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The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
In his review of Superorganism, Tim Flannery point to the parallels between the ants and our everyday human experiences:
The end of journalism
There have always been reporters, but will there always be professionals? George Brock in his review of Robert Fox's Eyewitness to History: "The idea and ideal of journalism has been smudged and blurred by worries about economics and the means of delivery
Amoebae Family Values
Single-celled organisms stick with relatives to avoid being duped when food becomes scarce. Scientists say the amoeboid cooperation contribute to our understanding of how some of the earliest organisms may have balanced cooperation with self-interest, ess
Java and Sympathy – a former Starbucks president tells how to succeed in business without putting people last
"People are not assets. Caring isn't just about admiring the charismatic leaders, the people that everybody likes, or the in crowd. This is the big caring we do that shows we "care, like we really mean it."
How to Write With Style
Kurt Vonnegut on writiing, an essay from Palm Sunday, 1981. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fliterature.sdsu.edu%2FonWRITING%2FvonnegutSTYLE.html
The weird science of stock photography
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fid%2F2195237
2b or not 2b?
Despite doom-laden prophecies, texting has not been the disaster for language many feared, argues linguistics professor David Crystal. On the contrary, it improves children's writing and spelling.
Voices Carry
Lawrence Hill advocates that voices by African-American and African-Canadian writers crowd into the literary picture through their memoirs.
Darwinmania!
The story of Darwin and his big idea of evolution through natural selection offers numerous insights into how ideas spread. For example, why do we exalt Darwin above the others who thought of it first, or conceived of it better? The reason is the "Origin.
Blogs, public intellectuals and the academy
While the dominant trope about public intellectuals is that they ain't what they used to be, Daniel Drezner is relatively bullish.
Don't flame me, bro'
People can vastly overestimate their ability to communicate unambiguously by email. We find it hard to take another person's perspective when communicating electronically. Even worse, our recipients tend t interpret emails more negatively than other forms
Decision Making: Is It All 'Me, Me, Me'?
People act in thier own best interests...but is this assumption really true?
Nomads at last
The modern nomad has a new relationship to relationship to time, place and other people. Manuel Castells: "Permanent connectivity, not motion, is the critical thing."
Online Social Networking as Participatory Surveillance
Anders Albrechtslund looks at the social aspects of surveillance, and suggests it can be seen as empowering and participatory. An interesting alternative to the usual emphasis on potential dangers live privacy invasion and fraud.
Social Media Will Change Your Business
Catch up or catch you later: "But here's betting that we [professional publishers] also forge ahead in the open world. The measure of success in that world is not a finished product. The winners will be those who host the very best conversations."
Purposeful Networking
Stephanie Sandifer's point, that purposeful networking is a 21st century skill and should become part of mainstream education, is a proof-of-concept post: it would not have happened without Twitter.
1,000 True Fans
"A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author - in other words, anyone producing works of art - needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living."
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