Murphy’s initial view was that to unlock GOP votes for a budget deal, Obama just needed to endorse chained CPI and more means-testing in Medicare. Then it was pointed out that Obama has endorsed means-testing in Medicare, so Murphy wondered why he didn’t endorse chained CPI as part of a deal. Then it was pointed out that Obama did endorse chained... - http://alexch.tumblr.com/post...
The popular interest in the brain means that we increasingly have a “folk neuroscience” that is strongly linked to personal identity and subjective experience. Like folk psychology it is not necessarily very precise, and sometimes wildly inaccurate, but it allows us to use neuroscience in everyday language in a way that wasn’t previously credible... - http://alexch.tumblr.com/post...
After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding — I was fired today. - http://alexch.tumblr.com/post...
Mark Twain once said, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” Except that he didn’t, because C.H. Spurgeon said it first — in 1859 — and said it a little differently: “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.” Even that is an adaptation of a Jonathan Swift quote first... - http://alexch.tumblr.com/post...