Let’s try and make our cities inhabitable.
Great read about the re-building of Paris.
Amusing google doc presentation on heuristics and your brain.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/fc/you_are_a_brain/
is to be on the writing staff of a late night tv show. Ideally Jimmy Fallon, to work with Morgan Murphy and Anthony Jeselnik.
Anthony Jeselnik Stand Up
I’m a natural observer with an analytical approach to understanding peoples’ motivations and actions. My weakness is that it often takes me longer to realize the same truths about myself.
I believe people enjoy everything they do. They complain a lot because they enjoy complaining. They read a book because they wanted to read that book. [...]
I have a subscription to the Sunday New York Times, but more often read the paper online.
I listen to more podcasts per week than I do radio over the airwaves.
I watch more video per week on my computer than television.
I make purchases at Lowe’s more often than my local hardware store.
This trend scares the shit [...]
1. What is your favorite word?
funny.
2. What is your least favorite word?
fear.
3. What turns you on?
Absurdity.
4. What turns you off?
Women wearing uncomfortable shoes.
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Something I used to say when I was mad as a child: Stupidfuckingdammitshitassholebitchdick.
6. What sound or noise do you love?
Laughter at something I said.
7. What sound or [...]