January 2012
36 posts
Tease Out: Being Mean Won't Solve Childhood... →
Take New York City: The city’s Health Department took a multifaceted approach to curbing obesity, focusing on habits instead of looks and implementing programs that boost healthy foods, eliminate unhealthy ones, and increase physical activity in schools. In addition to the aforementioned soda ads (which stigmatize products rather than people), NYC officials introduced healthier school lunches,...
The visible hand | The Economist →
“People are intrigued by how we manage to charge 50 percent more for...”
– Tyler Brûlé, Media Maverick - BusinessWeek
Enchanted Aisles - Features - Los Angeles magazine →
Time to apply of as a store manager after graduation.
地球一蹴●ちゃりんこ世界一周☆の旅-Rio Cycling Around The Earth →
MY GOD. This guy is spending 5-7 years traveling around the world on his bike. Respect.
Whole Foods bags customers and profits -... →
'Softmindedness,' Riots, and Science: Seven... →
On the debate between religion and science:
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values.The two are not rivals. They are complementary.Science keeps religion from sinking into the valley of crippling irrationalism and paralyzing obscurantism....
“‘Fixes’ are ways of thinking and doing amongst the passivity of...”
– a-small-lab by Chris Berthelsen
What Mitt Romney Talks About When He Talks About... →
Today, Romney argues that his work as a businessman helped create jobs, but that analysis is both difficult to prove and irrelevant: He wasn’t trying to create jobs; he was trying, as even his defenders admit, to increase the value of the companies. But that same confusion—between creating jobs (our shorthand for creating an economy where everyone gets their fair share) and maximizing the wealth...
Best Practices: Wolff Olins Picks Clients for... →
