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29 Dec 09
Study Hacks » Blog Archive » If You're Nervous About Quitting Your Boring Job, Don't Do It
21 Dec 09
Oscar the cat and the science of kindness - thestar.com
for evolution, we needed both kindness and self-interest.
interesting: adam smith wrote a book on sympathy
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Smith is today best known as the father of laissez-faire capitalism, although that's always been a simplification. But during his own lifetime, Smith was far more famed for penning The Theory of Moral Sentiments, which he built on a foundation of sympathy and fellow feeling.
As Smith writes:
"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it."
Walkom: Four reasons to worry about the recovery (sorry, finance guys) - thestar.com
Not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with finance. Any society must have a mechanism to ensure that economic surplus is put to productive use and that capital is efficiently circulated.
But at certain times in history, the emphasis on moving capital around may interfere with the production that ultimately creates that capital.
Lenin made this point in 1916. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, who is not a Leninist, makes a similar argument in his New York Times columns when he laments the distortions that encourage brilliant mathematicians to spend their time devising complex, and ultimately harmful, financial innovations (the legalized scammery known as collateralized debt obligations comes to mind) instead of doing something useful.
20 Dec 09
Ben Casnocha: The Blog: Tweet of the Day
"I always sing, even though I never know the words to the song. I like this as a metaphor for how I live my life, too."
Writing, Briefly
it gives me hope to see how much Paul Graham deliberates over his writing. It takes him more than an hour to write this piece, and weeks to finish an essay.
14 Dec 09
New meters tipped to save power users big money - National - NZ Herald News
The metering could make a 5 per cent saving in household consumption, worth $125 million, and up to 10 per cent reduction in peak demand, saving another $100 million, according to Dr Wright.
13 Dec 09
The War on Mediocrity - Heuristic roundup '09
favourites: always produce, always do things that you can fail. do the hard thing
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"Would I respect me?"
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"Barf it out, then clean it up."
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09 Dec 09
How to Read | Copyblogger
Reading, at its fundamental essence, is not about absorbing information. It’s about asking questions, looking for answers, understanding the various answers, and deciding for yourself.
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Reading, at its fundamental essence, is not about absorbing information. It’s about asking questions, looking for answers, understanding the various answers, and deciding for yourself
Reading on the Web (Alertbox)
objective, scannable points, concise: 3 technique for better web usability contents
08 Dec 09
Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Are You a Guitar Player or Club Owner?
choose the grit of hard focus over easy but repetitive stress
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
If you’re going to take only one idea away from this book, take this one: Whenever you make a decision, be aware of the kind of decision you are making and the kind of thought process it requires.
me: context matters.
Embedded.com - Dealing with touch sensitive areas of graphical objects
touch screen design
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