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April is Distracted Driving Month. The Economist reports on the effects of cell phones on driving ability: The human brain has to work harder to process language and communication with somebody who is not physically present. … Such distractions, according to one study, make drivers more collision-prone than having a blood-alcohol level of .08%, the . . . → Read More: Distracted Driving: The New Drunk Driving 
Los Angeles public TV station KCET presents A Brief History of Bicycles in the Los Angeles Area on their blog. For everyone interested in bicycles or LA history–or both!–the article includes some wonderful photos of a bike-friendly LA from a century ago. One particular bit of note: . . . → Read More: A Brief History of Bicycles in Los Angeles 
The United States–its citizens and lawmakers–need to pay careful attention to the effects of our near-term actions. The outcome of not raising the debt ceiling is uncertain–nobody really knows what will happen. But the press is ablaze with information:
The Economist does a nice job of summing up the status of government . . . → Read More: America’s Deficit and the Debt Ceiling The Economist presents a thorough primer on what’s going on at Japan’s failed nuclear energy facilities–the science, technology, obstacles, crises, and solutions are all explained well. A good read if you want a high-level overview of the terrible situation there. >> Link: The post-earthquake nuclear crisis: The Japan syndrome | The Economist . . . → Read More: Japan’s Post-Quake Nuclear Energy Troubles Explained  FILED UNDER: Articles, Learn, Read  TAGGED: current events, news, science, technology  COMMENTS: One comment - (Comments are closed)From the New York times a few years ago, a piece on how our attitudes about potential affect our potential: Those who believe they were born with all the smarts and gifts they’re ever going to have approach life with what she calls a “fixed mind-set.” Those who believe that their own abilities can expand . . . → Read More: If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow FILED UNDER: Articles, Read, Think TAGGED: goals, motivation, psychology COMMENTS: Comments are closedA quick read that makes you think about how you interact online, offline, and everywhere. What worries me are the consequences of a diet comprised mostly of fake-connectedness, makebelieve insight, and unedited first drafts of everything. Read more >> Better – Merlin Mann This story about a goose in Los Angeles’s Echo Park is very cute. Feathers Fly in L.A. as Maria the Goose Faces Eviction – WSJ.com President Obama dines with Silicon Valley leaders including Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Oracle chief Larry Ellison, and a bunch of others. As always, Neil Strauss slices to the fascinating core of popular psychology. This time, as prelude to his forthcoming book, he writes in the Wall Street Journal about positive belief and superstardom: Before they were famous, many of the biggest pop stars in the world believed that God wanted them to be famous, that this . . . → Read More: God at the Grammys: The Chosen Ones – WSJ.com FILED UNDER: Articles, Read, Think TAGGED: popular culture, psychology, religion COMMENTS: Comments are closedEver wonder where all those happy/engaged/entertained/… people in architectural renderings come from? >> To Sell the Future, Find the Right ‘People Textures’ for the Sketch – NYTimes.com FILED UNDER: Articles, Learn, Read, View TAGGED: architecture, design COMMENTS: One comment - (Comments are closed)Sometimes a headlines is more powerful than the story. >> Google receives more than 75,000 job applications over the last week | Los Angeles Times From Inside Higher Ed, a review of a new book about the failings of contemporary higher education, “Academically Adrift.” “How much are students actually learning in contemporary higher education? The answer for many undergraduates, we have concluded, is not much,” write Richard Arum (professor of sociology and education at New York University) and Josipa Roksa . . . → Read More: ‘Academically Adrift’ |
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