Paper Pop-up Sculptures by Peter Dahmen

When We Don't Like the Solution, We Deny the Problem

A  new study from Duke University explores the notion that people faced with a problem will deny its existence if they don't like the solution. The researchers conducted three experiments on three different issues -- climate change, air pollution that harms lungs, and crime.

“The goal was to test, in a scientifically controlled manner, the question: Does the desirability of a solution affect beliefs in the existence of the associated problem? In other words, does what we call 'solution aversion' exist?" said Troy Campbell, a Ph.D. candidate at Duke's Fuqua School of Business.

Conservatives and liberals are equally as guilty in this case, the study claims.

“The cure can be more immediately threatening than the problem," said Campbell and added that solution aversion can help explain why political divides become so divisive and intractable.

Fun Time! Meet Clet, Street Sign Artist/Anarchist!

JoJo's Sriracha. Yum.

One of my favorite food finds is JoJo's Sriracha. I comes in various levels of heat. I especially like to drizzle it on smoked herring and salmon and add a touch of it to ketchup on scrambled eggs.

Made in small batches in Brooklyn, it has a very rich flavor. Now we know why.

Yaybahar by Görkem Şen

Travel Photo of the Week

The Coast of Lima, Peru

Janet Echelman's Dazzling Art Transforms Cityscapes

Sharing Activists Plan To Turn LA Into Sharing Mecca

Everyone that doesn't have their head stuck in another part of their body realizes that there are some almost intractable problems facing our nation and the biggest one seems to be economic inequity. But since these problems are "almost" intractable, what's to be done and who's doing something about it?

In Los Angeles, Arroyo Sustainable Economies Organization (ASECO) have a bold plan to turn the notoriously unequal city into a community-oriented, resource sharing city for all. The folks at the website Shareable have interviewed a few of their board members to find out how they intend to do this. If you are concerned about issues of inequality in your area, this is a good place to start looking for answers.

A Japanese Kokeshi Doll Emerges From A Spinning Block Of Wood

Fun Time! Glen Keane's The Duet!