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Companies are artificially shortening the useful lifespan of products to drive consumption. What does this mean for the environment and climate? Source: Why Your Stuff Turns to Junk and Cooks the Planet
Trump’s approach was an important part of his strength in the primaries. But will it work when he faces Clinton onstage? Source: Who Will Win the Presidential Debates Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? – The Atlantic
The first animal-free dairy milk gets a re-brand and the dairy industry braces itself for a new type of competition. Source: A “Perfect Day” to Disrupt Dairy – The Good Food Institute
Eventually the Earth will become uninhabitable and the human race will die off, forever — unless we make some big changes. Source: How A Fundamental Change In The Way We Live Could Save The Human Race
The long-standing mystery as to why human beings evolved with such disproportionally large brains is now being explained in terms of office politics. As bo Source: Office politics began two million years ago | The New Daily
The number of people we can have meaningful contact with is limited by the size of our brains. Now this group seems to be subdivided into layers, say anthropologists. Source: Your Brain Limits You to Just Five BFFs
The new research, led by Prof. Morten Christiansen of Cornell University, demonstrates a robust statistical relationship between certain basic concepts – from body parts to familial relationships and aspects of the natural world – and the sounds humans around the world use to describe them.“These sound symbolic patterns show up again and again across the…
By Vivian Hemmelder and Tommy Blanchard, Harvard UniversityThis post was originally published on Source: Why Humans Are Hard-Wired For Curiosity | Huffington Post
The ideal of ‘organization-as-machine,’ which was dominant throughout the 20th century, is now giving way to an ideal of ‘organization-as-living-system.’ Source: The Organization is a Purposeful Living System
Kratom is helping wean thousands of Americans off illegal drugs and prescription pain pills, without creating long term dependency. It shouldn’t be illegal. Source: WIRED Opinion: The DEA is Wrong to Ban a Cure for Opioid Addiction | WIRED
Turns out, bootcamps really can boost incomes. Source: How Much English Majors Earn After Coding Bootcamps – ReadWrite
Harvard degrees matter less in tech today. Source: Why Google Doesn’t Hire Based On Ivy League Credentials – ReadWrite
Reconsider who you’re hiring- an integrative approach is best! Source: The Limitations of Big Data | Inc.com
Under pressure to perform, Silicon Valley champions are taking tiny hits of LSD before heading to work. Are they risking their health or optimising it? Source: What is microdosing? Buying and taking LSD to boost performance | WIRED UK
Even in a densely populated region like New England, there are still places where it’s perfectly legal to pitch a tent for free, if you’re willing to put up with a total lack of civiliz… Source: Free Camping | Atlas of New England
Digital ethnography is a relatively new field of study which promises, when done well, to deepen the relationship between communicators and their audiences by developing and understanding context. In this series, we’ll examine digital ethnography – a field of study pioneered by our colleagues at NATIONAL Public Relations. We’ll explore why it’s important, what it…Read…
Source: Video ethnography – Icon Magazine
Could it actually turn out that air conditioning does our brains more harm than good? Source: How All That Air Conditioning Is Messing With Your Mind | Inc.com
Urban areas are usually celebrated for their energy efficiency and low per capita carbon dioxide emissions, but such accounting ignores how and where they acquire their resources Source: The Myth of the Sustainable City – Scientific American
Blameless employees respond to bad apples by buckling down, suggests a business school study Source: Research round-up: how misconduct makes colleagues work harder — FT.com
Hand curated list of the best Airbnbs in the best locations with the best design. Source: Dwell – Great Airbnbs
What happens when the legendary German director is hired to make a promotional film about the Internet? You get a true document of the modern age. Source: Inside the Mind of Werner Herzog, Luddite Master of the Internet | WIRED
Merino wool and synthetic nylon are being blended in new ways to create technical tees that block BO and keep you cool. Source: These Wool-Blend Tees Will Keep Your Outdoorsing Stink-Free | WIRED
Here are some pieces of advice for new college students. Source: College Won’t Train You for a Job, and That’s Just Fine | WIRED
Migrations in Motion predicts a new kind of migration—one forced by climate change. Source: Here’s Where Species Will Flee Because of Global Warming | WIRED
In the growing age of wearables, the increased exposure to electromagnetic radiation has begun to be a topic of concern among health professionals. Source: Are wearables exposing us to unwanted health risks?
The old metaphor—vegetative, slothful, inert—is increasingly at odds with the jitteriness of digital life. Source: What Ever Happened to the Couch Potato? – The New Yorker
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