Enjoying La Boheme at Wolf Trap # are url shorteners bad for the web? http://bit.ly/Oh9Sq # Interactive graph showing how Americans spent their days in 2008 http://tinyurl.com/mz7gyt # @AmericanAnthro thanks for the RT! in reply to AmericanAnthro # Visualization of job gains and losses from 2004 http://tinyurl.com/d6nmtq # Laws targeting the homeless on the rise [...]
Via SmartMobs and blip.tv – Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, on how tech has changed Politics. Many great points here and it leaves me wondering not only about the future relationship between tech and politics, but how participatory democracy will in turn shape the tools that helped it emerge.
Came across an interesting report via MindHacks on the different conceptions of happiness between East Asians and European-Americans. I’m always happy to see research that closely and thoughtfully considers the impact of culture on pretty much any behavior or concept often taken as universal. As an anthropology and psychology student I always approached psychological research [...]
enjoying my first day @LivingSocial # UN and Google – Global emissions map mashup http://bit.ly/wyABF # @DanicaR yup, can see you! # Big business America. US Small-biz sector employs less ppl compared to rest of the world's rich countries http://bit.ly/TxMaq # Getting new round of twitter spam followers =( # United States: The land of [...]
After reading an enlightening and shocking piece on Racism Review about alleged predatory lending by Wells Fargo that specifically targeted blacks in the Baltimore area, I thought I’d blog about it if not only to spread the word, but also force myself to learn more about the subprime mortgage fiasco as well as deepen my [...]
A recent report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research using data from the OECD measures the share of employment in small businesses in 22 rich democracies (list found on page 4). From the summary: An important part of our national identity is built around the idea that – thanks to low taxes, limited [...]
I’m just testing this out. Thought it might be convenient for anyone interested in harvesting the links from my tweets. Karen Ho: Culture of Wall Street (VIDEO) http://bit.ly/kNCms http://bit.ly/ERGn2 # Buena Vista Social Club + warm, sunny day = infallibly good day # So FedEx needs my sig, yet will only deliver to my apt [...]
