Words of Wisdom — March 7, 2014

Mark Rothko on Silence

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“Silence is so accurate.” – Mark Rothko

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Map of Europe showing various countries shaded in blue with percentages indicating approval ratings for joining the European Union. Notable figures: Ukraine 77%, UK 52%, Serbia 44%, Turkey 49%.

Strange Maps

A continental shift: EU membership grows in popularity (even in the UK)

Absence makes the heart (and public opinion) grow fonder.

Business

How to free yourself from “hindsight bias”

Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic “The Personal MBA” — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.

High Culture

How the internet changed news, according to The Onion

What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.

Multicolored shoelaces in varying shades of yellow, green, blue, and orange are arranged neatly on the right side of a wooden surface. The left side of the surface is empty.

High Culture

9 ordinary things you (probably) didn’t know had fascinating names

Have you ever noticed how many things you interact with but can’t name? So did we.

A person with long hair faces the ocean, wearing a white shirt. A sheer gray fabric is draped over their face, obscuring their eyes. The background is cloudy with a view of the sea.

Health

Study reveals how an anesthesia drug induces unconsciousness

Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability.

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