boast that they gave us...”
– Robert Musil
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“The difference between a normal person and an insane one is precisely that the...”
– Musil’s Ulrich
November 2011
35 posts
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“Well, I’m all in favor of using markets, except that there’s a continuing...”
– Jeffrey Sachs
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WatchIn recent years the Wall Street annual bonus has been bigger than the all world’s annual aid to Africa.
Hey, politicians, foriegn aid makes up less than 1% of the federal budget - stop acting like reducing it to zero will solve any fiscal woes. Furthermore, the return on investment is excellent, as small cash outlays can prevent major harms from occurring later (for example, drought is...
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“Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition, and myth...”
– Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
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Walking through doorways causes forgetting, new... →
Man, our brains are fallible.
“Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an ‘event boundary’ in the mind, which separates episodes of activity and files them away,” Radvansky explains.
“Recalling the decision or activity that was made in a different room is difficult because it has been compartmentalized.”
“So one must say that as soon as a man begins to reflect even a little, he falls...”
– Ulrich
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Blogging, the nihilist impulse →
“Blogs are witnessing and documenting the diminishing power of mainstream media, but they have consciously not replaced its ideology with an alternative. Users are tired of top-down communication – and yet have nowhere else to go.”
“We’re operating in a post-deconstruction world in which blogs offer a never-ending stream of confessions, a cosmos of micro-opinions...
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“With the demise of my own community’s two most revered leaders, Sandusky and Joe...”
– Thomas Day
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“Citizen. Pick up that can.”
