Is Your Red The Same as My Red?

I have thought about this for YEARS! So happy that someone else had the same questions and had the drive to create a YouTube video to attempt to answer the question.

Thanks, +Rick Davis 

Anthony Bourdain's 10-Minute Ritual Will Change The Way You Work

Check out Bourdain's ritual in Business Insider.

Reminds me of one of the five emails to make your life better. (Thanks, +Megan Gardner)

HBR Daily Stat: Do Men in Traditional Marriages Block Women’s Advancement?

In a study of male managers from U.S. accounting firms, those whose wives weren’t employed tended to evaluate female employees more negatively than did men whose wives held jobs: Responding to an online simulation in which they were asked to rate fictional candidates, men in traditional marriages rated women 2 points lower on a 4-point recommendation scale than did men whose wives were employed, says a team led by Sreedhari D. Desai of the University of North Carolina. There was no such discrepancy for male candidates.

Read more in HBR.

TED Talk // Malcolm Gladwell: The unheard story of David and Goliath

Thanks, +Jason Begleiter 

High Price: Drugs, Neuroscience, and Discovering Myself by Carl Hart – review

Carl Hart argues persuasively that drug abuse is a symptom of a sick society rather than the cause. Read more in the Guardian.

Thanks, +Alessia Bhargava 

Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now

An excerpt, I've definitely said the phrases from the first paragraph more than once:

It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” 

The most recent was 18 months ago or so called The Kauffman Report. It had an influence on the people who fund our industry in a negative way as many asset managers who fund our industry read this flawed report. That’s a shame because many of these people missed out on what will be a few great VC vintages...

Read more in Both Sides of the Table.

Thanks, +Connor McCarthy 

Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions

Protests over secret study involving 689,000 users in which friends' postings were moved to influence moods Read more in the Guardian.

Fascinating ethical dilemma. What do you think should happen?

Your Life in Weeks

Read more in Wait But Why.

Thanks, +Collin Walter 

Google, Tell Me. Is My Son a Genius?

An excerpt:

MORE than a decade into the 21st century, we would like to think that American parents have similar standards and similar dreams for their sons and daughters. But my study of anonymous, aggregate data from Google searches suggests that contemporary American parents are far more likely to want their boys smart and their girls skinny.

Read more in the NYT.

Thanks, +Stephanie Gaufin 

Yay... someone figured out how to make "rent a puppy" happen!

AirBnB for dogs. See more at holidog.

#LikeAGirl

P&G's Always aims to change what it means to be 'Like a Girl."

Latest CPG women's self-esteem effort takes issue with playground taunt. Check out more in Ad Age.

Thanks, +Claire Packer 

Is there a global beauty standard?

This woman had her face photoshopped in over 25 countries to find out. Read more in Cosmo.

Thanks, +Alexandra Davis 

22 Photos That Prove Why Babies Need Pets

I love #5 and 8. Read more in LOL.

Thanks, +Julia Chou 

Powerful Ad Shows What A Little Girl Hears When You Tell Her She's Pretty

Read more in HuffPo.

How to Survive Your Promising Life

Read the full 2014 Stanford commencement speech by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Zen Buddhist priest, poet and founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation.

It reminds me a lot of DFW's "This Is Water" from Kenyon in 2005 (favorite commencement speech of all time).

Thanks, Shundo

The Map Of Native American Tribes You've Never Seen Before

Read more at NPR.

Thanks, +Claire Packer 

#Love: Hacking Social Isolation

Read more in TechCrunch. Liked the example about the ear buds.

Thanks, +Brandon Kearse 

On Second Thought …

Facebook wants to know why you didn’t publish that status update you started writing. Read more in Slate.

Why The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Misleading, Inaccurate, And Unscientific

Read more in Business Insider.

Thanks, +Kendall Dabaghi 

A Rare Peek Inside Amazon’s Massive Wish-Fulfilling Machine

Oh, man -- love warehouses and distribution centers. Fascinating how they work. Read more in WIRED.

Thanks, Tom

Why Audiences Hate Hard News—and Love Pretending Otherwise

Ask readers what they want, and they'll tell you vegetables. Watch them quietly, and they'll mostly eat candy. Read more in the Atlantic. (Thanks, +Tyler Borek)

French Bulldog Puppy Discovers Door Stop and His World Will Never Be the Same

Thanks, Vini

This Hilarious Tampon Ad Perfectly Captures How Awkward Puberty Can Be

The question is... will I also be a mother like this? Hmm, maybe.

Read more in BuzzFeed. (Thanks, +Alexandra Davis)

Japan Fans Did What No Other Soccer Fans Would After Their World Cup Team Lost

"The news: When American fans win a major sporting event, they often like to celebrate by turning over cars and burning everything in sight. When Japanese teams lose, it turns out that fans commiserate by cleaning the stadium."

Read more in PolicyMic and check out the photos.

Ad of the Day: In Sequel to Viral Smash, Pantene Urges Women to Stop Apologizing

Hits a little too close to home! Read more in Ad Week.

