“Bank of America Sued for 1.784 Sextillion Dollars”
“[A] new record for stupidly large lawsuit demands.”
Archive of posts filed under the Systems category.
Includes stuff about anything where feedback causes the system to adapt, including the systems of nature, those that are man-made or cultural, and those of the human mind.
“Internet dumbing-down hysteria compared against previous waves of anti-tech backlash”
You’ve got to love the human race’s ability to turn off its collective brain.
“Lottery”
I’ve always called lottery tickets “a tax on people who are bad at math,” but Cracked.com takes the opportunity of the recession, and the accompanying surge of “financial idiocy,” to take it one step several steps further. (The truth’d-up lottery tickets are hilarious.)
Know Thyself: Context
If you’ve been following the Know Thyself entries in recent months, you’ll know that I’ve had trouble pursuing my goals in the last few years. Thanks to a few articles on StevePavlina.com, I’d tracked the problem down to a lack of purpose and context, but I didn’t know how to move forward from there. Trying …
“Interview with author of Introvert Power”
Here’s some more on one of my favorite groups of people.
“How We Become What We Are”
Lots of interesting stuff here.
“Depression as a pro-survival adaptation that solves hard problems”
I’ve long suspected something like this too. Depression just didn’t make sense unless it offers some kind of survival benefit.
“Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.”
Very interesting information here.
“Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop”
Neat information.
“Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom”
I really was born too late.