“I don’t like the idea that artists should keep out of politics. The more you know and understand art, the more you have to defend values. You should speak up—and early enough to matter.”
Tag: 03.13.14
10,000 Hours Of Practice Can Let You Master Anything? Science Weighs In On The Idea
Different levels of deliberate practice can only explain one third of the variation in performance levels in chess players and musicians, the authors found, “leaving the majority of the reliable variance unexplained and potentially explainable by other factors.”
What They Almost Called The Internet 25 Years Ago
Tim Berners-Lee: Mine of Information, The Information Mine, The Mesh. None had quite the right ring.
Getty Endowment Recovers
“An audited financial statement posted on the Getty’s website reflects investment gains totaling $766.74 million from mid-2012 to mid-2013, enough to cover expenses while socking away about $534 million for the endowment. Officials said the endowment gained an additional $300 million during the second half of 2013, reaching $6.2 billion by year’s end.”