Interesting Links for 21-7-2011

[andrewducker]

• Emma Watson has a sense of humour. (Or nobody told her who she was standing next to)
  (tags: harrypotter EmmaWatson porn gay funny)
• Shale gas is cheap and effective
  (tags: energy environment gas)
• Happiness linked to a gene that comes in long and short versions
  (tags: Happiness psychology genetics)
• Wired interviews Grant Morrison about Supergods and Superhero Myths
  (tags: grantmorrison superheroes superman comics myth religion)
• Every Major Credit Agency Prepares to Downgrade the USA.
  (tags: usa debt finance economics)
• Everything available always - life in a world where all media is available to everyone
  (tags: movies music media culture)
• Performance has little to do with pay it bureaucracy, everything to do with autonomy and calculated risk.
  (tags: management work psychology)
• Popular TV shows teach children fame is the most important value
  (tags: Fame tv usa society)

Comments

[andrewducker]

I was not being _even slightly_ serious when I said "for reasons that escape me".

But if you cross out nuclear, then you have two options:
1) burn hydrocarbons
2) not have enough energy

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Ah sorry -- I totally misunderstood your comment just then; I thought you were remarking on my comment rather than clarifying yours.

Then 2, logically.

[andrewducker]

I don't see you giving up your technology...

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

I switch mine off, which is more than a hell of a lot of people do. And I haven't been in a plane for about 5 years.

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

Or kill people in other countries before they use fossil fuels in the way 'we' do?

[andrewducker]

:->