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Category Archives: culture
The Heart of London
The London Stone, Cannon Street: For hundreds of years the small limestone block was recognised as the heart of the City of London and became a traditional site to pass laws, reclaim debts, swear oaths and make official proclamations. WalkLondon … Continue reading
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Gryphiusstrasse, Hamburg – Google Maps
This is pretty hilarious: after oodles of meetings and debates, Germany’s largest cities have conceded to allow Google Maps street-views … sort of … almost … kinda. For example, here you can just see the window of my old home … Continue reading
Posted in communications, culture, google, law, maps, property, urban art
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Costa Rica Creates Department of Peace
IMAGINE PEACE: “Costa Rica’s justice ministry was created to oversee the country’s penitentiary systems and supervise research on criminal behavior, but had no responsibility for crime prevention. A 1998 executive decree addressed this lapse by creating the National Directorate for … Continue reading
Posted in culture, government, law, peace, positive action, world history
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East isn’t East and West isn’t West
The cognitive fallacy of East is East and West is West: MindHacks review of Ed Yong’s article in New Scientist which suggests that Kipling’s twains of East vs West never existed in the first place “Even more surprisingly, the article … Continue reading
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Working long hours?
Working long hours ‘puts us at higher risk of dementia’: “Middle-age workers doing more than 55 hours a week have poorer mental skills, including short-term memory and ability to recall words, than those clocking up fewer than 41 hours, a … Continue reading
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Moonship Journeys
Buying experiences, not possessions, leads to greater happiness: “experiential purchases, such as a meal out or theater tickets, result in increased well-being because they satisfy higher order needs, specifically the need for social connectedness and vitality — a feeling of … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, marketing, music, psychology
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The Want/Need Glass
Want/Need Glass designed by Inna Alesina, dishwasher-safe. The small hole divides the volume of the glass into two parts: “need” (below the hole) and “want” (above the hole). “Alesina Design, Inc. shall not be held responsible for ruined clothes as … Continue reading
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