Archive for July, 2008
Barbara Sher on Scanners
If you’re like me and people think you’re into “everything” and can’t seem to settle on “any one thing” you need to hear this program and feel brilliant for a change!
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Barbara Sher talks about people who are interested in so many things
everyone thinks they’re dilettantes, lightweights & loafers. She thinks
they’re gifted grownups.
I feel [...]
“Just an Inch Past Splat”
In response to the disaboom research:
We are not very good at predicting how we’ll feel about a given situation until we’re in it.
I remember an article in the New Yorker that talked about the near immediate regret Golden Gate Bridge jumpers, the few that actually lived to talk about it, felt as they left their perch.
From the October 13th 2003 New [...]
“Just an Inch Past Splat”
In response to the disaboom research:
We are not very good at predicting how we’ll feel about a given situation until we’re in it.
I remember an article in the New Yorker that talked about the near immediate regret Golden Gate Bridge jumpers, the few that actually lived to talk about it, felt as they left their perch.
From the October 13th 2003 New [...]
Disaboom Survey Reveals 52 Percent of Americans Would Rather be Dead Than Disabled
re-print from a July 9th msn money with permission from disaboom
52 percent of Americans would rather die than live with a severe disability, according to a recent national survey commissioned by Disaboom DSBO (www.disaboom.com), the premiere online community for people touched by disability. Disaboom today announced the shocking results in an effort to educate people about [...]