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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
The First Principles Method
Via 99u, some thoughts from Elon Muisk on drilling down for ideas, : …boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there. Click the link to see more: How Elon Musk Thinks: The First Principles Method - 99U It starts at 22:38 of the...
Pursuing God
Via Christian Post: Deepening our relationship with God—through discovering His character and His will for our lives—is achieved in several ways. Each one, while familiar, represents an important discipline in pursuing the Lord. Click the link to see more: Pursuing...
Vatican Institutes Sweeping New Security Measures In Response To Scandal
Via Business Insider: Vatican clergy and employees will be issued with an identity card complete with a microchip-tracking device in sweeping new security measures designed to prevent a repeat of the Vatileaks scandal. Vatican Institutes Sweeping New Security Measures...
Countries Where Robots Are Taking Over
Via Business Insider: Robot sales jumped by 38 percent in 2011, and the worldwide stock of robots is estimated to be in the range of 1,153,000 - 1,400,000 units — up from a minimum stock of 1,021,000 units in 2009. South Korea lead the way in robot density in 2011,...
Countries Where Robots Are Taking Over
Via Business Insider: Robot sales jumped by 38 percent in 2011, and the worldwide stock of robots is estimated to be in the range of 1,153,000 - 1,400,000 units — up from a minimum stock of 1,021,000 units in 2009. South Korea lead the way in robot density in 2011,...
Saying No to College
Via Instapundit and NY Times: The idea that a college diploma is an all-but-mandatory ticket to a successful career is showing fissures. Feeling squeezed by a sagging job market and mounting student debt, a groundswell of university-age heretics are pledging...
Saying No to College
Via Instapundit and NY Times: The idea that a college diploma is an all-but-mandatory ticket to a successful career is showing fissures. Feeling squeezed by a sagging job market and mounting student debt, a groundswell of university-age heretics are pledging...
Sun, sand and root canal: Medical tourism booms in Costa Rica
Via Instapundit and Reuters: Around 40,000 medical tourists visited Costa Rica last year, compared to 36,000 in 2010 and 30,000 in 2009. Most of them are American and Canadian, according to the country's tourism institute, ICT. Of that number, almost 15,000 of them...