Odds & Ends

Francis Bacon: “Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves the insects are eating each other; violence is a part of life.”

Tags: Francis Bacon · quotes · violence

Jan. 29, 2012

Do schools kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (Video)

Tags: education · Ken Robinson · TED talks · video

Nov. 30, 2011

The Just World Hypothesis

“Deep down, we believe this world is essentially just, which is why we look away when it’s not.” Jonah Lehrer

Tags: Jonah Lehrer · justice

Oct. 11, 2011

Quote for the Day

Elizabeth Stone: “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”

Tags: children · Defending Jacob · parents · quotes

Sep. 8, 2011

Steve Jobs introduces the “Think Different” campaign

In 1997, with Apple teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Steve Jobs introduces the “Think Different” campaign (video).

Tags: advertising · Apple · Steve Jobs · Think Different

Aug. 29, 2011

San Francisco, 1906

San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906 (photo).

Tags: earthquake · history · San Francisco · Shorpy

Jun. 21, 2011

How to Tie Your Shoes

Terry Moore describes the proper way to tie your shoes (yes, you’ve been doing it wrong).

Tags: TED talks

May. 19, 2011

New York, 1902

The Flatiron Building under construction, ca. 1902.

Tags: architecture · history · New York

May. 11, 2011

Golden Gate Bridge under construction

Golden Gate Bridge construction worker.

Tags: history · San Francisco

May. 4, 2011

“The human mind is simply terrible at politics. Although we think we make political decisions based upon the facts, the reality is much more sordid. We are affiliation machines, editing the world to confirm our partisan ideologies.”

Tags: Jonah Lehrer · links · politics

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