Asides

The grow­ing dis­con­nect between those who make deci­sions about the use of mil­i­tary force and those who are called upon to ful­fill their deci­sions has been dis­turb­ing me for a while. But this fact caught me off guard.

Tweets to pon­der

Also: no mil­i­tary ser­vice among either prez/VP nom­i­nees, Sco­tus jus­tices, Sen­ate leader and (save 8 weeks) House speak­er. That thought has a lega­cy through David Leon­hardt and Sarah Wilcox.

The bit about amne­sia made me laugh out loud. Wow.

Do sleep­ing pills like Ambi­en work because of the place­bo effect? — Bark­ing up the wrong tree

Join 25K+ sub­scribers. No spam, ever. Enter your email here: Sleep­ing pills on aver­age only make peo­ple fall asleep 12 min­utes faster and sleep 11 min­utes longer dur­ing the night. The place­bo effect m…

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…