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Analysis, Breakthrough Thinking, Culture, Historical Perspectives, New Viewpoints

Concensus Cloud on Books Everyone Should Read

March 22, 2011

What would you add or remove from this cloud?

Should Twilight be among the books that everyone should read? It is according to this infographic by David McCandless of great books (according to popular surveys):

Do Top 100 Books polls and charts agree on a set of classics? I scraped the results of over 15 notable book polls, readers surveys and top 100’s. Both popular and high-brow. They included all Pulitzer Prize winners, Desert Island Discs choices from recent years, Oprah’s Bookclub list, and, of course, The Guardian’s Top 100 Books of All Time…

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Analysis, Business, Money Talk, Science & Technology News

Potential Losers in the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger: Consumers

March 22, 2011

The merger would leave just three major cellular carriers in the United States.

The proposed $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile could save the companies a lot of money. For everyone else, it could cost a lot of money. No sooner did the two companies announce a $39 billion merger on Sunday than industry analysts began assessing the impact on the biggest potential losers in the deal: consumers.

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Robots, Science & Technology News

Nine Jobs People May Lose to Robots

March 22, 2011

By 2013 there will be 1.2 million industrial robots working worldwide.

Are humans becoming obsolete in the workforce? All signs point to “yes.”

As IBM’s Watson proved on Jeopardy, robots are becoming smarter than people. They also make fewer mistakes and they don’t get bored.

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Being on a Diet Makes People Irritable and Angry: Study

March 21, 2011

Being on a diet makes people more likely to feel irritable and angry, a new study has shown.

The effort involved in exerting self-control over eating can lead to an aggressive frame of my mind – and even a preference for violent films, it claimed.

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Analysis, Crazy Stuff, Culture, Great Videos, Historical Perspectives, Hot Issues, Human Behavior, New Discoveries, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference

The Last Sword Maker in Taiwan

March 21, 2011

Maria Popova of BrainPickings has posted an excellent article about 7 micro-documentaries about occupations and crafts that are fast becoming obsolete. From being a shoe black to working the film projector to making glass signs, these are the stories of people who are the last of their kinds.

This one above is the story of Taiwan’s last sword maker…

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Analysis, Big Problems, Globalism, Historical Perspectives, Science & Technology News

Tragedy in Japan May Be Most Globally Disruptive Natural Disaster in Modern Times

March 20, 2011

An elderly woman cries in the devastated town of Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture.

There are events in history that sear themselves into the world’s collective imagination, and enter the realm where myth meets heartbreaking reality.

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Analysis, Big Problems, Internet, Latest Trend

Survey: 40% of Children in the UK Sexting

March 20, 2011

“The proportion of young children ‘sexting’ is shocking.”

A survey has found that there is an increase in the number of children in UK taking pornographic images of themselves and swapping them with friends via text messages or the internet. Of the children surveyed , 40% of 11 to 14-year-olds admitted to having used their mobile phones or computer to send pictures of themselves or receive naked or topless images of friends.

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Analysis, Big Problems, Economy, Latest Trend

1 in 7 Homes in Nevada Sit Empty

March 20, 2011

Nevada has the highest foreclosure rate in the country.

The promise of palm tree groves and low-cost real estate lured Alan and Katherine Ackerly across the Rocky Mountains in 2004 from Denver to Nevada, where thousands of new houses beckoned as brightly as any neon sign.

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Analysis, Art, Breakthrough Thinking, Business, Entertainment, Historical Perspectives, Latest Trend

Netflix Original Content Is Much More Than A Strategy Shift — It Could Shift An Industry

March 19, 2011

Three years ago, if you had asked people to choose between cable television and Netflix, the vast majority would have laughed at you. A DVD-by-mail service versus thousands of pieces of content always at your fingertips?

No one is laughing anymore.

Netflix has confirmed that they intend to pay forHouse of Cards a new show being produced by David Fincher (yes, he of Fight Club, The Social Network, etc) and starring Kevin Spacey (yes, he of The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, etc). Netflix is not paying for the full production of it, but instead they’re paying for the first-rights access to air it. In other words, they get the first “window” to show it to viewers…

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Walking and Talking on Cellphone Dangerous for Over 60’s

March 19, 2011

Walking and talking dangerous for seniors.

Older people find multi-tasking more difficult than younger ones, researchers have found, so those who “walk and talk” across a road could be putting themselves at greater risk.

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Analysis, Business, Internet, Latest Trend, Money Talk

Groupon Could Go From $0 to $25 Billion Valuation

March 19, 2011

Less than three years after its founding, bankers are telling Groupon it could IPO at an astounding $25 billion valuation — greater than Google’s valuation when it first hit the public markets. We took a look at the lightning fast right that took Groupon to its current valuations.

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Analysis, Food, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Latest News, New Discoveries

10 Everyday Fruits and Vegetables that are Poisonous

March 18, 2011

Even apples have a poisonous element.

Most of us think that eating fruits and vegetables can be nothing but healthy but there are hidden dangers in many common foods. Poisons that make you sick, paralyze and even kill you lurk behind some of our favorites…

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