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Thought Questions

http://thoughtquestions.com/page/3

What happens when we try to walk in a straight line blindfolded.

http://www.wimp.com/straightline/

http://www.cracked.com/article_18805_5-ways-stores-use-science-to-trick-you-into-buying-crap.html

Is IP another bubble about to burst? A view from another civilization.

http://opensource.com/law/09/12/ip-another-bubble-about-burst-view-another-civilization

Is Flattr the new Facebook Like, but this time with real money?

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/07/06/is-flattr-the-new-facebook-like-but-this-time-with-real-money/

I do believe the future of commerce, is in voluntary payments, not forced payments. Convincing people to want to pay you, will be the key to success.

Powerful Video Editor Lightworks Released as Open Source

http://ostatic.com/blog/powerful-video-editor-lightworks-released-as-open-source

This is brilliant. If they play their cards right, they become the defacto choice for video editing, and get money from the ad-on marketplace they create for it. It is generally better to own the marketplace, than to own the products sold on it. Examples are Apple's iTunes, Amazon.com, and Valve's Steam.

Indoor skydiving like a boss.

http://www.wimp.com/indoorskydiving/

Why Businesses Can't Stand Free Markets: Veronique de Rugy

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-23/why-businesses-can-t-stand-free-markets-commentary-by-veronique-de-rugy.html

A Simple Explanation for a Strange Paradox: Why the US Economy Grew Faster When Tax Rates Were High, and Grew Slower When Tax Rates Were Low

http://web.archive.org/web/20110123211130/http://www.presimetrics.com/blog/?p=261

Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222173033.htm

What is Choice?

To tackle the question of whether or not we have free will, I think we need to first determine what it means to have a choice. So, my question is this: if a person's choice can be predicted ahead of time, is it still a choice? Example: if you were offered two choices of dessert (perhaps a slice of cake or pie), and it was obvious to people who knew you, which one you would take, was that still a choice?

The definition of Free Will is often based upon having the ability to make a choice. If the answer to my question is yes, then it's possible for determinism and fate (the outcome is already known) to coexist with Free Will (choice).

Inside 'Anonymous'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/13/hacking-wikileaks

Manufacturing Consent – Is It Rape?

http://www.nomas.org/node/150

The Top Three Myths About Anonymous

http://gawker.com/5710948/the-top-three-myths-about-anonymous

Researcher slams clinical trials process

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Researcher+slams+clinical+trials+process/4005627/story.html

Steve Wozniak to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/12/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc-regarding-net-neutrality/68294/

The War on Cameras

http://reason.com/archives/2010/12/07/the-war-on-cameras/print

Lots of crazy US laws against recording police officers.

New Mario Bros. Movie Trailer | The Game Station Exclusive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk9oa_PiXAk

Improv comes from fluency.

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_improvisational_brain/

http://www.duelinganalogs.com/blog/2010/12/17/rockstars-amazing-facial-expression-technology/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hallucinogens-as-medicine

http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-bitch.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_17061_5-things-you-think-will-make-you-happy-but-wont.html

http://www.miller-mccune.com/health/the-bad-daddy-factor-25764/

Edward T. Babinski: If It Wasn't for Agnosticism, I Wouldn't Know What to Believe!

http://www.edwardtbabinski.us/leaving_the_fold/babinski_agnosticism.html

Amazingly bad security.

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The_Spider_of_Doom.aspx

http://www.cracked.com/article_16656_6-brainwashing-techniques-theyre-using-on-you-right-now.html

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/love-without-limits/201011/the-downside-polyamory