Saturday, July 31st, 2004
The Economist on the Playground
For you Steven Landsburg fans out there: The Economist on the Playground: What My 10-Year-Old Daughter and I Taught Each Other About Economic Justice
Entries from July 2004
Friday, July 30th, 2004
The Futile Pursuit of Happiness
[I think I've linked this before, but it bears revisiting.] Via Marginal Revolution: http://healthandenergy.com/pursuit_of_happiness.htm The Futile Pursuit of Happiness By JON GERTNER September 7, 2003 f Daniel Gilbert is right, then you are wrong. That is to say, if Daniel Gilbert is right, then you are wrong to believe that a new car will make [...]
Friday, July 30th, 2004
Gratitude and thankfulness
Via Marginal Revolution: http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccullough/Gratitude_Page.htm Highlights from the Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness Dimensions and Perspectives of Gratitude Co-Investigators: Robert A. Emmons, University of California, Davis (contact: raemmons@ucdavis.edu; 530.752.8844) Michael E. McCullough, University of Miami (contact: mikem@miami.edu; 305.284.8057) Gratitude is the “forgotten factor” in happiness research. We are engaged in a long-term research project designed [...]
Friday, July 30th, 2004
Powerbox generator/welder/air compressor
Prices range from about $3000 for the Powerbox 150 to $16000 for the Powerbox 450 (diesel fueled engine). Capabilities: Electrical output ranges from 4,500 watts to 13,000 watts (enough power to run a circular saw, nailer, plasma arc cutter and welder all at once.) Welding output ranges from 175 to 350 amps continuous duty Compressed [...]
Friday, July 30th, 2004
Something only an artist would say…
“SO within one year, I will have the technology to able to drive to a field in the middle of nowhere, and leave behind a 30 foot high boot made of concrete, good for 50 to 100 years minimum, now how impressive is that???”
Thursday, July 29th, 2004
Whole Foods: The Anarchist's Cookbook
Via : From: Issue 84 July 2004, Page 70 By: Charles Fishman URL: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/84/wholefoods.html The Anarchist's Cookbook John Mackey's approach to management is equal parts Star Trek and 1970s flashback. It seems like a recipe for disaster, but at Whole Foods it's a prescription for world-beating growth — and maybe for a world-changing company. In [...]
Thursday, July 29th, 2004
How not to buy happiness
Via : http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=6&tid=14403 Daedulus, Vol. 133, Issue 2 – on happiness How not to buy happiness Robert H. Frank pp. 69 – 79 An enduring paradox in the literature on human happiness is that although the rich are significantly happier than the poor within any country at any moment, average happiness levels change very [...]
Thursday, July 29th, 2004
Support Cryonics Rights!
[Forwarded message from Ralph Merkle] Support Cryonics Rights! In early 2004 cryonicists in Arizona narrowly averted hasty legislation harmful to cryonics: http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/legislation.html Positive changes to the bill, and the eventual realization that withdrawal of the bill would be best for all concerned, only happened because certain Arizona legislators were able to see through hostile rhetoric [...]
