Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? - NYTimes.com
The more choices you make throughout the day, the harder each one becomes for your brain, and eventually it looks for shortcuts, usually in either of two very different ways. One shortcut is to become reckless: to act impulsively instead of expending the energy to first think through the consequences. (Sure, tweet that photo! What could go wrong?) The other shortcut is the ultimate energy saver: do nothing.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
How America turned poverty into a crime - War Room - Salon.com
How America turned poverty into a crime - War Room - Salon.com: "The safety net, or what remains of it, has been transformed into a dragnet."
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Social Class as Culture - Association for Psychological Science
Social Class as Culture - Association for Psychological Science: "Upper-class people are different, Keltner says. “What wealth and education and prestige and a higher station in life gives you is the freedom to focus on the self.” In psychology experiments, wealthier people don’t read other people’s emotions as well. They hoard resources and are less generous than they could be."
m.guardian.co.uk
I found those protests exciting, yes, because I was young and a bit of a twerp but also, I suppose, because there was a void in me. A lack of direction, a sense that I was not invested in the dominant culture, that government existed not to look after the interests of the people it was elected to represent but the big businesses that they were in bed with.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Monday, August 08, 2011
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