- Well this explains why I’m only just now getting registrations for books I sent them back in 2007: there’s a huge backlog at the Library of Congress:
The irony is that the slowdown stems from a new $52 million electronic process that is supposed to speed the way writers and others register their literary, musical or visual work.
Isn’t that usually the way with expensive electronic processes? [via]
- Why CuteOverload is Critical to Your Work. Well I’m sold! [via]
- Speaking of cute, I agree with Jessa Crispin, this really is too cute not to share.
- New research suggests ways in which newborn brains work better than our own [via]:
In fact, in some situations it might actually be better for adults to regress into a newborn state of mind. While maturity has its perks, it can also inhibit creativity and lead people to fixate on the wrong facts. When we need to sort through a lot of seemingly irrelevant information or create something completely new, thinking like a baby is our best option.
“We’ve had this very misleading view of babies,” says Alison Gopnik, a psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of the forthcoming book, “The Philosophical Baby.” “The baby brain is perfectly designed for what it needs to do, which is learn about the world. There are times when having a fully developed brain can almost seem like an impediment.”
- Still, babies might have a little trouble puzzling out these 13 Things That Do Not Make Sense. I know I did. [via]