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There is something about this commercial that is so interesting. Millions have watched it, but I had never seen it before. You need to watch the whole thing in order for the epiphany to occur, and then you may want to watch it again. But pay attention to what is happening inside your brain: It [...]
Is it good or bad for kids to spend basically all of their waking hours outside school on an electronic device? Because that is what is happening, according to this survey: The Amazing Media Habits Of 8-18 Year Olds Slide 1 shows that kids are spending 10 hours of 45 minutes of each day “consuming [...]
Wikileaks today released a video that has been rumored for several weeks: Collateral Murder WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom [...]
You may recall the lead-up to the Iraq War. We were told that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and we needed to attack before they were unleashed. The war was an act of preemption. The press spread the message, and we went to war. The only problem was that, after the fact, we discovered [...]
This is an older video that I don’t think I have seen before. It is called “The Story of Stuff”, which obviously lies in the HowStuffWorks sweet spot. The video explains how the products we use every day get to us, and where they go after we get done with them. It contains a pretty [...]
One of the most read and most commented posts on the HSW blogs is this one: How Omegle Doesn’t Work -or- Signs that it may be time to examine your life… The basic message of that post is to point out that there are better things to do with your life than to chat on [...]
Makes you think – Giving up everything to find happiness
by Marshall Brain | February 12, 2010
Imagine that you have $5 million in the bank and everything you could possibly want. Are you happy or unhappy? One man who’s been there decides he is unhappy: Tycoon trades high life for bedsit Why is he unhappy? Here is his explanation: The tipping point came during a three-week holiday with his wife in [...]
An American girl has a webcam chat with a starving boy from Africa See also: Signs that it may be time to examine your life… [[[Jump to previous MYT - Makes you think – The U.S. deficit]]]
Where does this take us? Huge Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power But the second number, buried deeper in the budget’s projections, is the one that really commands attention: By President Obama’s own optimistic projections, American deficits will not return to what are widely considered sustainable levels over the next 10 years. In [...]
You will definitely look at yourself an your fellow human beings differently after watching this video. The first 5 minutes of the following video is an introduction that can be skipped. The rest is fascinating. Here is a description: Robert Sapolsky, world renowned professor of neurology, neurological sciences, neurosurgery and biological sciences gave the class [...]
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