psychology

Interesting -- and not at all surprising.

Quoted: In Daniel Gilbert's 2006 book "Stumbling on Happiness," the Harvard professor of psychology looks at several studies and concludes that marital satisfaction decreases dramatically after the birth of the first child—and increases only when the last child has left home. He also ascertains that parents are happier grocery shopping and even sleeping than spending time with their kids. Other data cited by 2008's "Gross National Happiness" author, Arthur C. Brooks, finds that parents are about 7 percentage points less likely to report being happy than the childless.

Fascinating!

Quoted: There are two dominant modes when it comes to the study of cross-cultural procrastination. The first takes the form of the international managerial missive—an ancient narrative that delineates the work and business practices of people from one culture, so that a person from another culture can do business with them. The second mode seeks to quantify, in scholarly terms (i.e., with percentages), just who in the world procrastinates and for how long.

kinda creepy...

Quoted: 5 Psychological Experiments That Prove Humanity is Doomed. We probably would've been better off not knowing.

Quoted: Computers, in Wozniak's scheme, will increase our intellectual capacity and enhance our rational self-control. Wozniak is a kind of algorithmic man. He's exploring what it's like to live in strict obedience to reason. On first encounter, he appears to be one of the happiest people I've ever met.

Quoted: In short, my job was to make a list of irritating things each week, and I was widely regarded as having done it as well as anyone ever had.

Quoted: I'm not going to go so far as to say that there is a sinister plot brewing at Time magazine. But the above illustrates just how powerful even the most subtle tweaks on how information is presented can affect not only how we digest information but how we perceive it and digest it.

Brainworks Brain Test of left right brain