March 2011
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“Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we’re still...”
– Margaret Atwood (via suzywire)
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“Reading and criticism are themselves creative acts, remaking the work, making it...”
– ‘Use and Abuse of Literature,’ by Marjorie Garber
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“I love fashion but it’s disappointing when you have to sift through a lot...”
– Tavi is bored of fashion (I am bored of the internet) via style rookie
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“Once in a lifetime,” Talking Heads.
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WatchMoving photo/ plants (by karmaticoma/here)
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“We’ve entered a new era of conspicuous Web consumption, where people are...”
– ‘The Era of Conspicuous Web Consumption,’ Big Think
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The highly educated are more likely to display... →
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Both Buddhism and neuroscience converge on a... →
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“There are two ways of looking at things. Either you feel that a thing must be...”
– Dorothy Norman from ‘America and Alfred Stieglitz,’ via kempt
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Why is the U.S. Government interested in... →
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“Man…. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he...”
– The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity (via black-tangled-heart)
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Birds of a feather flock together: research shows... →
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“[Patti] Smith was 29 when she recorded Horses. Joan Didion was 29 when she wrote...”
– In Which We Can Feel The Horses Long Before Horses Enter the Scene This Recording
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Talking Heads, “Burning down the...
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Because she's afraid of looking back and finding... →
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Nerds have that level of passion; cool kids are a... →
Farrah Bostic attends SxSW and asks “Is there such a thing as an ‘ad nerd’?” Read the whole thing.
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What Celebrity Culture Means. →
by mills.
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You can fool some of the people all of the time,... →
How much better is abstract art than work by kids and monkeys? New research reveals the answer.
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The power of lonely. →
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Strategies for Change | Campaigning | WWF UK →
WWF’s Strategies for Change project re-examines some of the assumptions that underlie current environmental campaigning, and suggests new evidence-based responses. In particular, the project looks at the importance of collective social values in driving change, and at the ways those values are shaped.
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“It may be the most effective way of engaging people on this simple energy saving...”
– WWF change strategist Dr Tom Crompton points out that appeals to self-interest such as the recent Act on CO2 TV campaign will not necessarily translate to the bigger changes people need to make. Via The Ecologist.
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The psychology of climate change: why we do...
Uncertainty – Research has shown that uncertainty over climate change reduces the frequency of “green” behaviour.
Mistrust – Evidence shows that most people don’t believe the risk messages of scientists or government officials.
Social comparison - People routinely compare their actions with those of others and derive subjective and descriptive norms from their observations about what is the...