Links for August 17th through August 18th
Things I’m tracking for August 17th through August 18th:
- Your Brain on Computers – The Unplugged Challenge – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com – More from the NYT's fascinating "Your Brain on Computers" series… a video series. Chilling but inspiring.
- Beloit College Mindset List – Always a must-read about how the incoming freshman class has different references than years past.
- Chris Anderson: What I Read | The Atlantic Wire –
- Tax reform for the rich and ultra-rich : The New Yorker – "The explosion in wealth at the very top of the pyramid has given rise to what the commentator Matt Miller has called a “lower upper class”—doctors, lawyers, accountants, even some journalists, who make very good livings but enjoy nothing like the rewards that come to their peers in finance or in the executive suite. The lower upper class exerts a cultural influence out of proportion to its size, and so its anger toward the upper upper class—toward outrageous executive salaries and Wall Street shenanigans—could be a powerful force for reforming the way we deal with inequality. This is one case where simpler isn’t better. In a society that’s becoming more stratified, a sensible tax system should draw more distinctions, not fewer. The U.S. is now a place where the rich and the ultra-rich really inhabit different worlds… They should probably inhabit different tax brackets, too. "
- What Online Content Will People Pay For? : MarketingProfs –
- Your Brain on Computers – Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity – NYTimes.com – Fascinating article… anybody who enjoys Nicholas Carr's work should read this… part of a series.
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