Wednesday, September 14, 2016

It Killed Him With Kindness

Six years after he developed the equation, George Price had given up everything. A year later, he killed himself.
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The Sad Story Of The Man Who Figured Out An Equation For Altruism
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Six years after he developed the equation, George Price had given up everything. A year later, he killed himself.
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Sifting through decades of testimony of people caught up in the horrors of violent zealotry, a writer grapples with what hasn't changed in our new world of terror.
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The Untold Story Of The Man Who Called Himself The 'Black Edison'
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Maybe you don't know Garrett Morgan's name, but he dreamed up inventions that were the precursors to hair straighteners, gas masks, and traffic lights.
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WATCH: How Ice Cream Was Made In The 1800s
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Despite the lack of freezers, people living in the 19th century were able to make a pretty decent bowl of ice cream using cheese.
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