June 2012
1 post
May 2012
1 post
April 2012
5 posts
Decades of research have consistently shown that brainstorming groups think of...
– Magnificent Ruin (via nevver)
March 2012
3 posts
The tenor of the current debate frightens me, as it heralds a return to another...
– Emily Rapp
February 2012
2 posts
January 2012
10 posts
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control, — in prison...
– legal scholar Michelle Alexander. On Monday’s Fresh Air, Alexander talks about how the mass incarceration of African-Americans in the War on Drugs has undermined many of the gains of the Civil Rights movement. (via nprfreshair)
December 2011
4 posts
If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people...
– Kathryn Schulz on the psychology of regret, a must-see TED talk (via curiositycounts)
November 2011
20 posts
It wasn’t just the protests that were novel for Americans, but the way that the...
– Thoughtful piece by Alexis Madrigal on the tech at the heart of the #occupy movement and how it radically changed the paradigm of protest in a way that was never possible before (via curiositycounts)
THE MADE SHOP: I Believe In The Internet - The... →
themadeshop:
“The Internet is not just a series of pipes. It’s core architecture embeds an assumption about human nature. The Internet is designed to empower individuals not control them. It assumes that the if individuals are empowered, they will do the right thing the vast majority of the time. Services like…
October 2011
18 posts