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Free air! Buddy Wakefield discusses vipassana meditation
A lot of interesting concepts in this video. If you pull a bent breath through the second hole of a harmonica tuned to the key of Georgia while a train moves by on the tail end of dusk there is a good chance you will finally know what it means to rest.
Going to college is worth it – even if you drop out
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/10/going-to-college-is-worth-it-even-if-you-drop-out/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein “The economic case for college is simple: college graduates make more money. In fact, they make over $500,000 more over the course of their lifetimes, on average.” “Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, who’ve done some of themost comprehensive work on the returns to college, have estimated the returns on going to college without getting a degree. They’re very […]
7/1 Quote: John Steinbeck
“There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you—of kindness and consideration and respect—not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of […]
Zen and the Art of Startup Naming
What in the art of Buddhist startup naming is going on? It’s not so hard to figure. Startups have dealt with the dwindling supply of short Web addresses by removing vowels and creating compound words for years. Zen, meanwhile, provides a short building block and communicates the idea of simplicity and focus, a good thing if you’re […]