Bill Gates – how do you make education better?

Bill Gates, philantropist :)
“A goal I had there was to draw more people in to work on those problems, because I think there are some very important problems that don’t get worked on naturally. That is, the market does not drive the scientists, the communicators, the thinkers, the governments to do the right things. And [...]

The Power of Time Orientation – Philip Zimbardo @ TED

Philip Zimbardo: “Now lets tempt four-year-olds, giving them a treat. They can have one marshmallow now. But if they wait until the experimenter comes back, they can have two. Of course it pays, if you like marshmallows, to wait. What happens is 2/3rds of the kids give in to temptation. They cannot wait. [...]

Why Humans Have Sex

Book-a-minute on steroids, that’s how I think about this study.
In other words, read it and you’ll be more of a connoisseur (ahem :)
Here’s a glimpse:
1. I wanted to give someone else a sexually transmitted
disease (e.g., herpes, AIDS)
2. Someone offered me money to do it
3. I wanted to get a raise
4. It [...]

Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live with Their Moms?

“This chapter offers a detailed glimpse into the economics of a drug-dealing street gang. The authors follow the research efforts of sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh, whose years conducting field studies in the housing projects of Chicago granted him unprecedented access to the inner workings of the gang. Venkatesh befriended many of his research subjects, one of [...]

Hellen Keller’s story

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” She said it and she was deaf and blind. See her story here.

Poor people gamble three times more money than better-off people

That’s in America, poor meaning under $10,000 annual revenue per household, well-off meaning over $50.000 annually. Saw it on a Viasat program about instincts, found a bit more here:

The report found gambling enterprises in the US were as common as fast food outlets as Americans splurged $600 billion a year on gambling, more than on [...]

It is said that your salary is usually equal to the average the salaries of your 10 closest friends

In the 6-degrees-of-separation numerical spirit:
productivity501.com: “It is said that your salary is usually equal to the average the salaries of your 10 closest friends.  This is a good general rule for everything–not just finances.  The capabilities of our friends average together to create a social glass ceiling.  Even if you work hard and break through [...]