Are we getting more disconnected from our feelings?  Books written in the last 100 years (fiction I'm assuming) contain fewer words about feelings.

Soda (soft drink) sales have dropped for the 8th straight year in the US (AdAge)

If you live in the Philippines and want to demolish your house, you will be paid by the contractors.  The value of the material that they can reuse is greater than the cost of labor.

Great hair - on the wrong head - can have very funny results. I've always thought shampoo ads are a bit absurd. 

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.

-David Brinkley

Paper isn't dead. http://vimeo.com/61275290

You are able to influence when you commit to really understand others, collaborate with them, and inspire them with your actions.  http://quickbase.intuit.com/blog/2013/03/08/how-to-gain-more-influence/

Most of us wouldn't want a computer attached to our brain but it could help people with paralyzed limbs or with Parkinson's. Brown University creates first wireless, implanted brain-computer interface

Big Brother is watching at some companies. I think these sensors are a very intrusive and possibly unethical way of collecting data. They're ok for brief, targeted studies, but what if they become a permanent fixture of office life?

Get this bracelet for people who check their phone too often while you are with them.

Commercial fishing kills roughly 100 million sharks a year (Journal of Marine Policy).