• #travelinsight 77: Even an old computer and slow internet can speed up wow! when you switch from IE6 to #Firefox Thank god for nerds. #
• Sweet erotic calendar of male librarians http://j.mp/pMCSrP Cool! And: Men being sexy is a feminist issue http://j.mp/piygwf #
• #travelinsight 76: Interesting feeling to have a substantial white population with this defiant „this is my home“ attitude in South Africa. #
• #travelinsight 75: And not a single mixed group of friends out shopping or anything either. Oh race! East Africa doing much better there. #
• #travelinsight 74: While „old white man young black beauty“ depresses me, it’s even worse to not see a single mixed couple in a week in Jozi #
• Gay soldier example of US conservatives‘ discrepancy between political ideals and practical judgements http://j.mp/oYdNDW closet liberals? #
• Economic rational agent models‘ „two-step of terrific triviality“ http://j.mp/p8Ssz1 oscillating between classic and extended „rationality“ #

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• „In acting there isn’t job security“ http://j.mp/r6QTH1 Matt Damon ambushed on education by libertarian reporters & kicks their ass. Respect #
• Developing countries: „What’s missing are motivation and confidence“ http://j.mp/r1fpHh Interesting diagnosis, ambivalent about the solution #
• Against the wave of „empathy is the answer“: we need moral codes to motivate pro-social acts, and debate them publicly http://j.mp/nqvC0Z #
• via Google Correlate („automatic logical fallacy generator“ http://j.mp/qYPTvn): power of new-year’s resolutions http://j.mp/patKtp #
• Remember: you can sell your time, but you cannot buy it back. (Paulo Coelho) http://j.mp/o8kfwO #
• Ehem. Freiburger Rektor Voßkuhle (jetzt Verfassungsgerichtspräsident), über Europa, Grundgesetz und Euro-Rettungs-Urteil http://j.mp/qDg7nK #
• Katalonien verbietet ohnehin zunehmend unpopulären Stierkampf, mit Millionenentschädigungen http://j.mp/qPU9Ct Konflikt der Nationalismen #
• Spannendes #TAZ Streitgespräch Veganer und „Flexitarier“ http://j.mp/nyymq5 Nachhaltige Entwicklung des Gewissens oder bequeme Ausflucht? #

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• Qualvoller (und weitgehend einkommensfreier) Ausbildungsweg zum Psychologischen Psychotherapeuten http://j.mp/owdXrA Ärzte sind schon weiter #
• A Science journal review says gender-separate education based on pseudoscience, with really no benefits http://j.mp/ruHbjA (German SZ link) #
• Glücksatlas 2011 — Deutsche glücklicher trotz Wirtschaftskrise http://j.mp/nNaHQ9 Glückwunsch Johannes, gute Arbeit! #
• Evolutionary algorithm finds optimal build orders for StarCraft II http://j.mp/qReoQx the right place for quantitative science after all… #
• Economics should become an „operational discipline“ like law instead of (metaphysical) science http://j.mp/rl79BC (can skip to 3rd heading) #
• Debt increases young adults‘ self-esteem — apologetics of the credit culture http://j.mp/ndLgIU #addictivespending #americandreama #
• Economic practice of discounting cash flows institutionalizes short-term thinking http://j.mp/nUdhiE makes environment analyzes useless #

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• Micro-entrepreneurs move from software to hardware http://j.mp/pD34t8 is the era of companies coming to an end? Long but good. Thanks Markus #
• Average American consumes more animal products than fruit & veg http://j.mp/ozwC92 of course way too much sugar, too. Cool visualization… #
• Hälfte der Langzeitarbeitslosen hat keine abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung, 40% über 50 Jahre alt http://j.mp/qNSb0Z faul? #
• Thorough feminist critique of public discourse about evolution of female orgasms http://j.mp/p4SWiL Must-read for EvoPsy-fans #
• Psychology demonstrates bisexual men exist http://j.mp/pH9FsB Ouch, science can be so far from real life can’t it? #quantitativepitfalls #

