The Breakfast Economy
Whether or not breakfast actually is the most important meal of the day, the real emphasis seems to be on keeping weekday breakfast as low-key as possible
Anthropology in Practice
Exploring the human condition.
3 Historical Examples of "Fake News"
History is littered with examples where the the facts were altered to suit a specific purpose. Here are three instances where falsified public accounts were used to chart the course of history
Green Thumbery: What Can the First Weeds Tell Us?
Weeds are the bane of gardening but they can help us learn how we arrived at agriculture's doorstep
Understanding The Social Capital of Fake News
Why has fake news persisted? We've built the world to enhance our automatic assumption of the “right” action. Online social networks have been primed to reflect these assumptions of human behavior: We're not inclined to vet the information our friends show us because we've curated the experience to highlight things that are important to our network. Our default inclination is to trust our network.
Post No Bills: The Ancient Romans Had a Version of Lawn Signs, Too
The American history of the political yard sign may date back to 1824 when John Quincy Adams had signs printed for his presidential run. Our current wireframe version seems to have originated in the 1960s. However, the legacy of this kind of political propaganda is much older
Why Do Postmortem Reviews Seem Destined to Fail?
Organizations need a mechanism to evaluate potential options for change. Is there anything salvageable from the postmortem?
What's the Bogeyman?
Maybe it's Michael Myers. Maybe it's a jumbie. But chances are it's something else. The real question is: Why are we all afraid of it?
Why are Victorian Houses Haunted?
There was a time when the Victorian facade was a prevalent status symbol in the United States. How did these houses go from celebrated to creepy?
Shared Sanitation: Bathroom Access and Facilities Around the World
Questions of bathroom access tend to have the greatest impact on the poor and the marginalized.
What does choice look like in today's world?
We live in the age of information, so why do we still make bad decisions? Or worse, no decisions?
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