Quote of the week, Bonus Edition: Socrates on the “book”

From Thomas West’s Thinking Like Einstein: Long ago, Socrates described some second thoughts he had about the new and questionable technology called a “book”. He thought it had several weaknesses. A book could not adjust what it was saying, as a living person would, to what would be appropriate for certain listeners or specific times …

Travel: Choose a smaller airport to make your flight more pleasant

Financial blog Wise Bread has come up with a practical way to make your flight experience a little less crazymaking – just fly out of a smaller airport: This isn’t an option for everyone, but when it is, take it. It’s worth the extra $20, $20, or $50 to fly from an airport with shorter …