While the experience of boredom may be unavoidable, we still go to great lengths to eradicate it. But the more we try, the more we become enslaved to mindless entertainment.
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It’s 2012. Technology suffuses everything around us. The Internet and Internet browsers have been pretty mainstream for at least a decade. And yet, I continually run into significant numbers of […]
Have you ever sliced up a human brain? I’ll be honest: I’ve only done it once. I don’t remember much about it–it was a long time ago. But I recall […]
Today’s business climate calls for decisions to be made faster than ever. Big data can help managers achieve that while creating a positive culture of transparency and innovation.
Are Christian notions of evil so outmoded as to be irrelevant? Or does anger at injustice imply belief and faith in a universal goodness? What do we really mean by the world “evil”?
People who think a risk will actually affect them and their families and communities, as opposed to somebody else, worry about that risk more. People who think a risk is […]
Electronic word-of-mouth is essential for spreading today’s most important ideas. Using Darwin’s theory of evolution, we can better understand how ideas become popular.
From Fortune 500 companies to Presidential campaigns, it seems everyone has bought into the power of memes to move a message. And nobody bought in earlier than Ben Lashes, the […]
In his post at The Stone on Wednesday, Gary Gutting urges us to recalibrate our assessments of presidential candidates in two ways: (1) by putting less stock in candidates’ successes […]
A comprehensive study out of Sweden suggests that creative people are more likely to have bipolar disorder, particularly writers. The implication is that art can be used as therapy.
Lean thinking is not only good for a company’s bottom line. It can also be applied to the challenges of sustainability and conserving natural resources, which also makes good business sense.
Nobody disputes the rising wealth inequality in the US. So with the nation’s political agenda centered squarely on the economy, should it be a policy goal to reduce income inequality?
Although the initial riots and flare-ups of violence over the “Innocence of Muslims” video were over a month ago, the global battle over blasphemy laws is still raging. In London […]
So I’ve gotten a lot (meaning several) emails complaining that I haven’t gotten around to keeping my promise of talking about Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind. Well, sorry. […]
Marc Tucker, President and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy, had a blog post back in August titled Instructional Technology: Villain of the Piece – or Savior? In […]
The amygdala is a part of the brain that plays a key role in processing emotions. How does the amygdala function differently in a psychopath’s brain from that of a normal person?
A fascinating study that is monumental in its research scope and ambitions is published in the fall American Political Science Review, the flagship scholarly journal for the discipline. Researchers S. […]
Efforts to take out Cartel bosses have done little to mitigate drug-related violence. New algorithms are being used to pinpoint the vital players in these dangerous organizations.
New research finds that transfusing old mice with the blood of young mice can help regenerate brain tissues, essentially making them younger.
Spanish shoe company One Moment has created a shoe that you can toss into your compost after you’ve worn them out.
New fitness bracelet uses a variety of sensors to learn what type of exercise you’re doing and tells you how to improve.
New developments in liquid nitrogen fueled engines may lead to a cheaper, better alternative to other zero-emission vehicles on the market.
After his loss in Tuesday night’s debate, the Republican nominee for president is now known as the candidate who goes out of his way to compile resumes on female job candidates and […]
Years ago, when I was a young reporter working for a New England newspaper, I was told, more than once, that our city editor had “the personality of a door […]
Is a college education fundamentally an expensive insurance product that is purchased to avoid falling through the cracks in our society? If so, what can take its place?
In a market where energy providers compete for business, homeowners now have the option of purchasing 100% renewable energy for a price that’s 10 percent cheaper than the standard utility rate.
A group of companies are coming together to create a new kind of power generator that would harvest energy from currents found at oceans’ deepest depths.
I was laughing myself silly over the Mitt Romney’s “Whole Binders Full of Women” comment last night in the presidential debate—and it’s a strange world where an off the cuff […]
At eight tidal stations in the northeast US and Canada, sea levels have been going up significantly since 1987.
While much of the focus around climate change has been on the poles, a new study documents the effects being felt by ecosystems just off the coast of Venezuela.