Note: The content of this article was written by Dr. Jennifer Raff for her blog, Violent Metaphors . It is being rehosted here with permission. You can click on the above hyperlink to view the original and engage in the lively discussion in the comments section. In light of recent outbreaks of…

Deutschlands Drogenpolitik funktioniert seit Jahrzehnten wie ein Märchen, in der sich die Welt der Drogen in Gut und Böse teilen lässt. Der Grund allen Übels sind Rauschmittel wie Cannabis, Heroin und Kokain. Verfolgt und verboten, weil sie gefährlich für die Menschen sind. Auf der Seite der…

Photography-related groups on Facebook are growing exponentially along with the exploding industry. As with many things in life, there are pros and cons when participating in these groups. One can experience valuable feedback, expertise and positive reinforcement from peers, while also experiencing…

Shut The Fuck Up February I stopped complaining for a month. A survivor’s tale. Photo CC BY 3.0 Folkert Gorter (http://superfamous.com) Every February for three years now, my friend Pieter and I try to stop complaining for a month. Every year, we fail miserably. Yet, like every year before, I’m…

Ich fuhr heute mit dem Auto. Und im CD-Spieler hatte meine Frau irgendeine CD aus meiner „Musterkiste“ vergessen. Ja, ich habe so eine Musterkiste, wo die CDs landeten, für die ich früher die CD-Cover gestaltet habe. Es lief ein Hammer-Song, den außer mir, dem Produzenten und einer Handvoll Leute,…

Self-confidence is a catch-22. If you don’t feel confident, then you feel anxious and your anxiety causes mistakes. But when you’re afraid of feeling anxious and making mistakes, it’s very hard to feel confident. Of course, it is possible to build self-confidence. You can give yourself a pep talk

Having spent 9+ years at Google/YouTube before leaving to raise our Homebrew seed fund, I know a little bit about ‘ golden handcuffs .’ And the truth is, if you’re a high performer focused on maximizing wealth, you’d be unlikely to ever quit Google, Facebook, Apple, etc (unless you want to roll the…

PDF: We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. (Or see a preview .) ___________ pro-cras-ti-na-tion |prəˌkrastəˈnāSHən, prō-| noun the action of delaying or postponing something: your first tip is to avoid procrastination . Who would have thought that after…

This is Part 2. You won’t get Part 2 if you haven’t read Part 1 yet. ___________ PDF: We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. (Or see a preview .) ___________ pro-cras-ti-na-tion |prəˌkrastəˈnāSHən, prō-| noun the action of ruining your own life for no…

I’ve been having a lot of conversations with you blog readers over email about making a living as a developer. All the questions follow the same theme. Are you an underpaid developer? If you have to ask yourself then it already means yes. The definition of underpaid here is in terms of money. We’re…

Einer der Standardsätze, die ich bei Einzelcoachings und Workshops immer wieder höre, ist: „Im Grunde ist mir das eigentlich klar, ich hatte nur gehofft, dass es irgendwie schneller und einfacher geht.“ Sätze wie diese beziehen sich in den meisten Fällen darauf, wie schnell und effektiv man ins…

Technology Review 02.07.2013 07:30 Uhr vorlesen Um den Zusammenhang aufzudecken, hatten Wissenschaftler um Gary King von der Harvard University mehrere Millionen Postings von 1400 Social-Media-Seiten analysiert. Sie konzentrierten sich dabei auf 85 für Chinas Machthaber besonders sensible Begriffe.…

Forty years ago, in a paper in American Scientist , Herbert Simon and William Chase drew one of the most famous conclusions in the study of expertise: There are no instant experts in chess—certainly no instant masters or grandmasters. There appears not to be on record any case (including Bobby…

If I see one more listicle about introversion, I'm going to cry. It started out with the fairly reasonable " 31 Unmistakable Signs That You're An Introvert ." Sure, many of the items on the list offered an exaggerated version of introversion, but there were some real gems that had a large grain of…

There is much to be said for being in the process of ____, or reminding yourself that "slow and steady is what will win the race". Though I am a H-U-G-E believer in being easy on yourself when making changes and of setting yourself up for success by moving forward at a pace that is manageable, there…

