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...pick fights they ought to avoid, or to patrol a wider, more hazardous patch of territory. Perception of risk becomes blurred. For a trader on a roll in the midst of a bubble, for instance, that suggests "several rounds of winning means testosterone so high they start taking stupid risks," says John Coates, a former Wall Street trader turned senior research fellow at Cambridge, and lead author of the study. Amid today's volatile markets, chronically high levels of cortisol, which can conjure up feelings of anxiety and negative thoughts, are believed likely to squeeze a trader's stomach...
...While the inclusion of these supporting characters might deflect allegations of racism, they do little to address the real problem here: “21” is a very stupid movie. It should have lived up to the expectations of people who actually care about Mezrich’s book, its characters and meaning. Alas, critics hated it, the Media Action Network for Asian-Americans found it ‘pathetic’ and many MIT affiliates and involved personalities seem to have disowned it—precisely because the real human element was mortgaged and forgotten in favor...
Touring wineries can make you feel like a jerk. Not just from saying that yes, you do totally taste the gooseberry in that merlot but also because the chemistry of oenology makes you feel stupid, the picking and crushing of grapes makes you feel wimpy, and the giant estates make you feel poor...
...your favorite Pulitzer Prize-winning writer here) "... that guy wouldn't get hired to clean the toilets at the Stockholm Public Library. Say, the Pulitzer is the one they give away in Scandinavia, isn't it? I better remember to change that in a piece we're running. The stupid writer says it's the Nobel. What would they do without...
...doing that,” he said. Like Ben, Sturgess sees risk-taking as crucial to his acting abilities. “We can see why it’s so difficult to take life that extra step further. Sometimes you just need to be a little different or stupid or ridiculous or dangerous, and that kind of gets you to where you need...