Arts & Letters Daily (29 Jun 2008): "
Tim Berners-Lee made the web because he had a poor memory for some things. John Naughton wonders if it won't give us all a poor memory... more
Man goes to the doctor and says, 'Doctor, my penis is burning.' Doctor explains, 'That means somebody is talking about your penis.' What is it about jokes? ... more ... more ... more
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky rattled the role of reason in the pantheon of human motives. For them, homo economicus was ironic, skeptical, almost wickedly complex... more
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