Thanks, +Jamie Wilkie 

"Turns out that judges with daughters are more likely to vote in favor of women’s rights than ones with only sons."

Read more in the NYT.

Thanks, +Alessia Bhargava 

American Express Revs Up Pursuit of the Masses

Card giant pursues consumers with cards pitched as alternative to checks.

Finally! Great to see one of the major financial institutions put out alternative products with lower fees for the underbanked. Read more in the WSJ.

Thanks, +Connor McCarthy 

Masters of Love

Science says lasting relationships come down to—you guessed it—kindness and generosity. The article references that (sadly!) only 3 in 10 of all the people who get married, remain in healthy, happy marriages.

The researchers wanted to know: was each unhappy family unhappy in its own way, as Tolstoy claimed, or did the miserable marriages all share something toxic in common?

The answers he finds are actionable - and make a lot of sense. One of my favorite things I've read this week. Read more in the Atlantic. Thanks, +Alessia Bhargava 

Why We Sleep Together

A long time ago, beds were expensive—but there's more to it than that. Read more in the Atlantic.

Thanks, +Brandon Kearse

Huge Number Of Americans Do Not Want Atheist In-Laws, Pew Survey

Read more in HuffPo. (Thanks, Tom)

50 Of The Most Important Dog GIFs Of All Time

"These are the dogs who have made us laugh, made us cry, and made us question the sanity of our canine friends." I can't stop laughing with some of these. Seem them all at BuzzFeed.

Thanks, +J.J. Raynor 

Where's the power button?

Silicon Valley's rich want to bank America's poor

Check out this article about ZestFinance, which is using big data to underwrite traditionally riskier consumers.

Thanks, +Will Powley 

TED Talk // Kevin Breel: Confessions of a depressed comic

Thanks, +Collin Walter 

Your weekly cry, courtesy of WestJet

Best six seconds on the internet

How Heartbreak Made Me More Mindful

Read Alena Hall's HuffPo article.

Thanks, +Leslie Labruto and +Brandon Kearse 

Dogs Riding Dirty

Thanks, +Samantha Pearlman 

All Our Patent Are Belong To You

Read Elon Musk's ground-breaking Tesla press release.

Thanks, +Julia Chou 

Google’s Street Art project turns its focus to sidewalk drawings and graffiti tags

Read more at Venture Beat.

Thanks, +Samantha Pearlman 

More Office Workers Switching To Fetal Position Desks

More Office Workers Switching To Fetal Position Desks
Thanks, +Julia Chou 

TED Talk // Rory Sutherland - Life lessons from an ad man

Thanks, +Rick Davis

TED Talk // Rory Sutherland - Perspective is Everything

Thanks, +Rick Davis 

HBR Daily Stat: Being Treated as Invisible is More Harmful than Harassment

Although surveys show that people consider it more psychologically harmful to be harassed than ignored, workplace ostracism turns out to have a bigger impact than harassment, doing greater harm to employees’ well-being and causing greater job turnover, says a team led by Jane O’Reilly of the University of Ottawa. Ostracism is also more common: Of more than 1,000 university staff members, 91% reported such experiences as being ignored, avoided, shut out of conversations, or treated as invisible over the past year, whereas 45% reported being harassed, such as by being teased, belittled, or embarrassed.

Read more in HBR.

So you think you know the second amendment?

Best excerpt:

The courts had found that the first part, the “militia clause,” trumped the second part, the “bear arms” clause. In other words, according to the Supreme Court, and the lower courts as well, the amendment conferred on state militias a right to bear arms—but did not give individuals a right to own or carry a weapon.

Read the short article in the New Yorker.

Thanks, +Zuhair Khan

Guys, Your Smartphone Is Hurting Your Sperm

A new study shows that guys keeping smart phones in their pockets might lower sperm count and contribute to infertility. Phones emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR) which could affect sperm count. This study analyzed 10 previous studies and showed that having your phone close-by can lower fertility by 9%.

Read more in TIME Magazine. (Wow...)

School Shootings in America Since Sandy Hook

Since the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, CT, there have been at least 74 school shootings in America. How many more before our leaders pass common-sense laws to prevent gun violence and save lives?

