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Obama through the eyes of Britain's U.S. ambassador Should Brown and Obama find themselves with any spare time, Britain's U.S. ambassador alerted his PM that Obama "loves basketball and poker." (tags: obama england politics) Hey, you! Cell-phone zombie! Get off the road! "Scientists call this phenomenon "cognitive capture" or "inattention blindness." The mind, captured by the world…

10 American Financial Meltdowns in the Past Century (tags: us money history finance economy economics interesting) Moskvitch – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Moskvitch cars were never meant to be a fashion statement. They were sturdy, reliable on substandard roads and were offered at an affordable price. The 1960s and early 1970s were the glory days,…

Ivy League – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools (Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University)…

Revisiting The Organization Man "It left us the inedible image of the soulless corporate drone, the man in the gray flannel suit, willing to subvert his individuality to pay a mortgage" (tags: sociology career business men) Why is everyone saying "fail" all of a sudden? "What's with all the failing lately? Why fail instead of…

How to spot a trend – Grant McCracken (tags: trends ideas sociology psychology people)

Pew Internet: Teens, Video Games and Civics Game playing is universal, with almost all teens playing games and at least half playing games on a given day. (tags: video teens teenagers statistics society socialmedia research survey youth study) 'Feeling the Love' (or Anger): How Emotions Can Distort the Way We Respond to Advice "We focus…