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Link: Seeing Languages Differently: According to this article, language affects how you actually perceive the world. For example, an English speaker perceives red and pink as within the same class of “reddish” colors. Russian speakers, on the other…

Sizing up the nightlife: A study of status distinction An article about the methods bouncers use to determine who gets into clubs and who doesn’t. I like articles like this because it’s a study about things “everybody knows”. The takeaway is that these bouncers (and people in general) use outward signs of wealth, hipness, and [...]

As an English speaker, I’ve wondered why other languages, say Polish, have oddly placed letters in their names. Bunches of consonants together like “trz” or “cwk”, and when pronounced it’s nothing like I would imagine. This has always perpl…

The Atlantic: The End of Men
This article sparked an interesting conversation between my wife and myself. I’m mostly past the hangups I’ve had about gender issues, such as shame over being male, disillusionment with contradictory gender requirement…