	Date	City	State	School Name	School Type
1.	1/08/2013	Fort Myers	FL	Apostolic Revival Center Christian School	K-12
2.	1/10/2013	Taft	CA	Taft Union High School	K-12
3.	1/15/2013	St. Louis	MO	Stevens Institute of Business & Arts	College/University
4.	1/15/2013	Hazard	KY	Hazard Community and Technical College	College/University
5.	1/16/2013	Chicago	IL	Chicago State University	College/University
6.	1/22/2013	Houston	TX	Lone Star College North Harris Campus	College/University
7.	1/31/2013	Atlanta	GA	Price Middle School	K-12
8.	2/1/2013	Atlanta	GA	Morehouse College	College/University
9.	2/7/2013	Fort Pierce	FL	Indian River St. College	College/University
10.	2/13/2013	San Leandro	CA	Hillside Elementary School	K-12
11.	2/27/2013	Atlanta	GA	Henry W. Grady HS	K-12
12.	3/18/2013	Orlando	FL	University of Central Florida	College/University
13.	3/21/2013	Southgate	MI	Davidson Middle School	K-12
14.	4/12/2013	Christianburg	VA	New River Community College	College/University
15.	4/13/2013	Elizabeth City	NC	Elizabeth City State University	College/University
16.	4/15/2013	Grambling	LA	Grambling State University	College/University
17.	4/16/2013	Tuscaloosa	AL	Stillman College	College/University
18.	4/29/2013	Cincinnati	OH	La Salle High School	K-12
19.	6/7/2013	Santa Monica	CA	Santa Monica College	College/University
20.	6/19/2013	W. Palm Beach	FL	Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts	K-12
21.	8/15/2013	Clarksville	TN	Northwest High School	K-12
22.	8/20/2013	Decatur	GA	Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy	K-12
23.	8/22/2013	Memphis	TN	Westside Elementary School	K-12
24.	8/23/2013	Sardis	MS	North Panola High School	K-12
25.	8/30/2013	Winston-Salem	NC	Carver High School	K-12
26.	9/21/2013	Savannah	GA	Savannah State University	College/University
27.	9/28/2013	Gray	ME	New Gloucester High School	K-12
28.	10/4/2013	Pine Hills	FL	Agape Christian Academy	K-12
29.	10/15/2013	Austin	TX	Lanier High School	K-12
30.	10/21/2013	Sparks	NV	Sparks Middle School	K-12
31.	11/1/2013	Algona	IA	Algona High/Middle School	K-12
32.	11/2/2013	Greensboro	NC	North Carolina A&T State University	College/University
33.	11/3/2013	Stone Mountain	GA	Stephenson High School	K-12
34.	11/21/2013	Rapid City	SD	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	College/University
35.	12/4/2013	Winter Garden	FL	West Orange High School	K-12
36.	12/13/2013	Arapahoe County	CO	Arapahoe High School	K-12
37.	12/19/2013	Fresno	CA	Edison High School	K-12
38.	1/9/2014	Jackson	TN	Liberty Technology Magnet HS	K-12
39.	1/14/2014	Roswell	NM	Berrendo Middle School	K-12
40.	1/15/2014	Lancaster	PA	Martin Luther King Jr. ES	K-12
41.	1/17/2014	Philadelphia	PA	Delaware Valley Charter HS	K-12
42.	1/20/2014	Chester	PA	Widener University	College/University
43.	1/21/2014	West Lafayette	IN	Purdue University	College/University
44.	1/24/2014	Orangeburg	SC	South Carolina State University	College/University
45.	1/28/2014	Nashville	TN	Tennessee State University	College/University
46.	1/28/2014	Grambling	LA	Grambling State University	College/University
47.	1/30/2014	Palm Bay	FL	Eastern Florida State College	College/University
48.	1/31/2014	Phoenix	AZ	Cesar Chavez High School	K-12
49.	1/31/2014	Des Moines	IA	North High School	K-12
50.	2/7/2014	Bend	OR	Bend High School	K-12
51.	2/10/2014	Salisbury	NC	Salisbury High School	K-12
52.	2/11/2014	Lyndhurst	OH	Brush High School	K-12
53.	2/12/2014	Jackson	TN	Union University	College/University
54.	2/20/2014	Raytown	MO	Raytown Success Academy	K-12
55.	3/2/2014	Westminster	MD	McDaniel College	College/University
56.	3/7/2014	Tallulah	LA	Madison High School	K-12
57.	3/8/2014	Oshkosh	WI	University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh	College/University
58.	3/21/2014	Newark	DE	University of Delaware	College/University
59.	3/30/2014	Savannah	GA	Savannah State University	College/University
60.	4/3/2014	Kent	OH	Kent State University	College/University
61.	4/7/2014	Roswell	NM	Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell	College/University
62.	4/11/2014	Detroit	MI	East English Village Preparatory Academy	K-12
63.	4/21/2014	Griffith	IN	St. Mary Catholic School	K-12
64.	4/21/2014	Provo	UT	Provo High School	K-12
65.	4/26/2014	Council Bluffs	IA	Iowa Western Community College	College/University
66.	5/2/2014	Milwaukee	WI	Marquette University	College/University
67.	5/3/2014	Everett	WA	Horizon Elementary School	K-12
68.	5/4/2014	Augusta	GA	Paine College	College/University
69.	5/5/2014	Augusta	GA	Paine College	College/University
70.	5/8/2014	Georgetown	KY	Georgetown College	College/University
71.	5/8/2014	Lawrenceville	GA	Georgia Gwinnett College	College/University
72.	5/21/2014	Milwaukee	WI	Clark Street School	K-12
73.	6/5/2014	Seattle	WA	Seattle Pacific University	College/University
74.	6/10/2014	Troutdale	OR	Reynolds High School	K-12

See more details about the list in EveryTown.