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• „Antisocial personality traits predict utilitarian responses to moral dilemmas“ http://j.mp/p3w9Rp Seems there’s more to being really human. #
• RT @sueddeutschede Fährunglück vor Tansanias Küste: Überfüllte Fähre kentert vor Sansibar — viele Tote befürchtet http://j.mp/pT6ggp #
• This will bring me back to civilization after this year. And show you how old you have become http://j.mp/qRvU2A Internet memes 101 #Pogue #
• Bürgerliche entdecken laut #FAZ dass sie sich vom Kapital missbrauchen ließen die Linke recht hatte http://j.mp/pytr9h CDU moralisch leer #
• #Krugman models and explains financial crisis‘ infamous deleveraging http://j.mp/qHNzyG policy implications: government spending Strong! #
• Ozy’s law: „Misandry mirrors misogyny“ http://j.mp/pS7gpR (gender stereotypes cut both ways). True, but power issue remains. #feminism #men #
• Kapitalistische Elite ist (mangels Systemkonflikt?) zynisch geworden: Ende der Glücksversprechen, Markt als Schicksal http://j.mp/q5ZOHI #
• Contemplative book review on electronic „information bubbles“ http://j.mp/oFragA how much „other“ thinking do we need? #
• #Krugman makes me wonder why (crude) moral judgement seems to trump analysis in economic policy http://j.mp/q5Bicp http://j.mp/qMakTw #
• Top Ten Green Energy News http://j.mp/o5MYcT Wind lenses, wave energy, Egypt goes solar and wind, solar prices sharply down, … Wow! #
• Über 20% des deutschen Stroms sind bereits „grün“ http://j.mp/qsIjos Und die öffentliche Zustimmung sogar zur Ökostromumlage ist riesig #

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• #nytimes analysis of German green party success spearheading a worldwide trend http://j.mp/ru4yNR I really love German politics right now! #
• The US conservatives‘ game of saying things you don’t mean to people who (mostly) don’t believe them either http://j.mp/rlbVRl #
• Average penis size explains more variation (20%) in GDP growth than political regime type http://j.mp/rn8GpS #hardscience #bewareofnumbers #
• NATO not occupying Libya after all, doing business there is not bad, and extremists are not taking over either http://j.mp/oo3HLd #
• Bundesnetzagentur entscheidet sich gegen Reserve-AKW http://j.mp/ozRmI5 Atomausstieg ist ist damit rund — allerdings mit Kohle… #
• Könnten die Bayern ernsthaft die CSU abwählen? http://j.mp/o4sDns Laut Forsa hätte Rot-Grün-Freie Wähler gerade eine satte Mehrheit. Go Ude! #
• Gender-Theorie kommt in französischen Schulbüchern an http://j.mp/oCKN8i Glückwunsch, Frankreich! Wird die Welt doch langsam besser? #
• 2011 is not 2004: we should stop thinking of the internet as „anti-people“ and of „offline“ and „online“ life as separate http://j.mp/rgJvky #
• Wow. In Finland, speeding fines are relative to your income. Police has direct access to tax records — a fine… /via @SebastianSanne smart! #
• #travelinsight 73: Farmwork is damn hard. My soft student’s hands are all blistery from few hours of weeding. Still, #WWOOF rocks #

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• A vegetarian’s guide to talking to carnivores http://j.mp/omeLUu thoughts on moralizing and justification, and typical fact claims rebuked #
• Bill Clinton #vegan for health reasons, and enthusiastic about it http://j.mp/mQFGp5 „I also have, believe it or not, more energy“ #
• Memory should be treated „as a form of trace evidence“ http://j.mp/oIIfNE legal system follows social science on eyewitness testimony #
• Head and feet evolved for running http://j.mp/p9Bqnv persistence hunting and barefooting #
• Great Recession is a Great Contraction: global economy is „overleveraged“, and creditors (i.e. savers) have to lose money http://j.mp/oCWYvg #

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• Policies can make politics: US stops deporting non-criminal illegal immigrants http://j.mp/nQXL1K at least the federal government… #

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• #travelinsight 72: I hate taxi drivers who scare you of their own city and countrymen for business. And love the „dangerous local quarters“. #
• #travelinsight 71: When traveling, you sometimes need a lot of luck! Miraculously always had it so far, quite a lot in one day recently. #
• #travelinsight 70: My #1 important technical advance ever: washing machine. No, don’t tell me you need the wheel for that! #
• #travelinsight 69: One time a teacher, always a teacher? Seems so. Explaining physics to the children in my Kisumu guest family #
• Uups. The mountain messed up my calendar — the peak was August 1 of course, otherwise how would I have internet now? #
• The power of compromise applied to science http://j.mp/mR6XQ1 you don’t think evolution and creation work together? They do #
• August 2, 2011, 6:15am http://twitpic.com/5zw5aw Uhuru Peak. Didn’t think it was going to be that hard… More pictures on my blog soon. #

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• Addicted to Urban Dictionary http://j.mp/qpZB26 All the reasons I love English in one place. And contemporary culture, of course. #
• Norway should open our eyes to how irrational „Muslim Terrorist“ profiling is http://j.mp/pIAzBH 2010 saw 3 muslim & 160 separatist attacks #

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