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elmerseason: Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, poverty thoughts There’s no way to structure this coherently. They are random observations that might help explain the mental processes. But often, I think that we look at the academic problems of poverty and have no idea of the why. We know the what and the how, and we can…
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theatlantic: Your Brain on Poverty: Why Poor People Seem to Make Bad Decisions In August, Science published a landmark study concluding that poverty, itself, hurts our ability to make decisions about school, finances, and life, imposing a mental burden similar to losing 13 IQ points. It was widely seen as a counter-argument to claims that poor…
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joshbyard: Self-Powering Electronics: New Fabric Metamaterial Generates Electricity From Heat, Movement Thermoelectrics are not exactly new, but usually made of materials that are brittle, heavy, and expensive. Carroll’s fabric, on the other hand, is lightweight, feels like wool felt, and can be wrapped around surfaces or even sewn into clothing. While energy can’t be “created”…
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The Week In Hypertext
samcrisp: Today I played these three things: 1. Mashkin Sees It Through by thecatamites thecatamites has been making a game every day of the month this month. In this, his first Twine game, literary capital takes center stage. I don’t have much to say about this except that it’s a Twine game with good, Pynchonesque writing. His games…
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rudygodinez: Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting, (1974) Gordon Matta-Clark’s 1974 piece, Splitting, depicts each phase of his first large-scale and most celebrated Anarchitectural project. In it, the artist physically and metaphorically tears through spatial and structural barriers to reveal social and cultural obstacles as well as those between human and natural environments.