As I wrote in a recent post, I wanted to share a great site I have found.
It's called Give Me Something to Read. It's associated with InstaPaper (an app), which you can use if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, but you don't need either of those to take advantage of it.
Anyways, Give Me Something to Read basically takes the most frequently bookmarked articles by users, and the guy who runs the site chooses a few to put links to on most days. It might be sort of similar to Digg or Delicious or whatever that stuff is, I've never tried any of that.
The site ends up giving links to articles about a lot of different subjects, ranging from economics (perhaps the most common because of the recession, but there's plenty of other content), psychology, biology, sociology, business, technology... and so forth. I highly recommend you check it out!
Here are some of the best pieces I've read because of the site:
The Itch. About a woman whose scalp started itching and just didn't stop. Just a fascinating article—gives some medical/biological details (not too technical, don't worry), and really engrossing. Long but I couldn't stop reading it. Note: it gets a little gross in places.
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education. The writer, a Yale professor (or at least used to be, but maybe not now because he sort of disses Yale in the article) talks about why elite education is failing some of what he considers its basic goals. That description might not sound that interesting but just check out the article. It will make you think about what you want to get out of college.
America the Illiterate. I just found it shocking how "illiterate" America is, or at least how little so many adults read. Some pretty amazing statistics.
Check out Give Me Something To Read! Don't be discouraged if you don't immediately find something you think is interesting—look a bit.
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