“Hundreds of jobs could go at Waterstones after the retailer launched a consultation with 560 managers as it seeks to slash costs and ‘secure the future’ of the UK’s last nationwide book chain.”
Tag: 05.22.13
The Rise And Fall Of Charm In American Men
Benjamin Schwarz: “Most men hold charm in vague suspicion: few cultivate it; still fewer respond to it; hardly any know whether they have it; and almost none can even identify it. … Americans, especially American men, have always been, for some very good reasons, ambivalent about charm.”
Penguin Group To Pay Millions In E-Book Settlement
That’s $75 million, to states and private plaintiffs, in the lawsuit over price fixing.
Small Opera Companies Drive Innovation
“Some companies are reinventing themselves with complex business models. Others are sharing productions as a way to trim costs and increase production values. No matter what model these companies choose, however, they’re all chasing funds to sustain themselves.”
In The New Economy – MFAs Trump MBAs?
“Is art school the next B-school? Hardly, though artists often possess the skills and temperament that business leaders regularly say are in short supply: creativity, resiliency, flexibility, high tolerance for risk and ambiguity, as well as the courage to fail.”
British Equity Worries About Increase In Nudity Requests
“Fears have been raised [by the actors’ union] about the increasing number of acting jobs that require nudity, and the possibility that actors refusing to take their clothes off at castings are being denied work.”
What’s Really At The Root Of The Culture Wars? Onanism
Hugo Schwyzer: “The questions that self-pleasure raises are foundational: to whom do our bodies belong? What is sex for? Tell me how you really feel about masturbation, and I can more or less predict how you’ll feel about the more frequently debated ‘sex war’ issues.”
Brazilian Dance Sweeps The Internet
“The Passinho dance style adapts elements of North American breakdancing and R&B with indigenous styles like Capoeria, Samba no Pé (“Foot Samba”) and Forró. The result is a sleek dance style that has quickly spread through the urban slums where it originated and, with the help of social media, is cracking into the mainstream, both in Brazil and abroad.”
Research Suggests Compassion Can Be Taught
The brain scans revealed “a pattern of neural changes” in those who had received compassion training, including “neural systems implicated in understanding the suffering of other people, executive and emotional control, and reward processing.”
Debating How The Internet Is Changing Our Culture
“The internet ideology is difficult to dislodge because it is not simply an immaterial ideal; it is materially embedded in a global infrastructure made up of machines, software, private businesses and public institutions. This infrastructure influences how we think and behave, and once locked in may be difficult to change.”