February 2012
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Watchnyrbclassics:
The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and has rapidly been circulating through the book world. We like to think that we are doing a similar job: finding books a happy home, and brightening the lives of their readers.
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“@stoweboyd: The most palpable legacy of the WikiLeaks campaign for transparency...”
– February 20, 2012 at 05:39AM — http://bit.ly/zLo0uC (via underpaidgenius)
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“Mobile phones are the most widely used technology in the world. At the end of...”
– The next 10 years in mobile (via courtenaybird)
“Just as nightfall doesn’t come at once, neither does oppression. In both...”
– Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (via theamericanbear)
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the angels wanna wear my red shoes: Is anyone ever... →
theredshoes:
Is anyone ever “just themselves” in any job interview? That seems like terrible advice across the board.
semperaugustus:
Inside Higher Ed: The “Be Yourself” Myth
Today’s myth is: “When interviewing for a tenure-track academic position, it’s best to just be yourself.”
A number of months…
“Despite the fact that the American Diabetes Association tells us that most...”
– Sick of Being Somebody’s Cash Cow? « Dances With Fat (via jerseyjezebel)
“On November 3, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R....”
– 23 Unusual Ways to Apply Crowdfunding | World Future Society (via mediafuturist)
“No problem is as consubstantial to literature and its modest mystery as the one...”
– Jorge Luis Borges, The Homeric Versions (via speakmnemosyne)
It Is Safe to Resume Ignoring the Prophets of Doom... →
Adam Davidson via The NY Times
For nearly a decade, it turns out, the most accurate forecasts have come from the fringe. So it’s upsetting to learn that many of those same Cassandras now believe, for different reasons, that we are on the brink of another catastrophe that may be far worse. Wolff, the Marxist, fears that China may be entering a significant slowdown, which, combined with Europe’s...
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“That’s right. Its sole tangible purpose for the IPO proceeds is to meet a tax...”
– TECHNOLOGY SPECTATOR: Why Facebook should ditch its IPO John Gapper
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“You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to...”
– Aaron Freeman “You Want A Physicist To Speak at your Funeral” (source: npr)
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What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind? - WSJ.com →
futuramb:
The crucial new idea is that there are two different neural and psychological systems that interact to turn children into adults. Over the past two centuries, and even more over the past generation, the developmental timing of these two systems has changed. That, in turn, has profoundly changed adolescence and produced new kinds of adolescent woe. The big question for anyone who...
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Japan Population Decline: Third Of Nation's Youth... →
youmightfindyourself:
A startling number of Japanese youths have turned their backs on sex and relationships, a new survey has found.
The survey, conducted by the Japan Family Planning Association, found that 36% of males aged 16 to 19 said that they had “no interest” in or even “despised” sex. That’s almost a 19% increase since the survey was last conducted in 2008.
If that’s not bad enough,...
