January 2010
25 posts
“When you buy something cheap, you lower the value of your own life.
-Noriko Hama”
– 1/30/10 New York Times, Business section, ‘Beef Bowl Economics’
Sad Tax
The Harper’s Index says:
Average amount that a sad person was willing to pay for “a sporty, insulated water bottle” in a recent study: $2.11 Average amount that a happy person was willing to pay for the same item: $0.56
Imagine the camera on an ATM reading your facial expression and then charging you a higher fee if you are sad. They know you’re willing to pay more!
A Vegetarian Diet
For the past 30 days I have maintained a vegetarian diet after reading Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. Natalie Portman wrote in The Huffington Post that “Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist.” Since then I have had discussions with many people about the various pros and cons of eating meat. Should I...
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