new york times

Pinker vs. Gladwell

ה׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Sunday 22 November 2009)

Who is Malcolm Gladwell? Oh yeah, he’s that Canadian dude whose books you don’t have to bother reading because enough other people have read them that their ideas have seeped and saturated into the consciousness of everyone around you, and into your own as well – a process described, inevitably, in one of his books. [...]

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Raising Dogs and Children

ב׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Thursday 19 November 2009)

Very interesting response from Carolyn Hax: “In my experience, dog-rearing style is a deadly accurate predictor of child-rearing style.” That is kind of worrying to me, because I’m quite harsh and strict with my dog. I have actually made every decision with him and with his training based on the concept that he is not [...]

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Reasons not to live in Yemen

י״ד במרחשון ה׳תש״ע (Sunday 1 November 2009)

Imagine what it’s like to live in the shittiest country in the world. Now imagine how it must feel to live in Yemen. But I repeat myself… Ok, that was mean, but I’m afraid I don’t know how to be mean enough to convey how crappy Yemen must be and how miserable the people there [...]

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