Word: actorisms
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...does the human brain make decisions like which car to buy or what to have for lunch," says Antonio Rangel, director of the neuroeconomics lab at Stanford. Research is showing that the limbic system, which governs emotions, often overrides the logical areas of the brain, suggesting that the "rational actor" theory of economics misses deeper sources of motivation rooted in unconscious feelings and interpersonal dynamics. Instead of aiming at consumers' logical decision-making processes, companies could perhaps appeal to the fuzzier side of how people feel about themselves and others around them...
...Field Manual and bring the country in accordance with international law, Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Moreover, the use of torture undermines the morale of U.S. troops due to the prospect of reciprocation of such methods by their enemies. It is also likely to outrage any international actor, who cannot understand why the U.S. refuses to treat others by the same standards of humane treatment required at home by the U.S. Constitution. No better are U.S. practices of “extraordinary rendition,” the outsourcing of torture practices to Syria, Morocco, Jordan and Egypt?...
...four ballot initiatives that pit his government-reform agenda against organized labor. He wanted the special election, which will cost the state more than $50 million, but Republicans now think it may have been a mistake. On Saturday, a Schwarzenegger aide blocked perhaps his two most famous critics-liberal actor Warren Beatty and his wife, Annette Bening-from crashing a gubernatorial event at an airport hangar in San Diego...
...than you.") Born in Charleston, S.C., he studied theater at Northwestern University and then did improv work with Chicago's Second City troupe--a pursuit, he says, not unrelated to his childhood addiction to role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. He also developed a news habit. As a young actor, he would stay up until 4 a.m. watching ABC's late-night news after gigs. All that went into the smarmy, self-satisfied correspondent he created for The Daily Show, which he joined...
...grand modern tradition of the swaggering nerd. (The nerd part, by the way, is not unautobiographical. An ardent Lord of the Rings fan, Colbert is the proud owner of a portrait of Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn--drawn in frosting inside a chocolate frame--that the actor gave him after a Daily Show appearance...