THE FEED: SEP 30TH

What we're reading:

RIP Tony Curtis
(New York Times): A pretty-boy actor with a hard knocks back-story, starred in films such as "Some Like it Hot" and "Sweet Smell of Success"

A composer on listening
(NewMusicBox): If "music exists in your life solely as an accompaniment for other activities, then you are not really listening to it"

Malcolm Gladwell on Twitter
(New Yorker): Why the revolution won't be tweeted

Today's quote:

"IQ scores have been rising steadily across the globe ever since IQ testing began in earnest, a century ago. This finding, which is known as the Flynn Effect, suggests that with or without TVs, kids are getting smarter."

~ Nate Kornell and Sam Kornell, "Information Superhighway Just Vapid Transit?" (Miller-McCune)

(Via The Economist)

Picture credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com