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Therein lies the fault with Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid, a collection of essays edited by Yale IBM Professor of Psychology and Education Robert J. Sternberg, concerning how and why ostensibly intelligent people can do incredibly stupid things. Former president Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and Richard Nixon’s claims of innocence during the Watergate scandal are two landmark instances in which two men, blessed with all the trappings of intelligence, were incapable of sound judgement...
...client is the WB network. Other prospective clients include the WWF, Coca Cola, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T. It’s a firm on the rise—Jamie Trowbridge, co-founder and chief operating officer of Moeo, has just opened an east coast branch of the Santa Monica-based company. His headquarters: Winthrop House...
...special, entitled “Kids Under Pressure,” followed the Harvard first-year, along with two of his former classmates at Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, Calif., through the process of applying to Harvard and other top schools...
...sitting on the terrace of the Best Western Gateway Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., with my laptop open, about to embark on a little adventure. I've been hearing a lot about Wi-Fi lately, and not just from my geekier friends. Everyone who has tried the new high-speed wireless technology loves it--from homeowners who use it to network all their computers, to road warriors who can now go online from airport boarding lounges. And it's spreading to more public places like coffee shops and, not far from my home, this very hotel, where I have decided...
...Best Western Gateway is one of two public "hot spots" listed for Santa Monica in the directory of Boingo Wireless, which offers Wi-Fi access in locations scattered across the country. I have already talked to a preternaturally cheerful customer-service rep and signed up for Boingo, which has a wireless transmitter in the hotel lobby. So I'm ready for action...