Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and sagging middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession, but it is also because of the quantum advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign workers.
Coronal aurora over Fairbanks, Alaska (January 22, 2012)
Source: davidchoe.com
Um. Perfect or perfect perfect? (Community/X-men)
The Cast of Community as The X-Men (via buzzfeed)
(via morecommondecency)
Source: BuzzFeed
I, for one, welcome our new Jellyfish overlords. /via @cwilso
The Lions Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago) and are among some of the oldest surviving species in the world.
The largest can come in at about 6 meters and has tentacles over 50 meters long. Pretty amazing when you think these things have been swimming around for so long.
They have hundreds of poisonous tentacles that it used to catch passing by fish. it then slowly drags in it’s prey and eats it.
That is terrifying.
(via screensociety)
Source: benchaplinhayun
One of the designers in the world who I admire a lot is Eike König, founder and creative director of Hort in Germany. His philosophy towards design and life in general has been one of my main motivations for going solo and working for myself. The opening line says it all…”First it should be fun”. Check out this recent interview with him.
Source: spencerharrison
It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. For all the time they spend fending off the deaths of others, they tend to be fairly serene when faced with death themselves. They know exactly what is going to happen, they know the choices, and they generally have access to any sort of medical care they could want. But they go gently.
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