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The Case Against Mix-and-Match Spirituality
Religious institutions force members to grapple with hard ideas, to interact with different kinds of people, and to receive the wisdom of the ages.
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Everything We Know About Facebook’s Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment
It was probably legal. But was it ethical?
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What the Theory of “Disruptive Innovation” Gets Wrong
Keith Wayne Brown’s insight: Innovation, disruption, and the society of control:The idea of innovation is the idea of progress stripped of the aspirations of the Enlightenment, scrubbed clean of the horrors of the twentieth century, and relieved of its critics. Disruptive innovation goes further,…
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The Ultra-Right-Wing State Nobody Mentions
Quick! Name the state that’s been ground zero for all issues ultra-conservative. It’s not Texas or Arizona…
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The $124,421 Man — Matter — Medium
How to pay off a mountain of student debt in six (long) years
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Philosophy In the Town Square
A nice little piece by Jack Russell Weinstein: Public philosophy is a practice; it has an internal logic and intrinsic standards of success. Academic philosophy is only a success if something new is brought to the table, if the researcher contributes meaningfully to his or her field. But public philosophy may lead…
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Skin Aflame – A Poem and an Abstract
For that beautiful youth Health in your hands… Thanksgiving! For me let there be An intercession! Another deep night Called to this vigil Not by a soul on fire With the compulsion To peer into Abyss But awake, alert Beneath the harsh yoke Of that all too old long time companion: Irritated skin…
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Baltimore’s Water Wheel Keeps On Turning, Pulling In Tons Of Trash
It looks like a cross between an old grain mill, a covered wagon and a spaceship: a giant, solar-powered wheel that sucks in bags, bottles and other detritus from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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The Writings On The Wall Put in Perspective
OKGO’s new video… And a conversation including the making of it over at NPR This video is all about perspective; the illusions are real, so to speak, and that’s what makes this jaw-dropping. Perspective images such as something called the Necker cube, a flat line drawing that looks three-dimensional but…
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The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains
A good story can make or break a presentation, article, or conversation. But why is that? When Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich started to market his product through stories instead of benefits and bullet points, sign-ups went through the roof. Here he shares the science of why storytelling is so un…
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How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity? | IFLScience
In 2009, the total global electricity consumption was 20,279,640 GWh. The sun creates more energy than that in one hour. The tricky part is collecting that energy and converting it into useful electricity with solar panels. How much area would need to be covered with solar panels in order to…
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Our twin presiding deities: irony and violence
The current mainstream debate regarding the crisis in Iraq and Syria offers a near perfect example of both the death of historical memory and the collapse of critical thinking in the United States. It also signifies the emergence of a profoundly anti-democratic culture of manufactured ignorance and social indifference… History…
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Conservatives, liberals, and the importance of brand names
In a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, Vishal Singh of New York University’s Stern School of Business and his colleagues apply an ever-growing body of research on the psychological traits of liberals and conservatives to their consumer choices. The result? A stark left-right difference when it comes to…
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Architects of South American science
Some of the region’s top scientists share thoughts on the research landscape in South America. Regional and cross-continental networks strengthen science in South America. They encourage young scientists to return home, motivate governments to invest in their own science, and fill gaps in core technologies such as advanced microscopy and…
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A Prefabricated and Spent Life
Since the moment I was offered the job, I’ve been markedly more careless with my money. Not stupid, just a little quick to pull out my wallet. As a small example, I’m buying expensive coffees again, even though they aren’t nearly as good as New Zealand’s exceptional flat whites, and…
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