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Are mobiles not letting our minds wander far enough?
We’ve all heard that mobiles are keeping us from working-but are they actually keeping us from zoning out? Nick Bilton has an interesting New York Times blog post about how mobiles are limiting the essential human capacity to daydream: Jonah Lehrer, a neuroscientist and the author of the soon-to-be
PLEASE MAKE THIS: Occupy Wall Street Lego set
Flash Flash With the recent news that Minecraft legos might be on their way sometime soon, maybe its time for Lego to get political. Parental discretion is advised. –Yannick LeJacq [via Slate V]
Get Down, Get Banned: Account bans crop up over online Star Wars dancing. [Updated]
It seems that even in a galaxy far, far away people still like to boogie. Rock Paper Shotgun have reported a little-known easter egg whereby entering the /getdown chat command will cause your character to switch into “shameless rug-cutting” mode in BioWare’s popular Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO.
When can sexting save lives? Sexual education becomes interactive.
A recent innovation in sex education has interesting possibilities for social innovation in the U.S., The New York Times reports: In Chicago, teenagers can subscribe to Sex-Ed Loop, a program endorsed by the district that includes weekly automated texts about contraception, relationships and disease
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