Quote of the week
“It is the difference between the “organic” solution (solving the problem by returning to the purity of the original non-corrupted system) and the truly radical solution (identifying the problem as the “symptom” of the entire system, the symptom which can only be resolved by abolishing the entire system)”. – Living in the End Times – Slavoj Zizek
1.Bottom’s Up! A Look at America’s Drinking Habits
“Soda is still the most-consumed beverage in the U.S., with the average consumer chugging nearly 45 gallons of the fizzy stuff last year. So it’s no coincidence that three of the biggest measured-media budgets in the beverage category belong to soda brands.”
Culture, Health, Food
Source :Adage
2.Donors Are Settling for a ‘Bronze Standard’ for Measuring Charities – The Giveaway
“Many donors do care about how their money is spent. Brian Walsh, director of global social engagement at Liquidnet for Good, pointed to a recent study that showed 85 percent of donors say they care about performance. Nonetheless, only one third say they conduct research before they make a donation and only 3 percent say they make gifts based on a charity’s performance”
Nonprofit, Grants, Culture
Source : Philanthropy.com
3. Museum 2.0: A Simple Outcome of Visitor Participation: Delight
““But maybe it should be. For me, a professional who is pushing every day to make a struggling museum relevant and sustainable, I find incredible joy in these simple visitor comments.”
Place, Culture, Museum
Source : Museumtwo
4. No Pension, No Security
“Combined with Social Security benefit cuts, the rise of 401(k)s has led to growing retirement insecurity and an increase in the labor force participation of older workers. Still, workers with only 401(k)s are better off than the nearly half of full-time workers with no retirement plan at all.
Economics, Culture, Work
Source : EPI.org
5. Risk, probability, and how our brains are easily misled
“If we really want people to understand a given probability, then we have to play to the human brain’s strengths, and adjust how we present the information.”
Technology, Humans, Culture
Source : Arstechnica
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– Kaushik
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