Freakonomics author Steven Levitt discusses the economics of drug dealing. When I think of drug dealers, I think of fast cars, slick clothes and well-jeweled people…however, this is not so. Contrary to popular myth, Levitt says, being a street-corner crack dealer pays below minimum wage. Share, Print or PDF
Aug 302010
Classic Saturday Night Live skit (2009) pointing out the glaring political and economic challenges facing the Obama administration. “Do I look like Mrs. Obama?”…”You are not allowed to pay us back in ‘clunkers’.” Laugh it up – funny because it’s all true.
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on [...]
A graphical accounting of the limits to what one planet can provide
Aug 232010
China, billionaires, social policy, food, populations, perma-bears, and more…
Aug 202010
Scientists are now also changing their official testimony on the state of the oil spill. From the Guardian: White House claims that the worst of the BP oil spill was over were undermined yesterday when a senior government scientist said three-quarters of the oil was still in the Gulf environment [...]
PDF (with fun charts and graphs) of the CBO August budget report CBO Video: CBO’s Elmendorf Says U.S. Has `Serious’ Budget Problems Full text of the CBO August budget report: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the federal budget deficit for 2010 will exceed $1.3 trillion—$71 billion below last [...]
Aug 192010
Founder Julian Assange, who’s reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished — and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad. Share, Print or PDF
Aug 172010
My attempt at humor. Pass this one on to your friends and family.
Aug 162010
There are very specific things people can do each day that are proven to increase happiness: Tal Ben Shahar has spent his career studying them. Tips include changing your calendar, buying a notebook, and changing your approach to car parking. Share, Print or PDF
Joke-telling robots, expensive walking tunnels, Blackberries for smokers, and training American prostitutes to drink responsibly. What do these things have in common? Some of these are real government spending projects in a time when our economy is struggling and people can’t get jobs….which ones are real or fake? Watch to [...]
Over the past century the average age at which individuals produce notable inventions and ideas has increased steadily.” Innovative thinkers are innovating later than they used to. While conventional wisdom holds that creative thinkers do their best work when they are young, a study by NBER researcher Benjamin Jones shows [...]
Classic SNL presidents reunite in Barack Obama’s bedroom…do I see Chevy Chase, Jim Carrey, Will Farrell, Dana Carvey? Produced/directed by Ron Howard. Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell President’s Reunion Behind the Scenes – watch more funny videos Dana Carvey Dream Sequence: A Presidential Reunion Extended Scene from [...]
