I heard about this study ages ago: the Stanford psychology professor who tested the self control of 4 year olds by leaving them alone in a room with a marshmallow. He told them that if they could wait 15 minutes before eating it, he’d give them a second marshmallow. What I didn’t realize was that [...]
There was a great post on the Adbusters blog earlier this month by someone who reflectively quit using Facebook: For the vast majority of people experiencing the fragmented, fast-paced modern world of 2008, a Sunday pause at the end of a hectic week may cause them to become all too aware of the lack of [...]
As you might have heard, the UK has been hit by some pretty severe snow storms during the last 36 hours. This morning I was horrified to learn that there were no trains running from Cardiff to London, where I was due to catch my flight to Sweden (via Copenhagen). I spent the morning on [...]