February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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“Here’s an area for both some disruption and some lobbying. Let’s build tools...”
– Clay Johnson (via azspot)
Words That Don't Work →
What has been learned from the brain and cognitive sciences is that words are defined by fixed frames we use in thinking, frames come in hierarchical systems, and political frames are defined in moral terms, where “morality” is very different for conservatives and progressives. What lies behind the Occupy movement is a moral view of democracy: Democracy is about citizens caring about each other...
Innovation Starvation | World Policy Institute -... →
Today’s belief in ineluctable certainty is the true innovation-killer of our age. In this environment, the best an audacious manager can do is to develop small improvements to existing systems—climbing the hill, as it were, toward a local maximum, trimming fat, eking out the occasional tiny innovation—like city planners painting bicycle lanes on the streets as a gesture toward solving our...
Occupy Big Business: The Sharing Economy's Quiet... →
underpaidgenius:
Sara Horowitz suggests that the way to change the hypercapitalist system that has led to wide inequity in our society is to defect: to reject the mass affiliation that our established institutions impose. To do so, we have to affiliate with those organizations and businesses that care about people more than profits. This is the Quiet Revolution:
Sara Horowitz via The Atlantic
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How Republicans are being taught to talk about... →
The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up: How can Republicans do a better job of talking about Occupy Wall Street?
Yahoo News sat in on the session, and counted 10 do’s and don’ts from Luntz covering how...
November 2011
2 posts
“It’s time for a fundamental reform: Any person who works for a company that,...”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb (via underpaidgenius)
Daniel Suarez - Daemon: Bot-Mediated Reality →
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October 2011
2 posts
Habits are incredibly powerful →
First, your habits are incredibly powerful. When you are in an environment that supports a habit, you end up carrying out that habit without thinking. If you are interested in habit change, then, you need to become aware of your environment to help stop yourself from behaving mindlessly.
Second, habits are specific to the actions you take. An easy way to help yourself change habits is to...
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September 2011
2 posts
Back to School: Free Resources for Lifelong... →
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July 2011
2 posts
Umair HaqueEudaimonicsRedesigning Global... →
Rather here’s what I see: our institutions, far from evolving and improving, at the time we need to update them most, are actually moving backwards. We’re taking tiny steps—and sometimes giant leaps—backwards in time, deconstructing the basic building blocks of civilization.
Climate change update by the numbers →
June 2011
2 posts
Publish Your E-book in 7 Simple Steps! →
Practical Tips on Writing a Book from 23 Brilliant... →
April 2011
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March 2011
9 posts
Wealth, Income, and Power →
This document presents details on the wealth and income distributions in the United States, and explains how we use these two distributions as power indicators.
Some of the information may come as a surprise to many people. In fact, I know it will be a surprise and then some, because of a recent study (Norton & Ariely, 2010) showing that most Americans (high income or low income, female or...
Solar Will Power the World in 16 Years →
Currently, solar power supplies less than 1% of the world’s energy needs, which has led many to disregard its future significance. Where they’re wrong is that they fail to understand the exponential nature of technology, says eminent inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil. Just like computer processing speed—which doubles every 18 months in accordance with Moore’s law—the nanotechnology that drives...
Masters in Project Management » The Tales of... →
Top Science Fiction Novelist Blogs
Learn more about science fiction and fantasy novels with the help of these blogs.
35. Neil Gaiman’s Journal Fans of “The Preacher” need no introduction to Neil. His novels have become feature films, and his blog has been a fan favorite for years. Visit to learn more about his work, get cool stuff, and downloads.
36. Wil Wheaton He may be best known...
A 5-minute framework for fostering better... →
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Scientists Recruit Students for Research |... →
Here are 5 examples of citizen scientists programs across the country.
1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology Citizen Science program
This is a set of kid-friendly research projects on all things bird-related, from pigeons to feeder-watching to a middle school curriculum called BirdSleuth. Students can count birds and upload data using eBird and the Great Backyard Bird Count, promote urban conservation...
Our Sick Society: Rural Poverty →
While researching this issue I came across the Horizons Project, created by the Northwest Area Foundation and operating as extension projects at universities across several northern central and western states. The projects work with rural towns to build their sense of community, showing them how to identify their needs, build their visions, and take action for their communities. It uses the...
“Whatever you choose to do in your free time you should do as a job.”
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February 2011
8 posts
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noun • (German, literally “dragon fodder”) a peace offering to a wife from a guilty husband
Plant Iowa Natives →
Thinking Points: A Guide to Progressive Framing |... →
Introducing the Progressive Strategy Handbook →
cognitivedissonance:
We are excited to announce the release of The Progressive Strategy Handbook: How Progressives Can Create A New Vision For America, a project funded by the crowd and collaboratively created using techniques that unleash the wisdom of crowds. Ownership of the handbook is distributed to you and to all users. Since it was paid for by the crowd, the crowd owns it. We have...
50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2011 |... →
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January 2011
18 posts
The Prairie Ecologist | Essays, photos, and... →
“I sometimes teach classes on writing, during which I tell my students every...”
– Anne Lamott (via azspot)
The U.S. History Canon →
Here’s the goal: Come up with a list of truly canonical books that everyone who has gone to graduate school in U.S. history should have read. This is not just a list of intellectual and cultural history—it is supposed to include all the major works in modern U.S. history in all the different sub-specialties. In certain cases where an article was substantially the same as an important book, we...
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Edge: THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2011 →
The Edge Question 2011
WHAT SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE EVERYBODY’S COGNITIVE TOOLKIT?
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