December 2011
24 posts
jhnmyr:
Traveling is a good way to get a second opinion on everything.
poignant.
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Most ExeRent bRog: You Say You Want a Devolution? →
mostexerent:
For most of the last century, America’s cultural landscape—its fashion, art, music, design, entertainment—changed dramatically every 20 years or so. But these days, even as technological and scientific leaps have continued to revolutionize life, popular style has been stuck on repeat, consuming…
Interesting read. Not sure I entirely agree with the author, as I believe they...
A New Model of Empathy: The Rat →
In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.
The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the...
ONE FORTY PLUS: If you want to be truly... →
jhnmyr:
If you want to be truly intimidating,
If you want to make an impact,
If you want to have strong connections with others
just be sincere.
Sarcasm is not an attitude, and it’s not a personality trait. It’s a style of rhetoric meant to be used occasionally to highlight a larger point. Saying…
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“Reason is always a region carved out of the irrational—not sheltered from the...”
– – Gilles Deleuze
“That’s the best revenge of all: Happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via starinmypocket)
