Behavioral study shows: kindness spreads

“It is often supposed that individuals in experiments like the one described here selfishly seek to maximize their own payoffs,” wrote Fowler and Christakis. “The equilibrium prediction is to contribute nothing and to pay nothing to punish noncontributors, but the subjects did not follow this pattern ( Read more... )

Publishers: Hey, we'll price our e-books where you want us to price them. Please don't yell at us. We're sorry ( Read more... )

You can make your own Demotivator here.

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Sinus viral crud that I had for two days didn't seem to do much other than make it impossible for me to concentrate and run a low-grade fever if I moved around too much. Ditto for the stomach flu that had the added benefit of forcing me to stay no more than 50 yards from a bathroom ( Read more... )

...who thinks LJ's writer's block questions are moronic?

Do you think good-natured teasing often goes too far? Have you ever gotten seriously offended by a joke that crossed the line? Have you been informed that your own teasing hurt someone else's feelings?Who's going to argue the "Oh no no, nobody ever takes teasing too far" side of that one ( Read more... )

One of the nice things about babysitting is that you get to watch a children's show or two. When I was babysitting my niece, we watched Sesame Street ( Read more... )

You know, every once-in-a-while, Paul Krugman seems to look around and say "Oh. Right. I'm also a trained economist with a PhD and everything."

Read what he has to say about core inflation and what the numbers could mean for the economy.

You've whored my childhood.

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I hate you.

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Samhain Publishing, Ltd has just released Hearts and Minds, a novella by my good friend J.C. Hay.

John is a great guy and a fabulous writer. He is stylish and smart, and nothing he writes ever lacks for interesting ideas or strong characters.

So, go buy the e-book version of his novella! And spread the word!

I'm working with a group called WildTrack, who's researching using footprints to monitor endangered species. They're run by two awesome people who are taking a year and working out of the JMP offices.


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