Links to Your World, Tuesday March 20

Why being less of a control freak may make you happier.

 

Studies show that we have a harder time remembering material we read on an e-reader than material we read in book form. A possible reason: "The more associations a particular memory can trigger, the more easily it tends to be recalled. Consequently, seemingly irrelevant factors like remembering whether you read something at the top or the bottom of page — or whether it was on the right or left hand side of a two-page spread or near a graphic — can help cement material in mind." I'm finding that, as I use my e-reader, I make up other associations in order to remember the material. But it's true that in many cases, even 20 years after I've read a book, I can pull it down from the shelf and eventually find the reference I'm looking for. While that's not possible with an e-reader, a few well-chosen words in the search engine of the reader will get me to the passage quickly.

 

Women are reading on e-readers books they'd never want to be caught with in print form. Now, think: If this were a story about men and porn, this article would have been written differently.

 

A former California legislator who now lives in Texas explains why Texas is doing so much better than Caifornia.

 

"The list of slights directed toward [the Baylor men's basketball program] goes on and on — for the players (undisciplined), the coaches (not skilled enough), the town (awful), Drew (unlikable, preachy, fake), the rumors and accusations (surely they cheat) … a list of complaints that seem to circulate despite, at least to my eyes, the fact they bear no semblance to what's there to see if you take a closer look." Bill Reiter of FS Southwest takes a closer look. Baylor men play their March Madness "Sweet 16" game this Friday against Xavier.

 

"Privacy advocates say that, for now, it is legal for a prospective employer, during a job interview, to insist that you log into your Facebook page and then click through your “friends only” posts, photos and messages" (Time).

 

The Atlantic examines the culture gap between the "red state" Boy Scouts and the "blue state" Girl Scouts.