You Have More Influence Over People Than You Think Want proof? Start asking for more favors. Do you hesitate to ask people for favors simply because you assume they’ll say no? A new study suggests… Read it on cosmopolitan.com
Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/opinion/the-middle-age-surge.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share The image of midlife as a time of crisis is almost the opposite of what this period in life is really about.
Albert Einstein: Top 10 quotes of the father of modern physics in celebration of his birthday and Pi Day Monday (14 March) marks the 137th birthday of the father of modern physics Albert Einstein. He… Read it on ibtimes.co.uk
http://quillette.com/2016/02/15/the-unbearable-asymmetry-of-bullshit/
PBS Doc “Memory Hackers” Shows The Future Of Memory Manipulation Your memories are not what you think they are. The Nova doc Memory Hackers examines the latest efforts to understand the human mind.… Read it on fastcocreate.com
The End of Small Talk http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/fashion/dating-the-end-of-small-talk.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=wide-thumb&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=0
You Don’t Need More Free Time http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/opinion/sunday/you-dont-need-more-free-time.html
When Do You Become an Adult? – The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/01/when-are-you-really-an-adult/422487/?single_page=true
Where did happily ever after go – and can you get it back? Today started, for my husband, like any other day. Grumpy at 5.30am, he woke to the equally grumpy tones of James Naughtie (they are both… Read it on the guardian.com