links for 2008-02-20

  • “In the past, people could see the fruits of their labor immediately: a chair made or a ball bearing produced. But it can be hard to find gratification from work that is largely invisible, or from delivering goods that are often metaphorical.”
  • “she advises women who want to overtake men in the race for the inner circle of business to use the arts of seduction and manipulation, or, as she puts it, S&M… “The art of S&M is about getting what we want”
  • “In time for Black History Month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disclosed its latest tally of racial-harassment cases. And the news isn’t good. Cases of racial harassment reported to the EEOC jumped 24 percent last year”
  • “In a controversial new book, psychologist Susan Pinker uncovers the workings of the hormone oxytocin, which she claims explains why females are biologically driven to nurture their young rather than climb the corporate ladder”

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