[ Video ] The Velvet Underground – After Hours

This song is no sofa pizza—it’s timeless—as well as Eddie Segwick. Well, sometimes I break my own rule. The song embodies what a suicide (the main theme of the song) is about; it goes on quietly without drama, but with a kinky optimism toward the future of...

[ Essay ] 10,000 hours to master, 10,000 hours to countdown

  by  shoothead  Malcolm Gladwell observed that we need to spend 10,000 hours, or approximately ten years, to master a skill. He cited The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac as examples: Even those music geniuses had to accumulate almost ten years of “practice”...

[ Quote ] Internet is a place where we can be alone together

The reasons brainstorming fails are instructive for other forms of group work, too. People in groups tend to sit back and let others do the work; they instinctively mimic others’ opinions and lose sight of their own; and, often succumb to peer pressure. The Emory...