Season's Greetings, I am taking some time off next week and will probably not post before next weekend.
Previously on MoreLiver’s:
The Longform Best of 2012 – Longform
Difference Engine: Phones up in the air – The
Economist
What The World Will Look Like In 2030—As
Predicted By The Government – co.exist
To help
plan for the future, the intelligence community has put together a vision of
what the world will look like in the next two decades. It might get a little
crazy, but we’re all getting computers in our brains.
BASIC: A single line of code sends readers into
a labyrinth – Slate
The Worst CEOs of 2012 – Businessweek
Swimming Through Space: An Amazing Tour of the
Space Station – Washington’s
Another Earth Just 12 Light-Years Away? – Science
90-Year-Old Actor Christopher Lee Releases
Heavy Metal Versions of Classic Christmas Songs – Loudwire
Global Religion, By The Numbers – ZH
To understand Christmas, go to the pub – John
Kay
100 Diagrams That Changed the World – brain
pickings
A visual
history of human sensemaking, from cave paintings to the world wide web.
Spider That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys
Discovered – Wired
In decision-making, it might be worth trusting
your gut – ScienceBlog
Turns out
the trope is true: You should trust your gut — as long as you’re an expert. So
says a new study from researchers at Rice University, George Mason University and Boston College.
Oliver Burkeman on Failed New Year’s
Resolutions – The
Daily Beast
Every year
we promise to change our behavior, and every year we screw it up. Oliver
Burkeman explains why—and points to a surer path to happiness.
24 Things I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then – Rand
Fishkin
The Emperor of All Identities – NYT
Google is
not just a “search engine company,” or an “online services company,” or a
publisher, or an advertising platform. At its core, it’s a data collection
company. Its “market” is data by, from and about consumers — you, that is. And
in that realm, its role is so dominant as to be overwhelming, and scary.
How to Give a Great Presentation – brain
pickings
Timeless advice
from a legendary adman, 1981
FiveBooks Interviews: The Quantification of
Everything – The
Browser
The
professor of quantum information theory at Oxford tells us about books that
successfully popularise quantum physics and the science of complex systems.
Look, no equations!
'V for Vendetta' & Supporting Villains – big
think
How capitalism breaks the web – Felix
Salmon / Reuters
Best Practices for Raising Kids? Look to
Hunter-Gatherers – The
Daily Beast
Hold them,
share them, let them run free. Why the traditional way of raising kids is
better than ours.
No Flying Cars, but the Future Is Bright – View
/ BB
It has been 40 years since the last astronauts left the moon. That anniversary, which passed last week, has put some prominent technologists in a funk.
It has been 40 years since the last astronauts left the moon. That anniversary, which passed last week, has put some prominent technologists in a funk.
Destination: Mars – MIT
Technology Review
Alumni
share their journeys working on the Mars rover Curiosity
Hubble spots distant galaxies near edge of universe's
cosmic dawn – L.A.
Times
Uploaded e-crews for interstellar missions – Kurzweil
AI
Annals of Linguistics: Utopian for Beginners – The
New Yorker
An amateur
linguist loses control of the language he invented.