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10 Commandments for Con Men

Why read books above your ‘level’

One Way To Distract An Athlete On The Court

The psychology of priorities

Dogs as Fonts

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We are information scavengers. - Indexed

When “UP” Meets Star Wars

Shower Design WIN

There’s something different about smart people

Something Definitely Gets Lost in Transit

Free markets tend towards the complex

via JasonTheodor.com

Gather up the good brains

This might be slightly less funny if it were slightly less true.

(via DOGHOUSE)

Rules are no substitute for judgement

The Changing face of plastic surgery infographic on Flowingdata.com shows changes in popularity of various procedures.

Everything was made. Each invention shows that the world is malleable, from the simplest stone tool to the screen you’re using to read this. We make what we want, break things in the process, collect what we like, and connect what we discover to get us closer to where we want to be.

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Frank Chimero

The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation is a project by Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, where he imagines the Gettysburg Address’ PowerPoint slides.

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I finished reading Victory by Joseph Conrad a few weeks ago. Here’s a few passages (presented without comment or context) that jumped out at me:

Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by the civilized man.

I prayed like a child, of course. I believe in children praying–well, women, too, but I rather think God expects men to be more self-reliant. I don’t hold with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles. It seems such cheek.