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daniel kahneman on happiness

my favorite quote of the speech is “we think of our future as anticipated memories”

craig ferguson explains why youth culture dumbs us down

why everything sucks [VIDEO].

the slow move to a new two-class society

cities have always attracted broad numbers of country folks who are trying to improve their economic life. in third world countries this is leading to mega-cities with huge shanty towns and slums, and resulting in little economic improvements, and instead often to increased crime.
in developed countries, especially the US, the economic book between the ’50s [...]

people need to really read joel stein…and understand it

in case you haven’t read or heard about it yet, joel stein’s column in which he says he doesn’t support the troops here it is: Warriors and wusses
i just re-read it because i read another of these really stupid responses to the column, this time one from michelle malkin: 25 WAYS TO IGNORE JOEL STEIN [...]

people need to really read joel stein…and understand it

in case you haven’t read or heard about it yet, joel stein’s column in which he says he doesn’t support the troops here it is: Warriors and wusses
i just re-read it because i read another of these really stupid responses to the column, this time one from michelle malkin: 25 WAYS TO IGNORE JOEL STEIN [...]