Jan 272012
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Talent Management Lessons from the NFL: Tom Stone takes a fresh look at talent management in the NFL, and applies those lessons to business.
- Scumbag Bison: Self-interest in humans means cooperation, production, and trade. Self interest in bison means running over the slow bison so that the the wolves eat him instead of you.
- Gingrich Ex: Newt Wanted an Open Marriage: I wouldn’t give a damn about the private lives of politicians if they didn’t attempt to regulate, control, and forbid choices that, by right, ought to be respected as each person’s own.
- The 5 Stupidest Habits You Develop Growing Up Poor: This Cracked article is funny, insightful, and a bit sad.
- The Rise of the Female-Led Action Film: Here’s an interesting look at action films that feature strong female leads, including why they’re so rare. Ellen Ripley of the first two Aliens movies is one of my favorite characters in movies, hands down. If you like her, I’d also strongly recommend Panic Room: Jodie Foster is marvelously clear-headed, determined, and resourceful in defense of her values in utterly desperate circumstances.
