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Yet another reason to view divorce (and the societal systems that make it easy) negatively. Marriage matters.
What’s the single strongest predictor you will die an early death? — Barking up the wrong tree
Barking up the wrong tree. I want to understand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awesome at life. About. Eric Barker; First visit? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be listed on blo…
Wow.
Freakonomics » Speaking Ill of the Dead Apparently Okay if the Dead Worked for Chick-fil‑A
Sysco is the latest food giant—it’s the largest food distributor in the country—to come out against gestation crate confinement of pigs. The National Pork Producers Council’s communications director w…
Interesting way to think about it.
Does new information slow down your life?
From William Reville, here is a speculation: Finally, here is a “guaranteed” way to lengthen your life. Childhood holidays seem to last forever, but as you grow older time seems to accelerate. “Time” …
Lolo wound up placing 4th. I wish she had won a medal.
Lolo Jones can’t be sexy, Christian and a hurdler » GetReligion
Some readers sent in a recent piece from Salon, which (for those who stopped reading it back in the 1990s) bills itself as “the leading progressive news site, combining award-winning commentary and re…
It is difficult to overstate my pessimism about the trajectory of China’s economy.… I hope I am wrong but I deeply fear another big blow to the global financial system. Google for “Chinese Ghost Cities” to have your socks scared off.
To the point (Austro-Chinese business cycle theory)
“There is persuasive evidence to conclude that the Chinese economy is actually growing at just 4 or 5 per cent right now based on a composite of other indicators,” says Patrick Chovanec, a business pr…
This is one of the best rebuttals to a conspiracy theory that I’ve ever seen.
Three days ago in the summer of 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the moon. One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. Of course, it makes perfect sense that the whol…
Very interesting — and contrary to what you normally hear. Be sure to read the pieces linked to in the addendum.
It is undeniably the case that racist Americans are almost entirely in one political coalition and not the other. Chris Hayes, Up w/ Chris Hayes, August 18, 2012. Here is data asking whites the quest…
I hate journaling, but I’ve seen findings like this so frequently that I might have to give it a try.
The most proven technique for increasing long term happiness: — Barking up the wrong tree
Barking up the wrong tree. I want to understand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awesome at life. About. Eric Barker; First visit? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be listed on blo…
I love the idea of a dinner for the top taxpayers. That’s brilliant. If donations buy access, then why not taxes?
…I find it remarkable that I have yet to receive a thank you note for paying my taxes. When I fill out my taxes, I notice that even receipts for $25 donations have thank you notes attached. But for t…
How interesting.
Has there been a “reversal of fortune”? Paolo Buonanno, Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati, and Giulio Zanella step into these treacherous waters with a new paper (pdf): Contrary to common perceptions…