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What we can learn from procrastination : The New Yorker

James Kellerman

What we can learn from procrastination : The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/10/11/101011crbo_books_surowiecki?currentPage=all

Piers Steel defines procrastination as willingly deferring something even though you expect the delay to make you worse off. In other words, if you’re simply saying “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die,” you’re not really procrastinating. Knowingly delaying because you think that’s the most efficient use of your time doesn’t count, either. The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people.

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The power of well designed incentive

James Kellerman

via devour.com

Great idea and neat execution in response to the question posed by Volkswagen "can we get more people to obey the speed limit by making it fun to do so?"

Also great production values, it is impressive to see how even these sorts of shorts are benefitting from great camerawork and I imagine the low cost ease of use of DSLR's for video.

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Richard Feynman explains magnets...

James Kellerman

...or more accurately he shows why it's impossible to explain how they work with reference to peoples existing understanding of the world. In short it's complicated and you need some basic physics to even start.  
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God hates figs - Boing Boing

James Kellerman

via boingboing.net No, really: "Mark 11:12-14 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but le…

via boingboing.net

No, really: "Mark 11:12-14 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14Then he said to the tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard him say it."

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