Where the Pareto Principle falls short

By Adam L. Penenberg On January 6, 2014 For more than a century, the “Pareto Principle,” also called the “80/20 rule,” has described, with steadfast accuracy, a dizzying array of physical and man-made phenomena. The concept was the inspiration…

Kickstarter videos are the infomercials of our time

By Cale Guthrie Weissman On January 6, 2014 Sometimes when I can’t sleep and am bored of Twitter and random YouTube videos I inevitably come across a product hawked on Kickstarter, and subsequently get sucked into an as-of-yet unmade product peddling…