May 22, 2012 | In: Learning, Views
Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 on Vimeo on Vimeo via Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 on...
May 14, 2012 | In: Innovation, Learning, Views
Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side -- and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial. via Tali Sharot: The optimism bias | Video on...
May 6, 2012 | In: Learning, Views
Benjamin Franklin was clearly a man who knew how to get things done. Here are 14 action-inducing lessons from him: Less Talk, More Action “Well done is better than well said.” Talk is cheap. Talking about a project won't get it completed. We all...
February 15, 2012 | In: Innovation, Learning
Bret Victor invents tools that enable people to understand and create. He has designed experimental UI concepts at Apple, interactive data graphics for Al Gore, and musical instruments at Alesis. via Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle on...
December 8, 2011 | In: Learning
The Information Diet - A Case for Conscious Consumption from Clay Johnson on Vimeo. Healthy information consumption habits are about more than productivity and efficiency. They're about your personal health, and the health of society. Just as junk food...
December 1, 2011 | In: Innovation, Learning
Professors describe how successful innovators follow four time-tested approaches to gather stimuli so they can make these connections:-- Questioning: asking probing questions that impose or remove constraints e.g., what if we were legally prohibited...
November 11, 2011 | In: Innovation, Learning, Views
"We make things happen by knowing who we are," says Mien Shiang Institute founder Patrician McCarthy. Drawing on the Taoist technique of medical facial diagnosis, McCarthy illustrates how the ancient art of "face reading" can shed new light on our own...
November 8, 2011 | In: Learning
What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin he calls it "the moral molecule" is responsible for trust, empathy and other feelings that help build a stable society. via Paul Zak:...
November 2, 2011 | In: Innovation, Learning, Views
You Are Not So Smart: Why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction and 46 other ways you are deluding yourself. Trailer for by David McRaney new book about procrastination. ...
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