The Economist writes about the rise of mandated fun in companies, and the business it has spawned: Fun at work is becoming a business in its own right. Madan Kataria, an Indian who styles himself the “guru of giggling”, sells “laughter yoga” to corporate clients. Fun at Work, a British
One of my favorite sections of Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia is an extended discussion of animal rights, which Nozick uses to illustrate why utilitarianism is a poor philosophy to base society on. An animal rights website has posted an excerpt of it: Animals count for something. Some
Ben Horowitz: The technology business is fundamentally the innovation business. Etymologically, the word technology means “a better way of doing things.” As a result, innovation is the core competency for technology companies. Technology companies are born because they create a better way of doing things. Eventually, someone else will come
Jon Siracusa : The solution is a device that is unabashedly omnivorous. Yes, in traditional Apple fashion, it must provide a simple, elegant, user interface. But behind the scenes, it must be willing and able to accept content from as many sources as possible. This is what makes the device valuable
E.J. Dionne thinks the Obama administration is doing poorly because he stopped campaigning: There was a revealing moment in early August when Obama told an audience at a Texas fundraiser: “We have spent the last 20 months governing. They spent the last 20 months politicking.” Referring to the impending
Mike Davidson tells us how to properly apply for a design position. Fantastic advice, and it’s certainly coming from someone in a position of authority on the subject.
Big event today—Apple announced a completely new iPod nano and iPod Shuffle, iPod touch received a large update, iTunes was bumped to version 10, and AppleTV received a big update. That’s a lot of stuff. The first interesting thing is 230,000 new iOS devices are activated each
By filling in our free moments with web browsing, tweets, videos and news, we may be reducing our brain’s ability to make sense of new experiences and form memories: “Almost certainly, downtime lets the brain go over experiences it’s had, solidify them and turn them into permanent long-
Patrick Rhone is running a fun little thing to see what people have in their SimpleNote accounts. I’m interested to see what others use it for and I’m participating as well. Here’s mine: * Restaurant list: I keep a list of restaurants Heidi and I want to try
The Democrats’ healthcare reform may mean colleges can’t offer affordable health insurance plans to students: Colleges and universities say that some rules in the new health law could keep them from offering low-cost, limited-benefit student insurance policies, and they’re seeking federal authority to continue offering them.
Keith Hennessey breaks down a favorite rhetorical trick used by welfare state supporters: In this view of the world, revenues belong to the government and are allocated by policymakers as gifts to those who need or deserve them. When you hear that “we cannot afford to cut taxes” and “we
Eric Schmidt comments on where Google is going: “I actually think most people don’t want Google to answer their questions,” he elaborates. “They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.” Let’s say you’re walking down the street. Because of the info Google has