This Week on the Internet
The Sochi Games are coming to an end and the Polar Vortex gave us a bit of a break (although, get ready for its triumphant return!), but we kept on reading the Internet, back to front. Here’s what piqued our interests this week.
NINETY-THREE, AND FEELING GREAT
In The New Yorker, Roger Angell reflects on life at 93. The piece is at times heart-breaking, always inspiring and is filled with numerous insights that simply stop you in your tracks: “[W]e elders have learned a thing or two, including invisibility…. (Women I know say that this began to happen to them when they passed fifty.) When I mention the phenomenon to anyone around my age, I get back nods and smiles. Yes, we’re invisible. Honored, respected, even loved, but not quite worth listening to anymore. You’ve had your turn, Pops; now it’s ours.”
THE DANGEROUS SIDE OF EQUALITY?
If you’ve caught any of NBC’s sometimes controversial coverage of the Winter Olympics, you were bound to see a fall, or two, or three. What’s even more surprising than seeing world-class athletes falter on a global stage are the stats behind those falls: At last count, nearly three-quarters of them were women. The New York Times investigates why, and finds it might just be the increased focus on having men and women compete on the same, treacherous courses. And if you want to know what it’s like to ski down one of those slopes? The New York Times has you covered with that, too.
SPEAKING OF GENDER EQUALITY…
It’s about time we start telling young men what we’ve never had a problem telling young women. The clock is ticking; you better find a wife now.
GONE IN 15 SECONDS
One study found that 80 percent of “potentially survivable” battlefield injuries lead to death, from hemorrhaging. Start-up RevMedx has found a promising solution: A syringe that injects miniature sponges into the wound, stopping bleeding in 15 seconds flat.
GREAT PLAYERS NEED GREAT COACHES
We might be biased because of the mention of our favorite Duke Special Assistant, but this article about one of the nation’s top freshman stars—Duke Basketball’s Jabari Parker—is sports journalism at it’s best.
WHAT DO YOU CALL A DONKEY IN GOOGLE GLASSES?
Love your Google Glasses, but don’t want to be known as the “creepy and rude” Google glass-hole? No worries, Google’s got you covered with an etiquette guide for the new-age eyewear.
Love your Google Glasses, but don’t want to be known as the “creepy and rude” Google glass-hole? No worries, Google’s got you covered with an etiquette guide for the new-age eyewear.
This list was compiled by Brooke Scheyer, the Director of Programming for CIW.
