links for 2006-09-12

• Statistical Abstract: Income, Expenditures, & Wealth
  Understanding what normal is
  (tags: money statistics)
• Federal Reserve: Consumer Credit, Release Dates
  current debt statistics
  (tags: money, debt)
• People are much more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking, than think their way into a new way of acting.
  As much as we want to change our behaviors to match our thoughts, it's much more common that we change our thinking to match our behaviors.
  (tags: behavior thought psychology)
• Lifehacker gives the Dalai Lama Center poll to its readers
  And finds much the same results.
  (tags: lifehacker happiness poll linklove)
• Doing it for free
  "In fact, the more I think about it, the more it seems that pioneers are almost never in it for the money. I think the reason is pretty obvious: when you try to make a profit from your innovation, you stop innovating too soon. You take the short payout be
  (tags: sethgodin money innovation)
• Location, race and income affect life spans in U.S.
  Not surprising, when you think about it.
  (tags: location, longevity, income, race)

Comments

[Jeremy]

I'm loving these links -- great job collecting the goodies...

[Erik Benson]

Thanks, Jeremy! We're having fun finding these links too.