You’ve heard a lot about the possible health care reform and what it might change as far as our expectations of the government’s role in our lives; but let’s breakdown some of the things you may miss in the news.
The many faces of Bill
In all the heated debate about the principles behind the possible reform, [...]
For me, I’ll still be monitoring the @SXSW topic, because it is a part of the job I’m here to do: a certain amount of schmoozing is necessary to promote your message, and frankly, the good that Thrive does for people is worth more than a little bit of my personal happiness. But I’ll also be taking it a little easier, and trusting that interested parties at SXSW will come find me instead. I’ll be geeky-looking scientist, only slightly cool, talking to whoever wants to about how we all (and Thrive) can change consumption, the politics of personal finance, and our own minds.
A couple of years ago, one of my best friends and I went to see Hollywood Homicide, which was hands down one of the worst movies I have ever seen, made worse by the “technical difficulties” the theater was experiencing that day. About halfway through the bland, monotonous dialogue, the film completely cut out, and [...]
When I was little, I always had holes in my jeans. Not because I wanted to look cool, but because that’s what happens when you constantly trip over things and fall down: I was a clumsy kid, not to be trusted around anything remotely breakable. Naturally, I became very familiar with the phrase “be careful [...]
As part of a series of articles on debt, the New York Times recently published an article with an interesting title: Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt. This is proof that time travel is easy: you only have to change a few words to travel back two years ago, when obesity was the [...]
Recently around the office, we’ve been talking a great deal about how research on losing weight can be applied to reducing how much people spend. They are both largely issues of self-control in the face of an environment designed to get you to eat/spend more, so there is much that we can learn from eating [...]
Last Wednesday, in the quest for free shipping, I found myself frantically clicking through J.Crew’s website, looking for anything I could buy to push my total over the 150 dollar mark. I ended up spending an extra 60 dollars on something I didn’t need or even really want in order to save ten bucks on [...]
Imagine that you are planning to purchase an item for $10. The ever-popular titanium spork, for example. Then you find out that by going an extra five blocks out of your way, you can get it for half price. Would you walk five blocks to get $5 off a $10 item?
New purchase. [...]
This post was written by Stephanie Cuellar Butler, Contributing Writer on September 30, 2009 
