June 2008
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Books
The Pursuit of Happiness
It’s not often known, but the pursuit of happiness typically refers to the pursuit of material wealth. But Thomas Jefferson used this phrase to include other important things, such as, say, civil rights.
Anyways…
A while back, I tripped on my friend’s blog post about a career guide gone manga. The book seemed interesting enough that I [...] -
Economics, Food
Adventures in Economics: Where’s My Friggin’ Butter?
If you want to make some brownies or cookies or some other butter-intensive food, you’d go to the supermarket and just friggin’ buy some.
But, right now in Japan, you’ll be finding empty shelves, totally devoid of butterfats.
Why? Apparently, a bunch of dairy farmers jumped ship a few years back when milk consumption collapsed. According to [...] -
Reader's Log
Iz I Dum?
So, a new book has come out. Classic curmudgeoning of the burgeoning youth known as the ‘digital natives’.
Reading has gone away! Our generation is of idiots!
I have wandered into Mark Bauerlein’s The Dumbest Generation.
American youth have stopped reading at a precipitous rate. Bauerlein argues that the digital natives have become complacent and are preoccupied by [...] -
Books
A Tour of the Universe as We Know It
First off, let me introduce you to Neil deGrasse Tyson.
His tirade on Intelligent Design, called ‘Stupid Design‘ on YouTube is also quite well known.
All in all, he’s probably one of the better scientific speakers I’ve seen in a while. Enthusiastic, humorous and great at presenting.
Anyways, I just finished up reading his book, Death By Black [...]
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