Tag: Laugh | Journal by getAbstract

Lessons from the “World’s Most Popular Sport”

If you want to understand what makes soccer so appealing, you’ll get a dream pass here.

by Michael Wiederstein
Or "Hasta La Vista, Baby."

“Here’s Looking at You, Kid”

The latest research shows that if you look a robot in the “eye,” you will display similar reactions as when you look a human in the eye. But trust does not develop in this way.

by Michael Wiederstein
Glitz, Glamor and a Very Sad Man

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Or: How Not to Be Murdered by Your Mistress’s Husband’s Mistress’s Husband.

by Heather Hodel
The Pizza Margherita Method for Self-Fulfillment

Lots of things in life go down the drain. Trite calendar slogans provided by self-help literature won’t help you cope. But what does?

by Vince Ebert
In a Two-Person Tent with Richard Branson (and Hannibal Lecter)

Creativity is neither “nice” nor “eccentric” – but unpleasant, resistant, and sometimes even lethal. It should be given space, regardless.

by Vince Ebert
Life Is Hazardous to Your Health

How do I rate risks and chances correctly when it comes to decision-making (even when I am a statistics dummy)?

by Vince Ebert
Our World Is Counterintuitive and Exhausting

What saber-toothed tigers and used-cars salespeople have in common. And what that has to do with your brain and better decisions.

by Vince Ebert
Why Big Plans Fail

And how you can do better than Kodak, Kohl and Communism.

by Vince Ebert
"Monsieur Botcuse, can you hold my beer, s'il vous plaît?!"

Become a Chef

If your menu tastes like screws, it must have been the robo-cook.

by Michael Wiederstein
Culture Crash

In a globalized world, we get to know each other across borders and cultural limits. Often, however, we get in our own way and thus limit our options.

by Vince Ebert