Category: Curiosities
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“To take, or not to take”: Where Superstition Trumps Logic?
Why would a rational being not take a stone from an island full of stones?
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The Virtues of Boredom: An Interview (The Atlantic)
A reflective interview with Mary Mann about the virtues of boredom
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Volkswagen “Think Small”
This article {opens in new tab} from design shack is brilliant in its entirety. Short, concise, insightful. What more do you want? Here’s a little something to get you started: How did a funny looking car that was named after a bug, known for being slow and manufactured in factories built by Nazis ever become iconic…
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Labels: Useful Heuristics or Dangerous Stereotypes?
They say love blinds and power corrupts. Well, I’m starting to think morality is pretty good at both. When I was depressed in early 2013, I began attending weekly CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) sessions in the hope that it would make me better. During one of these sessions, the therapist (counsellor? psychiatrist? I never quite…
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What’s Wrong with Being Selfish?
I am writing this at 3pm, having slept a meagre 3 hours after a night of trying futilely to fall asleep. I am tired and my head throbs. But I want to write. This is my first post in a little over three weeks. I have been busy writing my essay (which by now is…
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The Beginning of the Universe (TED-Ed)
For the curious-minded, Tom Whyntie on the beginning of the universe: Go here for the full ‘lesson’. And here for more from Whyntie. And because I feel guilty for not indicating the source of this interesting video, here. (You really shouldn’t be surprised.)
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A Year in Paris: Part One
2007 I was 17 when I first saw Paris. I don’t remember what my first impression was. I remember arriving at Charles de Gaulle and thinking the airport signs were all yellow, which I wasn’t used to. Or maybe it was just that there were a lot of signs, all of which happened to be yellow.…
Val Saksornchai 