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The Atlantic
What Makes Us Happy?
The Atlantic
· Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. Its contents, as much literature as science, offer profound in · Shared by 19, including Christopher Allen, Josep M. Ganyet
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MIT Technology Review
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.
MIT Technology Review
5 min · · The distribution of wealth follows a well-known pattern sometimes called an 80:20 rule: 80 percent of the wealth is owned by 20 percent of the people. Indeed, a report last year concluded that just… · Shared by 80, including Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, justin caouette, Gutly Myrat, Adam Tinworth, Bryan Onel, Josep M. Ganyet, John Hagel
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The Pudding
Get out of your geographic music bubble
The Pudding
1 min · · The songs that are popular, far away from you · Shared by 222, including Jason Norwood-Young, Stef Walter, Josep M. Ganyet, Akvile DeFazio, Gisele Navarro
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The Pudding
How many artists overshadow their band after going solo?
The Pudding
2 min · · wonders... Not everyone saw Beyoncé coming. Flashback to this 2003 New York Times review of her first solo album:Maybe this album is merely a misstep, and maybe Beyoncé has yet to record the brilliant… · Shared by 77, including Gisele Navarro, Martina Pugliese, Josep M. Ganyet
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Five Books
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sciencefocus.com
Ladies who launch: the women behind the Apollo Program
sciencefocus.com
8 min · · Only 12 people have set foot on the Moon, all of them have been men. But none of them could have got there without the efforts and expertise of women. · Shared by 6, including Josep M. Ganyet