The other factor is non-profit open source social networks.

A lot of people like me are determined to popularize open/p2p, distributed or decentralized social networks.

Technically, we're lunch cutting the for-profit networks. But I think both can coexist. However, if open/free networks come to dominate, closed platforms will diminish in popularity.

Search: "Diaspora", "distributed social network"

Well, Paul has a similar "quirk". He uses two PCs. Everyone's seen this by now: http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html Also Linus disliked using Google's net connection for his Git talk. Here's one relevant excerpt:

When I am here (Google) I cannot read my e-mails because my e-mail goes onto my machine and the only way I can get into that machine is when I am physically on that network. So maybe I am a cuckoo, maybe I am a bit crazy, and I care about security more than most people do. https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/LinusTalk200705Transcr...

In another part he was about to demonstrates a kernel diff, but stops when he realized he's disconnected from Google's net. Here's the talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 One of my favorites; a classic. And I don't even do software.

One acting concept I found fundamental important to learn was how status transactions work: http://greenlightwiki.com/improv/Status

yeah, status is very interesting. understanding how it works is real power. we actually tell each other where we think we rank and lower-status-thinking people usually submit first

The detailed version on how to do "impossible bottles" (with ships): http://www.answers.com/topic/ship-in-a-bottle-2

Some of them a pretty crazy: http://www.moillusions.com/2006/04/impossible-bottles-pictur...

I don't believe this. Yes, short on average. But I doubt the nasty, brutish part. H-G burnt out. Farmer faded away. Overall I think there are pro/cons between types different societies: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/10/farmers-war.html

[-]http://iweb.tntech.edu/kosburn/history-444/birth_of_war.htm

I was surprised at how fast the article came up, even with Sivers being HN gold. But I submitted it because I wanted to see how HN would expand on the topic of leading and following.

Oh, I mean HN in general, not this particular submission. I'm even subscribed to Siver's feed. =)

I like Sivers' version because it was more thorough. But it's good to hear the same idea expressed by a new person in a new way. You need new iterations and personalities you trust to make things click. That's essential to them spreading.

And where Seth observed, "We need more guy #3s," Sivers called you to action: "When you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first person to stand up and join in.": http://sivers.org/ff

Note sure if they should. Coke Vs. Pepsi logos: http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/coca-col...

Even in the revised edition Coca-Cola didn't change their logo much after a while.

The overall field is called allometry. Kleiber's Law is another reason behind our size and shapes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiber%27s_law

"for the vast majority of animals, an animal's metabolic rate scales to the ¾ power of the animal's mass."

Here's a well-cited overview of the role n-3s (EPA & DHA) in brain development, among other things: http://www.lef.org/LEFCMS/aspx/PrintVersionMagic.aspx?CmsID=...

Overwhelming evidence for the benefits of DHA comes from a recent review of some 50 studies, which concluded that higher DHA in babies’ diets translates into better brain function, especially for cognitive and visual function.23 Further evidence that DHA may promote healthy nervous system development comes from a recent study in which researchers divided 53 normal, healthy infants into those exclusively breast-fed and those exclusively bottle-fed with a formula containing no DHA. Using assessments of visual, auditory, and sensory perception, they found definite abnormalities in all three tests in the bottle-fed babies at one year of age.