Category: ideas

“In one of the largest studies yet to examine how modifying television content affects the development of young children ages 3 to 5, researchers report that six months after families reduced their kids’ exposure to aggressive and violence-filled programming and increased exposure to enriching and educational programming — even without changing the number of viewing hours — kids demonstrated statistically significant improved behavior compared to children whose media diet went unchanged.”

“The central character, an Indian woman named Radhika, faces various challenges with the assistance of players, who can help out with donations of virtual goods, for example. The players can then make equivalent real-world donations to seven nonprofit organizations woven into the game.”

Probably not.

“His own doctorate took five years and a great deal of sweat, passion and scholarship funds. In his current job, he has only needed about three months for every assignment, and so far all of them have been accepted by the universities.”

“Post-Soviet states make up 14 of the 20 least-loving countries in the world, with Armenia and its 29.1 percent love rate setting the standard for unfeeling.”

“There’s a false dichotomy between the two — either you’re an artist or a scientist. I think they have a lot more in common.”

“Today, we tend to think of it as a destructive emotion that can wreck relationships and blight careers. Indeed, the field of anger management is awash with theories on how best to control or suppress excess anger. But anger, it now seems, is not all bad. In fact, we might do well to cultivate our anger in some situations.”

Sarah Sloat gives us a rundown.

“The philosophers, the lovers of wisdom, have pondered and written a lot about love, even erotic and romantic love, but they have given a cold shoulder to that offshoot of love – tenderness. Indeed, I don’t believe I have ever heard a member of the Socrates guild even mention the lovely word in a remotely philosophical context.”

“The term “classical” (like the related “neoclassical”) has so wide a range of associations–aesthetic, political, and social–as to make it almost useless as an analytical term. If at moments it seems the ally of all things modern, it can in an instant be the archenemy.”