Thursday 27 August 2009

Ten trivial (i.e non-work-related) items 9

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"It is not Che's high cheekbones, long eyelashes and cool bomber jacket that make this photo desirable. Its appeal also lies in its spirituality"... more

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“Capitalism is nothing but a false religion, with Mammon as its god and Adam Smith as its high priest.” How true is this claim?... more

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Art has always needed patrons, as Jonathan Le Cocq explains. But taxpayer patronage means the arts are no longer being paid for by their direct audience... more

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"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." A rather carnivorous metaphor for the vegetarian Henry David Thoreau... more

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"Children are unconsciously the most rational beings on earth, brilliantly drawing accurate conclusions from data and doing clever experiments"... more

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The dot-com bubble burst by 2000. Then it was housing, which triggered the credit meltdown, followed by stocks. Will higher education be the next bubble to burst?... more

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Humans are genetically close to chimps and bonobos, sharing with them nearly 99% of our DNA. Yet we became master tool users and cooperators... more

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No more scribbles. What we need is a "slow writing" movement that extols the virtues of neat, expressive penmanship... more

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American firms outsource work they used to do themselves. Why can't American college students outsource their essays or dissertations?... more

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