Posts tagged: nytimes
This is what I learned: he was working at this, too. Death didn’t happen to Steve, he achieved it.
Serenely beautiful.
![Policy Changes Under Two Presidents (from How the Deficit Got This Big - NYTimes.com)
[via]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp074nGSnT1qzo7fqo1_1280.gif)
Policy Changes Under Two Presidents (from How the Deficit Got This Big - NYTimes.com)
[via]
…shyness and introversion — or more precisely, the careful, sensitive temperament from which both often spring — are not just normal. They are valuable. And they may be essential to the survival of our species.
An interesting read. For shy or introverted people out there, be glad for who you are!
The Chinese authorities appear to be restricting attempts by a handful of citizens to run in local legislative elections as self-proclaimed independent candidates, stating that such candidacies are illegal and that no one can run for office without first clearing a series of procedural hurdles.
Does this remind you of Singapore’s Elected Presidency? Apart from munitions, such as mines, Singapore is also a major exporter of its “unique” political system, bring untold harm to other citizens of the free world.
Shortly after the paywall went up, the New York Times announced that it already had 100,000 subscribers, which seemed like a good start. But there has been another benefit to the paywall that no one is focusing on.
One of the reasons the New York Times’ circulation numbers have declined in recent years is the discrepancy between the cost of a print paper (~$600 a year) versus the cost of the web site (free).
Well, sort of. At the rates they are charging for online access, people are actually getting the print edition so that they don’t feel so ripped off, as the marginal price for print in additional to web access is minimal. Not that they really want to read the physical paper.
While it may work for now, they’re just delaying the eventuality—digital news subscriptions. What NYT really ought to do is to start moving their business strategy towards new trends in media, rather than instituting road-blocks to shore up their dying business model.
How I trained my brain and became a world-class memory athlete.
A very insightful article that teaches you a few techniques on memorisation which one will not be disadvantaged to do well in.
The point of memory techniques to take the kinds of memories our brains aren’t that good at holding onto and transform them into the kinds of memories our brains were built for.
Translation and adaptation. The most interesting part lies here:
More than anything, what differentiates top memorizers from the second tier is that they approach memorization like a science. They develop hypotheses about their limitations; they conduct experiments and track data.
The act of constantly measuring and analysing past performance is the key to improvement.
Few Americans have heard of Mr. Sharp. But for decades, his practical writings on nonviolent revolution — most notably “From Dictatorship to Democracy,” a 93-page guide to toppling autocrats, available for download in 24 languages — have inspired dissidents around the world, including in Burma, Bosnia, Estonia and Zimbabwe, and now Tunisia and Egypt.
I don’t know about you, but I find the concept of non-violent revolutions particularly attractive. Check out his guide, “From Dictatorship to Democracy”. It should be an interesting read.
As China tightens its grip on dissidents at home, dignitaries in Norway celebrate this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, imprisoned Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo, with solemn ceremony - and an empty chair.
Nobel committee secretary Geir Lundestad said Liu will be represented ‘by an empty chair … the strongest possible argument’ for awarding it to him.
Here’s the Text of Chinese Dissident’s ‘Final Statement’, read out during the ceremony by the Norwegian actress and movie director Liv Ullmann.
Additional reporting in the NYTimes:
“Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth,” Mr. Liu’s statement said. As for “China’s endless literary inquisitions,” he said: “I hope I will be the last victim.”
