Paul Kedrosky

Paul Kedrosky

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Hedge fund manager at SALT event blackjack table turns $300 into $710,000 - http://t.co/HAeo26rU /via @firstadopter

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May 25, 2012
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It's not just you: Pop music is getting longer, slower and sadder - http://t.co/OfUP2rFP /via http://t.co/FNQFC7DM

Pop Music Getting Sadder and Sadder

May 25, 2012 - psmag.com
In the mood for a brisk, happy, up-tempo tune? You might scan the radio dial for a Top 40 hit, but for a better shot at satisfaction, choose an oldies station. Over the past half-century, pop hits have become longer, slower and sadder, and they increasingly convey “mixed emotional cues,” according to a study just published in the journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. “As the lyrics of popular music became more self-focused and negative over time, the music itself became sadder-sounding and more emotionally ambiguous,” according to psychologist E. Glenn Schellenberg and sociologist Christian von Scheve. Analyzing Top 40 hits from the mid-1960s through the first decade of the 2000s, they find an increasing percentage of pop songs are written using minor ... Continue reading →

PsycNET - Display Record

May 25, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Database: PsycARTICLES [ First Posting ] Emotional Cues in American Popular Music: Five Decades of the Top 40. Schellenberg, E. Glenn; von Scheve, Christian Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, May 21 , 2012, No Pagination Specified. doi: 10.1037/a0028024 Continue reading →
Hugely geeky, but interesting slides: Skeuomorphs, Databases, and Mobile Performance http://t.co/qkNAhoYG

Skeuomorphs, Databases, and Mobile Performance

May 25, 2012 - slideshare.net
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Great commencement speech from Neil (@neilhimself) Gaiman: Making it up as you go along. http://t.co/NVxkszOs /via @jhagel

Neil Gaiman - Inspirational Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts 2012

May 25, 2012 - youtube.com
Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012One of the best commencement speeches. A must watch for any artist and everyone who hopes to be creative and successful.Make Good Art. Continue reading →
@jamessaft Just finishing something up.
@jamessaft Weirdly, I actually disagree somewhat. I've seen it much, much worse. This seemed more fragility than cynicism.
@jamessaft Cynicism goes without saying vis-a-vis Wall Street.
Argued on @bloombergradio that implications of last week's F******k debacle concerned Taleb-ian fragility -- of markets, of companies, etc.
L'État, c'est moi.
Musing live with @tomkeene on @bloombergradio about fragility, technology and public markets
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