The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Evolution and Our Inner Conflict
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/evolution-and-our-inner-conflict/
Though the initial focus of the article is discussing the dynamic between selfishness and altruism, what I found most interesting was the idea of group evolution. Reading the wiki page it seems clear that …
Why is ‘having it all’ just a women’s issue?
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/25/opinion/coontz-women-have-it-all/index.html
I agree strongly with this author. Why is it that “It’s awfully tough to balance work and family — for a woman.”, why can’t it be a challenge for men …
Wind turbine creates water from thin air
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/29/world/eole-water-turbine/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
Not living in an area where water scarcity is an issue I can say that this never really served as an idea for me. However, I have thought about the use of …
I love it when I come across an article that exposes me to new concepts. I was interested in economics in graduate school and might have pursued it if I hadn’t had a firm idea of what I wanted to …
Health Care as a Privilege: What the GOP Won’t Admit
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/06/health-care-as-privilege-what-gop-wont-admit.html
This article very nicely sums up what has been floating around in my head: is access to health affordable care something that we, as a society, should consider an …
Why our extreme politics will get even worse
Term limits, redistricting, ideology and inexperience in Congress will result in even more partisan gridlock
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/23/why_our_extreme_politics_will_get_even_worse_salpart/
Pretty much until reading this article I was a strong proponent of term limits. However, the …
I had just finished reading this article:
Are Americans dumb?
Retiring congressman Gary Ackerman thinks so — is he right?
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/22/are_americans_dumb/
But didn’t feel compelled to comment on it (I am sure my regular reader(s) know my opinion already). However, …
Class decides everything
Income increasingly dictates every aspect of our lives, from our politics to our health to our happiness
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/24/class_decides_everything/
What is really interesting to me is the realization (duh!) that I am in an upper class. Though I …
Earlier I talked about the human ‘microbiome’ and the hygiene hypothesis. I was discussing this with my lovely wife over the weekend (got to kill 4 hours each weekend in the car somehow) and felt that there might be …
Notes on Wall Street’s Bid-Rigging Scandal
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/notes-on-wall-streets-bid-rigging-scandal-20120622
This is Matt’s follow up to his article I briefly discuss here. It is much shorter, for those of you who couldn’t make it through the original, but has additional references for …