Heutzutage besteht die Haupt-Daseinsberechtigung von München darin, dass die Leute in Berlin mit ihrem Leben zufriedener sein können. Wann immer das Gespräch auf München kommt, werden Eliteberliner – ohne Ausnahme – plötzlich sehr erzürnt und aufgebracht, vor allem die aus Berlin-Mitte. An diesem…

We know of tangled sleep schedules, and we have all had your struggles withthem. But sometimes sleep schedules can become so twisted, that they justhappen to morph into something quite ordered. The figurative eye of a typhoon.Such was the case with my sleep schedule. One dawn, I took to bed around…

There’s an important kind of wisdom in knowing what you don’t know. Too often we fall into the delusion of thinking we know a lot more than we really do, commonly known as “illusory superiority.” This can often make us stubborn in our beliefs and unwilling to accept new information. Ultimately, it…

Most of us experience false alarms with phones, and as Tom Stafford explains this happens because it is a common and unavoidable part of healthy brain function. Sensing phantom phone vibrations is a strangely common experience. Around 80% of us have imagined a phone vibrating in our pockets when…

A very dependable feature of people who live abroad is finding them huddled together in bars and restaurants, talking not just about their homelands, but about the experience of leaving. And strangely enough, these groups of ex-pats aren’t necessarily all from the same home countries, often the mere…

Many of the answers we’re seeking are answers we already have. We just don’t know how to access them. Understanding who you are isn’t something you stumble upon one day. It’s embedded within you; you just have to be vulnerable long enough to uncover it. Your everyday actions are shouting what you…

19 Things To Stop Doing In Your 20s 1. Stop placing all the blame on other people for how they interact with you. To an extent, people treat you the way you want to be treated. A lot of social behavior is cause and effect. Take responsibility for (accept) the fact that you are the only constant…

The hover effects on Amazon’s big ‘ole “Shop by Department” mega dropdown are super fast. Look'it how quick each submenu fills in as your mouse moves down the list: It’s instant. I got nerd sniped by this. Most dropdown menus have to include a bit of a delay when activating submenus. Here’s an old…

N o one would accuse Jaroslav Flegr of being a conformist. A self-described “sloppy dresser,” the 53-year-old Czech scientist has the contemplative air of someone habitually lost in thought, and his still-youthful, square-jawed face is framed by frizzy red hair that encircles his head like a ring of…

Dear Photographer …Kindest regards, Model. xxx Dear (new'ish) Photographer, My name is Model. I would love it if when you shoot me you take these things into consideration to achieve the greatest effect for us both: - Male or female, give some playful banter. It makes me so happy when I am in the…

Ein Volksfestbesuch muss natürlich geplant werden Im Gespräch mit fernsehkritik.tv erklärte ein Kandidat zudem, dass er sich in der Sendung falsch dargestellt sah. Als er das in seinem Facebook-Profil klarstellen wollte, habe ihm die Produktionsfirma UFA Entertainment mit einer Vertragsstrafe von…

In magic circles, Robbins is regarded as a kind of legend. Psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and the military study his methods for what they reveal about the nature of human attention. Credit Photograph by Martin Schoeller A few years ago, at a Las Vegas convention for magicians, Penn Jillette, of…

Note: This is a guest article contributed by frequent TIFO visitor, paramedic, and amateur physicist, Scott. Today I found out why we divide the day in to seconds, minutes, and hours. The concept of needing to divide up the day seems second nature to even the smallest kid who asks, “is it snack…

Behind every habit there is a structure. Psychologists refer to these as “habit loops.” And according to Charles Duhigg’s great book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business , habit loops consist of three main parts. First is the cue , the trigger from the environment that tells…

I am the kind of person who takes 30 minutes to an hour to fall asleep, most nights. Falling asleep is an ordeal for me (unless I’m completely exhausted). Don’t get me wrong – it’s not an unpleasant ordeal… there are worse things in life than lying in bed. But I truly envy those people who can just…