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Ideas - Globe

Text by Johan Lehrer, graphics by Javier Zarracina http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/011109_hacking_your_brain/
“This is so great,” I once heard a grad student suddenly exclaim at a coffee shop. “Žižek’s writing my paper for me!”

Žižek!: 2005 Documentary Reveals the “Academic Rock Star” and “Monster” of a Man

http://www.openculture.com/2012/06/zizek.html
http://snarkerati.com/movie-news/the-top-50-dystopian-movies-of-all-time/

Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time

Massive dehumanization, totalitarian government, rampant disease, post-apocalyptic terrains, cyber-genetic technologies, societal chaos and widespread urban violence are some of the common themes in dystopian films which bravely examine the ominous shadow cast by future. A dystopia is a fictional society that is the antithesis or complete opposite of a utopia, an ideal world with a perfect social, political and technological infrastructure.

How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done - Archives

http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-ProcrastinateStill/93959 By John Perry I have been intending to write this essay for months. Why am I finally doing it?

46 smart uses for salt

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/at-home/stories/46-smart-uses-for-salt How many ways can you use salt? According to the Salt Institute , about 14,000!

The Rubik's Cube Solution

http://www.chessandpoker.com/rubiks-cube-solution.html How to Solve the Rubik's Cube in Seven Steps The world's most famous puzzle, simultaneously beloved and despised for it's beautiful simple complexity, the Rubiks Cube has been frustrating gamers since Erno Rubik invented it back in 1974. Over the years many brave gamers have whole-heartedly taken up the challenge to restore a mixed Rubik's cube to it's colorful and perfect original configuration, only to find the solution lingering just out of their grasp time and time again.