December 2011
113 posts
“The great irony and tragedy of “intro econ” is that it is at its introductory...”
– o_O!
The Trouble with Principles: Or, How to Not Lose Friends and Alienate People When Learning Economics (#OccupyWallStreet, #OWS)
Perhaps the most interesting bit,
To casually label economics a science is at best aspirational, at worst manipulative, at a minimum misleading. At the...
“Anyway it only makes sense if you assume those premises; that all human...”
– This interview with David Graeber on “What Is Debt?” is one of the most thought-provoking things published this year about the premises of finance. (via moorehn)
“Greene’s “dual-process theory” of moral decision-making posits that rationality...”
– The Biology of Right and Wrong (via theatlantic)
South Sudan, the world's newest nation, is... →
shortformblog:
They’re doing everything on their own, without the help of high-powered lobbyists. “Our country’s people have such a long story of struggle,” noted Deng Deng Nhial, the deputy head of the mission to launch the embassy. “Explaining our story will be the work of the embassy — introducing Washington and the community of nations to South Sudan and letting them know we are not just...
WatchI could have done without the cinematic music myself, but for 365 days in 60 seconds, this montage is pretty good.
reuters:
The Year in 60 Seconds : 2011
A multimedia showcase of some of 2011’s top stories, including Japan’s tragic earthquake, the Arab Spring, the demise of Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi, the shooting rampage in Norway, famine in Somalia and the Royal Wedding....
nprfreshair:
An Annual Tradition: David Sedaris...
Scientists used math on Twitter to tell us we're...
shortformblog:
Happiness is trending downward. Great. After studying the Twitter accounts of 63 million users for 33 months, science tells us that we’re not using as many happiness keywords. Users seem to reach their peak happiness on and around holidays and the weekends; happiness “plummets” on Mondays and Tuesdays. All in all, people shouldn’t be using Twitter as their go-to source of human...
The Arab Spring and Information Flow →
futurejournalismproject:
The International Journal of Communication has a new study that explores “information flow” during the Arab Spring. In particular, it looks at how Twitter promulgated information from Tunisia and Egypt to and among journalists, activists, mainstream media outlets and other interested parties.
GigaOm’s Matthew Ingram does a good job exploring the report’s findings:
The...
“It’s not because you don’t do concerts that you can’t play the piano.”
– Alexis Jenni, 48-year-old high school biology teacher and surprise winner of France’s top literary prize, quoted in “When Does a Writer Become a Writer?” (He’s keeping his day job, by the way.)
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Top 10 key deaths of 2011 →
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