Jason Silva: The Power of Ideas
I like the twist in style in Jason Silva’s latest short video, The Power of Ideas: Great stuff, as usual, from Silva. It’s nice to see him varying the forms of his videos. And this line in it from Tom...
View ArticleSLOMO: “Do what you want to!”
This short film is well worth fifteen minutes of your attention: ht Charlie Hoehn This former doctor has found bliss roller-blading* by the beach. He chucked his...
View ArticleBe The Punchline: Focus on what you can give, not what you can get
ht Presentation Zen So good. This comedian’s career flipped when he realized he should focus on what he could give the audience, not on what he hoped to get from them. It’s called giving a speech,...
View ArticleStaying beginners
Tony Fadell, the former Apple employee who led the original iPod team, talks about the importance of “noticing” in this TED Talk about design. He refers to his old boss, Steve Jobs, and his continual...
View ArticleShow your work: Star Wars
Seeing inside the process of a craftsman or artist makes me appreciate their work more. Knowing how the magic is made doesn’t diminish the magic; it enhances it. And that kind of transparency inspires...
View ArticleTo Scale: A short film to put you in your place
Those pictures of the solar system with all the planets lined up in the order of their orbits are nice ways to visualize where things are in general. But they are nowhere close to representing the true...
View ArticleIt’s all about relationships
I somewhat randomly clicked on this TED Talk by Harvard researcher Robert Waldinger this week. He has carried on the research in one of the longest running research projects of its kind, the Harvard...
View ArticleKurzgesagt: The universe is crazy big
This video* is chock full of insights that clarify complicated concepts about the size of the universe. And it’s a sobering reminder of just how small we are. The video points out that the local group...
View ArticleSebastian Junger’s TED Talk: The consequences of a more disconnected society
This theme, that it’s all about relationships, keeps appearing in what I’m reading and watching. I watched this sobering TED Talk today by the author and war correspondent Sebastian Junger. It is a...
View ArticleSteven Pinker’s TED Talk: Is the world getting better or worse?
I read Steven Pinker’s new book, Enlightenment Now, and came away more optimistic about humanity. We’ve made remarkable progress in even the last few decades, not to mention the drastic difference in...
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