Friday, 12 March 2010

Life lessons from Einstein

10 very good life lessons from Albert Einstein:
1. Follow your curiosity.
2. Perseverance is priceless.
3. Focus on the present.
4. The imagination is powerful. According to Einstein it's more important than knowledge.
5. Make mistakes, i.e. try new things, and take on challenges.
6. Live in the moment. This seems a little contradictory to the imagination one.
7. Create value. Don't try to be successful instead be valuable - success will find you. I agree.
8. Don't expect different results if you keep doing the same thing over and over again. This is so obvious but how many of us just keep repeating the same behaviours or ways of thinking and expect magically our lives to change?
9. Knowledge comes from experience; knowledge without experience is just information. For example, someone can explain to you how to ride a bike but until you do it yourself you'll never actually know how to do it. Life is a lot like that I guess.
10. Learn the rules of the game and then commit to playing better than anyone else. Even if you never become the best by aiming high you will go further.

Full article can be found on dumblittleman.com

Monday, 8 March 2010

UK wants to end internet freedom of speech

A deeply worrying overview of a 'proposed' bill to restrict access to information in the name of 'copy-right law'

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/07/nsfw-hey-america-our-draconian-copyright-law-could-kick-your-draconian-copyright-laws-ass/

Why all drugs should be legal?

Friedman argues the case for getting rid of drug prohibition.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman - Economist, Nobel Prize winner and libertarian minarchist.
In this clip Friedman discusses the 'virtues' of greed.


Monday, 18 January 2010

Dr Martin Luther King Day

Today is Martin Luther King Jr day in the USA.
I was going to post the 'I have a dream speech', but for me this was more prescient.

Sunday, 27 December 2009

Eat slower fatty!

A plate that weighs how much food is on a plate and tracks the speed at which that food is shoveled into your gob has been invented.

Apparently, speed is important. It's not the shit your shovelling its the speed in which you do it. So, eating a bucket of fried chicken very quickly is worse then eating it slowly. It's all to do with the behaviours of fatties. Fat people tend to eat quicker, and consequently the experts suggest more.

I am fascinated by human behaviour, so I agree with the premise that fat people share common behavioural traits, but eating quickly?! I know plenty of people who eat quickly and are thin as a rake. The computerised plate, just seems very gimmicky, and unnecessary, when the truth is that fat people eat more (period). Now they also probably don't get very much exercise, but again there are plenty of people who don't get any exercise, but still remain thin.