There are exactly two media for thought
which we know we can use well:
oral culture and writing.
Writing is better:
more permanent, more adaptable,
richer, deeper, subtler,
with a longer memory.
-- Cosma Rohilla Shalizi

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http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html

This is the latest Ted Talk to cross my viewscreen.  It's Richard Wilkinson, speaking about the differences between societies with wide vs narrow differences between the highest and lowest income groups.  The finding is intuitive, but the specific data that he pulls together, and the way he makes sense ( Read more... )

2009 Annual Review of Clinical Nutrition ( Read more... )

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http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/Abstract.asp?AID=4223&Abst=Abstract&UID=Read more... )

Scanned article available here:
http://community.livejournal.com/ed_ucate/835377.html

This is a tough one for American hedonists to swallow....

Check out the pictures of rhesus monkeys on the last of the 6 pages.