Stuff We Like: Financial regulation, nonverbal communication, Earth Hour savings, and the evolution of creativity

REGAINING ECONOMIC VIBRANCY
"A New Regulatory Framework" (Forbes, Mar. 31, 2009)
"The current financial crisis is not due to lack of regulation, as many like to say, but to poorly designed and poorly enforced regulation," writes Chicago Booth professor Luigi Zingales.

UNVERBALIZED AWARENESS
"The Life of Gertrude Hendrix" (DePauw University News, Mar. 31, 2009)
In 1946 Gertrude Hendrix (1905-2008), while doing advanced work at the University of Chicago, offered proof of the existence of unverbalized awareness.

INCONSEQUENTIAL CONSERVATION?
"Earth Hour Returns" (Chicago Tribune, Mar. 28, 2009)
Chicago Booth student David Solomon found that the original Earth Hour, celebrated in 2007 in Sydney, only marginally affected energy use.

CREATIVE DARWINISM
"Rage Against the Art Gene" (Newsweek, Apr. 6, 2009)
"The fact is you cannot give me a human behavior for which I can't make up a story about why it's adaptive," argues Jerry A. Coyne, professor in ecology and evolution.

April 2, 2009

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