found drama

• The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
  via John
  (tagged: interesting future art writing creativity culture business essay todo longtail )
• Some Biologists Find an Urge in Human Nature to Help
  at NYTimes.com:

  As children grow older, they become more selective in their helpfulness. Starting around age 3, they will share more generously with a child who was previously nice to them. Another behavior that emerges at the same age is a sense of social norms.

  (tagged: evolution science biology anthropology helping psychology neuroscience research essay todo )
• How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
  via DF — worth the read, even if only for this line:

  I constantly make judgments about whether people I meet are smart, just like I constantly make judgments about whether people I see are attractive.

  (tagged: essay work management interview )
• The Billion-Year Technology Gap: Could One Exist?
  at dailygalaxy.com
  (tagged: research science evolution astronomy essay todo )
• The myth of the starship
  at Charlie's Diary:

  …we'd be more realistic if we just ditched the word "ship" entirely from discussions of interstellar travel.

  (tagged: science scifi research essay )

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