December 2011
6 posts
“Imagine that you are French. You are walking along a busy pavement in Paris and...”
– Understanding and modelling how pedestrians behave is a youngish field for researchers. Anticipating pedestrian flows makes crowd events smoother and safer, and accounting for the peculiar propensities of different nationalities is key to getting it right. (via theeconomist)
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who...”
– Five from Isaac Asimov (via nevver)
kateoplis:
“There’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won.”
— Warren Buffett
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“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.”
— Elizabeth Warren
think-progress: 11 Quotes From 2011
“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”
– Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
OK, now I’m off to work. You put the pieces together… (via kvetchlandia)
“My desire for knowledge is intermittent, but my desire to bathe my head in...”
– Walking - Henry David Thoreau (via treenuhclow) 