Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

writing vs. writing for
the movie is dead.  Long live the movie.
habits
shock and awe (paper)
the pleasure of self-disclosure
neuroeconomics
double happiness standard
the chaos of weather predictions

Monday, September 24, 2012

Friday, September 21, 2012

Thursday, September 20, 2012

speed-giving
on lust and disgust
writing while white
skimming vs. close reading
writers on writing

ego repletion
changing our own minds
the singularity is not even close 

psychology of the great american novel 
the teller of beautiful lies

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Monday, September 17, 2012

the genetics of job satisfaction
warrior genes
Thomas Szasz remembered
traffic psychology
the cool neighborhood
standing tall
temporal focus and the meaning of happiness
habits of a sexual predator

Friday, September 14, 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

science vs. philosophy: round 1
Best Foreign Friends Forever
guns don't kill people, people with guns do
the child inside
the science of laughter
the cultural brain hypothesis
the evolution of God
the morality of moral enhancements
the art of remembering
the head of a neurosurgeon
psychopath tests
portrait of a young man as the artist

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

talking head on music
saving face
encoding competitive efforts
reviewing book reviewers
partisanship on the couch
violent heatwaves
social networked epics
the power of reruns
early music education
when robots lie
how we think online

Monday, September 10, 2012

Friday, September 7, 2012

Thursday, September 6, 2012

rethinking borders
pro-consciousness
on effort and intelligence scores
inflammatory depression
in defense of knockoffs
the yelp effect
one (more) point for self-control
the meaning(s) of death
harmonious passion
remembering Robbers Cave
reading between the genes

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

colors
the glass half curved
The A-word
John Cage and intermediate space
the collective political unconscious
open sesame: the game
Rushdie on writing
robotic parking
The Varieties of Drug Experience
how working memories work
mortality for atheists
the patients of Kingsley Hall
sign on the top
when the rich gets poorer
against solitary confinement
the speed of eating
three on 1David 2Foster 3Wallace