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I like living at the intersection of the humanities and technology, LSD, Bauhaus and Zen Buddhism shaped Apple's pioneering products as much as anything that took place on the assembly lines. They were among Jobs' greatest influences and they shaped his attitudes toward design, business and innovation. // TL;DR: Jobs read Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.HUFFINGTONPOST

The Books And Music That Shaped Steve Jobs

I like living at the intersection of the humanities and technology, LSD, Bauhaus and Zen Buddhism shaped Apple's pioneering products as much as anything that took place on the assembly lines. They were among Jobs' greatest influences and they shaped his attitudes toward design, business and innovation. // TL;DR: Jobs read Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
When Mark Zuckerberg addressed Facebook investors last week, he outlined a goal that sounded more like a philosophical quest than a business plan: A major priority for Facebook, he said, was “understanding the world.”HUFFINGTONPOST

Facebook Hasn't Even Begun To Exploit Everything It Knows About You

When Mark Zuckerberg addressed Facebook investors last week, he outlined a goal that sounded more like a philosophical quest than a business plan: A major priority for Facebook, he said, was “understanding the world.”
When I am asked, What was it like living with your father? My tongue swells up and I squeak out words like, thrilling or complicate...HUFFINGTONPOST

My Dad, Kurt Vonnegut

When I am asked, What was it like living with your father? My tongue swells up and I squeak out words like, thrilling or complicate...
The rush to secularize and commodify mindfulness into a marketable technique may be leading to an unfortunate denaturing of this ancient practice, which was intended for far more than helping executives become better focused and more productive.HUFFINGTONPOST

Beyond McMindfulness

The rush to secularize and commodify mindfulness into a marketable technique may be leading to an unfortunate denaturing of this ancient practice, which was intended for far more than helping executives become better focused and more productive.
America has been doing income taxes wrong for more than 50 years. All Americans, including the rich, would be better off if top tax rates went back to Eisenhower-era levels when the top federal income tax rate was 91 percent, according to a new working paper by Fabian Kindermann from the University of Bonn and Dirk Krueger from the University of Pennsylvania.HUFFINGTONPOST

Economists Say We Should Tax The Rich At 90 Percent

America has been doing income taxes wrong for more than 50 years. All Americans, including the rich, would be better off if top tax rates went back to Eisenhower-era levels when the top federal income tax rate was 91 percent, according to a new working paper by Fabian Kindermann from the University of Bonn and Dirk Krueger from the University of Pennsylvania.
In my debut novel, 15-year-old Alex Woods sets up a Kurt Vonnegut reading group with the hope of discussing all or some of the following: morality, ecology, time travel, extraterrestrial life, twentieth-century history, humanism, humour, et cetera.HUFFINGTONPOST

What Kurt Vonnegut Can Teach You About Writing

In my debut novel, 15-year-old Alex Woods sets up a Kurt Vonnegut reading group with the hope of discussing all or some of the following: morality, ecology, time travel, extraterrestrial life, twentieth-century history, humanism, humour, et cetera.
You know inequality is getting bad when it's making a Swiss bank uncomfortable. The ratio of wealth to household income in the U.S., a measure of ineq...HUFFINGTONPOST

Key Inequality Measure The Highest Since The Great Depression

You know inequality is getting bad when it's making a Swiss bank uncomfortable. The ratio of wealth to household income in the U.S., a measure of ineq...
Russell Brand has stepped into the political arena and is being made to pay a heavy price for it. Ever since his first and by now legendary Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman a year ago, the comedian and entertainer has come under attack from all and sundry, with words such as 'irresponsible', 'naive', self aggrandising', 'incoherent', and even 'bumhole' being thrown at him like verbal hand grenades.HUFFINGTONPOST

Russell Brand Must Be Doing Something Right

Russell Brand has stepped into the political arena and is being made to pay a heavy price for it. Ever since his first and by now legendary Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman a year ago, the comedian and entertainer has come under attack from all and sundry, with words such as 'irresponsible', 'naive', self aggrandising', 'incoherent', and even 'bumhole' being thrown at him like verbal hand grenades.

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