Is the Will to Work Out Genetically Determined?
What a 94-year-old athlete and an obsessive albino mouse can teach us about habits.
Browsing Tag
Jan/Feb 2014
24 posts
The Goofy Origins and Dismal Track Record of Modern Economic Forecasting
In Fortune Tellers, Walter Friedman shows not only where our contemporary forecasting ecosystem came from, but also its considerable influence on present-day economic thought and practice.
A Toast Story
How did toast become the latest artisanal food craze? Ask a trivial question, get a profound, heartbreaking answer.
Is Strava Taking All of the Joy Out of Running?
Why you shouldn't be so focused on the final numbers.
Minority Rule: How Labor Unions and Civil Rights Activists Beat the Big Guys
The whole idea of a democracy is that the majority is generally supposed to get its way. But time and again, it’s not the majority but a potent minority that drives—or prevents—progress.
Magazine Contributors
Meet some of the people behind the January/February 2014 issue of Pacific Standard.
Since We Last Spoke: Superhero Love and Increasing Social Security Payouts
Updates to past Pacific Standard print stories.
The Quest to Improve America’s Financial Literacy Is Both a Failure and a Sham
Financial literacy promotion may sound perfectly sensible—who wouldn’t want to teach children and adults the secrets of managing money?—but in the face of recent research it looks increasingly like a faith-based initiative.
3 Conferences Happening in January and February That Are Worth Attending
From Managing Popular Culture? to Social Media in the Pharmaceutical Industry, academic gatherings you should be aware of.