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The President is required to do so many ceremonial tasks - state dinners, funerals, photo-ops - it really makes more sense to have a King or Queen do these tasks so the President can do real work. Nick Kristof on NY Times http://nyti.ms/aWbAQ2
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Psychologists note that characteristics of your pet - they greet you with excitement, overlook flaws, and forgive bad behavior - are also characteristics that can strengthen a marriage. NY Times http://nyti.ms/cQ3MWt
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Online publishers should allow purchase of chapters of books, similar to iTunes offering individual songs from albums. This will allow new business models in publishing. Huffington Post http://huff.to/9mIeB9
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Researchers show that lying is a normal developmental stage for kids - but certain parental approaches can minimize lying in the future. WSJ http://bit.ly/bIXhWy
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Travel tips from a flight attendant - nice quick slide show. NY Times http://nyti.ms/bessFy
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British researchers show that encouraging compulsive gambling is most effective not by allowing people to win, but by allowing them to almost win. Economist http://bit.ly/aaEWWX |
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US Government researchers have developed a language of beebs proposed to use in initial communications with aliens. (Really.). Christian Science Monitor http://bit.ly/blMEzV |
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Shouldn't we track pundits, and continue listening to only those with the best track records? The Atlantic http://bit.ly/cYSxCC |
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Two intrepid writers have registered Twitter accounts for 54 characters in James Joyce's Ulysses, who send tweets to each other corresponding to thoughts and activities in the novel. The Independent http://bit.ly/bTUIyx |
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Research Psychologists have shown that couples in which the woman is more attractive than the man tend to be happier. Psychology Today http://bit.ly/at9OQO |
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Italian is easy, neutral, and culturally rich. It would make an excellent lingua franca for Europe. http://bit.ly/b2tK3f |
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San Diego needs a new airport, but there is nowhere to build it. One credible proposal envisions a massive facility out at sea. http://bit.ly/ckg56P |
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Fact-checking is both important and difficult. Why do publications ask the intern to do it? We should support a new class of professional, the "Certified Public Logician". Boing Boing http://bit.ly/cODxo4 |
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US researchers have concluded that olympic bronze medal winners are happier than silver medal winners. Silver = "almost gold", while bronze = "almost nothing". http://bit.ly/aaNWiY |
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Montana leads the US in fatalities per mile driven, mostly because of DUI. Massachusetts is safest. Readers Digest: http://bit.ly/aZkFYM |
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Statisticians know what the public often doesn't: research findings based on "statistical significance" are often wrong. Much medical research in particular is flimsy. An analysis in Science News: http://bit.ly/aAvdEv |
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If you are a non-profit, Google has great grant programs (aka "free money"). This and seven other good ideas for AdWords / non-profits: http://ow.ly/1sbOO |
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The "shared space" movement in Europe promotes road safety by getting rid of traffic laws, stoplights, road signs, and crosswalks. This encourages everyone to be careful and cooperate. It has been adopted in over 100 cities. Christian Science Monitor http://bit.ly/aR0jCV |
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I was going to title this "teaching loving-kindness," but I'm starting to believe there is no teaching, just modeling and coaching and such.
Buddhism calls loving-kindness "Metta."
If we cause a cascade of positive emotions, many conflicts would be easier to resolve and we might re-learn how to enter discourse with others, avoiding conflicts altogether by working through difficult issues openly and lovingly.
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The original copyright, back in the days when it took a month to cross the Atlantic, was for 14 years, renewable only once, and you had to apply for it.
Because of the "content" businesses, most notably Disney (sorry, Mickey!), copyright has been extended to everything we create, and it lasts 95 years after the author's death. This is denuding the intellectual and cultural Commons.
Let's go back to the original specs, or adopt Lawrence Lessig's modified proposal. Let's undo the current regime.
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Researchers show that cologne makes men more attractive to a woman, not necessarily because of the smell, but because of enhanced confidence of the man wearing it. NY Times http://bit.ly/9Oks7w |
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You shed DNA in day-to-day activities such as brushing your hair, using a napkin, etc. This DNA tells a great deal about you -- if you are a fanatic about your own privacy. LA Times http://bit.ly/9L4v9M |
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Case law in England suggests that if you stab someone with a sharp blade, it is easier to say it was a mistake since it took very little force. The Guardian http://bit.ly/amjH5z |
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Detroit could be an excellent test case in the "shrinking cities" movement, with smart regression to a core surrounded by farmland. NewGeography http://bit.ly/cWdVl3 |
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