August 20, 2009 – 9:24 am
How the brain hard-wires us to love Google, Twitter, and texting. And why that’s dangerous.
Seeking. You can’t stop doing it. Sometimes it feels as if the basic drives for food, sex, and sleep have been overridden by a new need for endless nuggets of electronic information. We are so insatiably curious that we gather data even if it gets us in trouble. Read more.
From stumptuous.com
Some time ago a reader emailed me to ask why I did not look like a fitness model. She proceeded to suggest that perhaps my advice was not good if I did not provide evidence that said advice had worked. I assume that the evidence in question was a shot of me posing awkwardly in high heels and a bikini. She didn’t seem overly interested in evidence which consisted of me lifting large heavy things while dressed in oversize sweatpants and army boots… Read More
February 5, 2009 – 9:45 am
