Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived. Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla.
Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. There's an old movie from the 80s on Netflix Instant Queue right now about Tesla: The Secret of Nikola Tesla. Losing My Big Words - jlsathre. I re-read one of my posts the other night and was surprised to see that the biggest word I used was eight letters long--not counting a few words with endings like "-ing," which would have brought me up to eleven.
But that seemed unfair. The average was about five letters. Watch. Western Philosophy. How Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness. Big pharma has some new customers.
Not complying with authority is now, in many cases, labeled a disease.By Bruce E. Levine For a generation now, disruptive young Americans who rebel against authority figures have been increasingly diagnosed with mental illnesses and medicated with psychiatric (psychotropic) drugs. Creating False Memories. Elizabeth F.
Loftus In 1986 Nadean Cool, a nurse's aide in Wisconsin, sought therapy from a psychiatrist to help her cope with her reaction to a traumatic event experienced by her daughter. Schools and their future. A local school district here in Iowa is proposing the social media policy below for its employees. I have multiple concerns about it but am curious how others feel. What do you think is okay? What do you think is troublesome? The school board will take another look at this policy in a few weeks, so any input that you can provide would be most welcome. I’ve given each item a letter for easy reference (e.g., E, H, X).
Education Recoded. The 13 Most Important Numbers in the Universe - James D. Stein's Cosmic Numbers. In the 17th century, scientists understood three phases of matter—solids, liquids and gases (the discovery of plasma, the fourth phase of matter, lay centuries in the future).
Back then, solids and liquids were much harder to work with than gases because changes in solids and liquids were difficult to measure with the equipment of the time. So many experimentalists played around with gases to try to deduce fundamental physical laws. Science News. How To Imagine The Tenth Dimension Video. Guerrilla. Luke Ambient Advertising , Guerrilla , Marketing Ambient , Guerrilla , Marketing 12 Comments Picking up where my last collection of Guerrilla Marketing ended in late November / early December last year, here’s 52 examples of some of the best Guerrilla Marketing that have appeared since then.
In the last six months beer brands and car manufacturers have been increasing their use of such tactics to rise above the marketing noise. Blog Archive. Aug 30 From a behavioral economics point of view, the field of financial advice is quite strange and not very useful.
For the most part, professional financial services rely on clients’ answers to two questions: How much of your current salary will you need in retirement? What is your risk attitude on a seven-point scale? The 21st Century Brain. With rendition switcher Walt Mossberg: I would advise people to read serious things, long things.
The Top 10 Psy Studies of 2010. The end of 2010 fast approaches, and I'm thrilled to have been asked by the editors of Psychology Today to write about the Top 10 psychology studies of the year. I've focused on studies that I personally feel stand out, not only as examples of great science, but even more importantly, as examples of how the science of psychology can improve our lives. Each study has a clear "take home" message, offering the reader an insight or a simple strategy they can use to reach their goals , strengthen their relationships, make better decisions, or become happier. If you extract the wisdom from these ten studies and apply them in your own life, 2011 just might be a very good year. 1) How to Break Bad Habits If you are trying to stop smoking , swearing, or chewing your nails, you have probably tried the strategy of distracting yourself - taking your mind off whatever it is you are trying not to do - to break the habit.
J. 2) How to Make Everything Seem Easier. The Economics of Gold-Digging. The following story is currently making the rounds on the Internet.
The events probably didn’t happen exactly as described, but for my purposes it doesn’t really matter. Supposedly, a woman posted the following personal ad on Craigslist: What am I doing wrong? JustWatch, blog Jan Nolf, judge. JUMP Newsletter. STUDY REVEALS CHANGING VIEWS ON WORK LIFE BALANCE Melissa J.
Anderson from evolvedemployer.com According to a new study by Accenture, executives are beginning to view work life balance as the norm. The survey polled almost 4000 male and female executives in 31 countries around the globe, and almost three quarters of respondents (71%) said they have work life balance all or most of the time. Mobilia.