Clear Eyed Optimists - the world is getting better - Wall Street Journal
A new United Nations report called “State of the Future” concludes: “People around the world are becoming healthier, wealthier, better educated, more peaceful, more connected, and they are living longer.”
(tags: future global_warming development science Politics futurism)
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Stunning photo essay about young American nomads by little known photographer Mike Brodie called “Bound by Tones of Dirt & Bone” .
The grimy beauty of some of the subjects subjects and the quality of the photographs have led some people to question whether these really are nomads or this is part of a fashion [...]
Stunning images from Serbo-Danish photographer Ugo.
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A Prayer for Archimedes, Science News Online, Oct. 6, 2007
A long-lost text by the ancient Greek mathematician shows that he had begun to discover the principles of calculus.
(tags: mathematics reading philanthropy religion science text Books)
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So you’ve been talking to this hot young lady that you met on MySpace, Facebook, Friendster or one of the many other social networking or dating sites that are available online and you believe you have come to a point that you are ready to meet her. You get along great and have awesome conversations [...]
Ultra-cheese from the Ay-Teez…”He is soooo funky”…
From Scientific Amercian:
Whether you subscribe to the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule or some instinctive moral code, society functions largely because most of its denizens adhere to a set of norms that allow them to live together in relative tranquility.
But, why is it that we put a vast amount of social resources into keeping stealing, [...]
YouTube - Lessig on “corruption”
Great news, Lawrence Lessig is turning his formidable intellect on to the problem of corruption.
(tags: corruption crime culture politics)
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Play cards, save a culture
US Soldiers are issued cards to help them avoid damaging sacred sites in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(tags: war culture news the_west history soldiers military)
Big Five personality traits - Wikipedia
Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience
(tags: mindfulness personality psychology science lists ideas)
Psychology Today: The Stripper’s Secret
Strippers get much bigger tips when they [...]
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Saturday, October 6, 2007
From
Mind Hacks:
“Philosophy is now an essential part of cognitive science but this wasn’t always the case. A fantastic new article, available online as a pdf, describes how during the last 25 years philosophy has undergone a revolution in which it has contributed to, and been inspired by, neuroscience.
The article is by two philosophers, Profs [...]