12 Fascinating Friday Reads
Posted: January 13, 2012 Filed under: Mind - Philosophy/Science | Tags: Carol Dweck, Daniel Gilbert, Film industry, Marc Forgione, Mexican Drug War, South Dakota, Stanford University, Stanley Tucci 5 Comments »
Welcome to 2012! I’ve got some fun things planned for the year, so bear with me while I figure out the best way to accomplish them. But tell me, please, what would YOU like to see in 2012 from ReadHeavily?
I invite you to join me on Twitter, Facebook, and/or Google+. Until then, here are 12 Fascinating Friday Reads:
- The Right Mindset for Success. An interview with Carol Dweck, professor at Stanford University and author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
- The Science Behind the Smile. An Interview with Daniel Gilbert, widely known for his 2006 best seller, Stumbling on Happiness.
- 8th Fire: Discovering Aboriginal literature. Waubgeshig Rice discusses the importance Aboriginal literature had in shaping his own identity as a youth and some of the authors that have truly influenced him.
- Actor Stanley Tucci Sets Out to Find the Best Wines for Under $15.
- Clippers’ 30-year climb to relevance.
- Retire Here, Not There: South Dakota. South Dakota’s cost of living is nearly 11% lower than the national average. The median home price is just $116,900 and there is no state income tax. And residents and experts say cheap doesn’t compromise beauty.
- Can a Makeover Save the Twinkie? Ashton Warren, the pastry chef at Restaurant Marc Forgione in Manhattan reimagines the Twinkie, a snack most likely to survive a nuclear attack.
- The 160 Billion Dollar Bezzle. Why do private investors act like a bunch of baboons on a banana hunt in a warehouse full of inflatable bananas?
- Fighting the Last War. Why the Mexican Drug War is failing (and what’s Columbia’s got to do with it).
- New Storage Device Is Very Small, at 12 Atoms. Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms.
- Movie Industry Is Making Money from Technologies It Claimed Would KILL Profits. This year the movie industry made $30 billion (1/3 in the U.S.) from box-office revenue. But the total movie industry revenue was $87 billion. Where did the other $57 billion come from?
- Violin Concerto Mov. 1.
