theeconomist: Spotted by a reader in a Florida public library. Do not mess with these librarians.
Author: Kanyi
Weekend Mix.
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F18139245& Breakbot – Lazy Sunday Selecta by edbangerrecords via @alait Funky delicious.
Meanwhile, Hattie McDaniel took home a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as Scarlett O’Hara’s loyal house slave, Mammy. She was the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award. The fact that she was not allowed to attend the film’s premiere in Atlanta makes her acceptance speech (1940) even more poignant. It appears above. http://www.openculture.com/2011/06/gone_with_the_wind.html (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/)
Picasso. I would pay all the money in the world to know what is making him grin like that.
To Be Young, Russian, and Rich
This story and accompanying photos are out of this world. “The German photographer Anna Skladmann’s work in Russia has resulted in several striking bodies of work, including a series of portraits of market vendors with their wares and a study of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi. For her new book, “Little Adults,” Skladmann takes a look at the children of wealthy Russians. Here’s a selection, with Skladmann’s captions.” Read more: http://nyr.kr/lEVvNH
Women are better at everything
Feminism isn’t a women’s issue, it’s a global issue. Ever wonder why social entrepreneurship (read: all low-income entrepreneurship is social entrepreneurship, if you ask me) in developing countries trends way disproportionately towards women? Along with that article, this recent trending article and the accompanying, broader TIME magazine article are signs that it’s time for both women and men to wake up. We live in a modern world, one frankly better equipped for a woman’s neurobiology than a man’s, […]
Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance. Oldie but a goodie. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Imagining Stanford in New York
This article makes me excited, because Stanford really is proving itself to be the most important institution in the world. It also, however, makes me a bit uneasy. I’m not entirely sure our modern military-industrial-complex excludes mega mighty research universities. Imagining Stanford in New York
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! The Statue Of Liberty
Why A/B Testing isn’t just about Small Changes http://blog.performable.com/why-ab-testing-isnt-just-about-small-changes/ Most people who do A/B testing do it modestly, testing only one variable at a time. But lately there has been lots of discussion about the downsides of this incremental approach.
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