The Atlantic has published this detailed article describes how the Internet works and doesn't work in China. The bottom line is that, in China, Internet censorship is sporadic yet effective. “If you want to have traction in China, you have to be in China,” she told me. And being inside China…
This speaker's name is Randy Pausch. This video shows a farewell speech that Pausch originally gave to his students at Carnegie Mellon. This video is well worth your eleven minutes, especially if you have far more than eleven minutes to live. One of Pausch's closing lines: "If you live properly,…
The March 2008 addition of Consumer Reports contains an article called "Nine Ways to a Longer Life." There's lots of common sense advice, such as get enough sleep, exercise and don't smoke. There is also some less-obvious good advice, including the need to eat the right kind of fat. For instance, the…
Here in America, we get the support of superdelegates the tried and true way. If you want a superdelegate's support, pay them money. This sordid practice was described by Massie Ritsch, Communications Director for the Center for Responsive Politics, in an interview with Amy Goodman of DemocracyNow: MASSIE RITSCH: Well,…
It's difficult to overcome the prejudice that having more choices is always better. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz made a convincing case that too much choice can overload and paralyze us. I couldn't help but think of the paradox of choice while grocery shopping yesterday. One of the…