Why did cities freeze in the 1970s?
http://jakeseliger.com/2015/12/27/why-did-cities-freeze-in-the-1970s/
Month: January 2016
http www lamayor org mayor garcetti discusses greenlight…
http://www.lamayor.org/mayor_garcetti_discusses_greenlight_hollywood_campaign_positive_economic_impact_of_film_and_television_production
The Mayor was on set at #LiveByNightMovie announcing there were 37,289 filming days in 2015. https://t.co/q8PVXNiDEk pic.twitter.com/ORHJrLbmTp
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) January 19, 2016
Can Rahm Emanuel Survive in Office? Advice From a Mayor Who Did
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/can-rahm-emanuel-survive-advice-from-a-mayor-who-did/424377/
“…When Timothy Thomas got killed, the reaction of the city was to say, “It’s under investigation.” It just boiled. That’s just not—you have to say, “Here’s what we know, here’s the video we have, here’s what we think, AND it’s under investigation.”
Science fiction: Sunshine
In a world ravaged by pandemics people consider Sung-hwan to be a lucky man. If only they knew … By Gord Sellar.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/the-future/science-fiction-sunshine
Tiny bank huge ROE WebBank’s Fintech hidden recipe…
Tiny bank, huge ROE: WebBank’s Fintech hidden recipe
http://dailyfintech.com/2016/01/18/tiny-bank-huge-roe-webbanks-fintech-hidden-recipe/
The Rent Is Too Damn High What…
“The Rent Is Too Damn High: What To Do About It, And Why It Matters More Than You Think”
By Matthew Yglesias
“…A final clue came from “Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention” (1996), in which Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi acknowledges that, far from being an act of individual inspiration, what we call creativity is simply an expression of professional consensus.
“Using Vincent van Gogh as an example, the author declares that the artist’s “creativity came into being when a sufficient number of art experts felt that his paintings had something important to contribute to the domain of art.” Innovation, that is, exists only when the correctly credentialed hivemind agrees that it does.
“And “without such a response,” the author continues, “van Gogh would have remained what he was, a disturbed man who painted strange canvases.”
“What determines “creativity,” in other words, is the very faction it’s supposedly rebelling against: established expertise.”
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/13/ted_talks_are_lying_to_you/
“It can take from 10 and 80 years for an energy-efficient new building to overcome the climate change impacts created by its construction”
https://twitter.com/SF_Historian/status/684576219392655361
“Being right keeps you in place. Being wrong forces you to explore”
“Taking tests increases performance – even when you fail the tests. Deliberately making mistakes during training led to better learning than being taught to prevent errors.”
“The most effective way to change your behavior over the long term is to manipulate your environment. Change your surroundings to make what you should do easy and what you shouldn’t do hard.”
“Merely deciding you’re committed for the long-term vs the short-term dramatically increases progress and improvement.”
“Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How:”
“The differences were staggering. With the same amount of practice, the long-term-commitment group outperformed the short-term-commitment group by 400 percent.”
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/11/never-stop-growing-learning/
Did Islamic Banks in the Gulf Do Better Than Conventional Ones in the Crisis?:
Did Islamic Banks in the Gulf Do Better Than Conventional Ones in the Crisis?: