Jobs
But we have not fixed the financial system. Rather, we have poured money into the banks, without restrictions, without conditions, and without a vision of the kind of banking system we want and need. We have, in a phrase, confused ends with means. A banking system is supposed to serve society, not the other way around.
Police Officers Are Sleep Deprived
Harvard researchers say they’ve uncovered a big problem among the nation’s 700,000 police officers: a serious lack of sleep.
In what’s believed to be the first study of its kind, the researchers queried nearly 5,000 municipal and state police officers in the U.S. and Canada about their sleep habits and symptoms of possible sleep disorders. Then they assessed their on-duty performance for two years.
Forty percent had sleep disorders, and the vast majority of these were undiagnosed before.
“You know, sometimes, it’s hard to do the right thing. And sometimes it’s politically difficult to do the right thing.”
Smoke Screening
As you stand in endless lines this holiday season, here’s a comforting thought: all those security measures accomplish nothing, at enormous cost.
via Charles C. Mann – Vanity Affair
“I needed a password with eight characters so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.”
Nick Helm (via Bruce Schneier)