“What is it about certain cities and places that fosters specific attitudes? Am I imagining that this is the case? To what extent does the infrastructure of cities shape the lives, work, and sensibilities of their inhabitants? Quite significantly, I suspect.”
Interesting thoughts on something we’ve all observed (but perhaps not fully registered) from Talking Heads’ [...]

Scientists at the University of Leeds say that humans flock like sheep and birds, subconsciously following a minority of individuals.
“Results from a study at the University of Leeds show that it takes a minority of just five per cent to influence a crowd’s direction – and that the other 95 per cent follow without realising [...]

We’ve maintained a long list of research links over the years & have just moved it to a new domain so we can keep it in great Web 1.0 condition (nested tables and WordPress HATE each other).
We still mourn the loss of Netscape and Windows 3.1; keeping our little vestige of the Old Web gives [...]