Experts Take Notes. | Ben Casnocha “Isn’t it funny, my friend told me, that arguably the two most successful people in the room after Zuckerberg were also the only two people taking notes?”
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Most Political Debates are Really About Growth
Most Political Debates are Really About Growth
Both parties are too obsessed with growth
Both parties are too obsessed with growth
Why wonder is the most human of all emotions
Why wonder is the most human of all emotions “If this story is right, wonder did not evolve for any purpose. It is, rather, a by-product of natural inclinations, and its great human derivatives are not inevitable. But wonder is the accidental impetus behind our greatest achievements.”
About Face: Emotions and Facial Expressions May Not Be Directly Related
About Face: Emotions and Facial Expressions May Not Be Directly Related
Portrait of the Artist as a Caveman
Portrait of the Artist as a Caveman On Denis Dutton’s book about art and human evolution
David Brin’s Transparent Society Revisited
David Brin’s Transparent Society Revisited “I cannot suppress your use of surveillance technology, but I can influence how you use it. If you are a Peeping Tom, I will have the technology to know when you are invading my privacy, and I can expose you, shame you, or initiate legal action against you.”
The Seventy-Billion-Mile Telescope
The Seventy-Billion-Mile Telescope How Gravitational Lenses Could Revolutionize Space Exploration
The Man Who Knew Moses But Not His Own Son
The Man Who Knew Moses But Not His Own Son “…Nissim’s stroke had damaged his ability to associate visual imagery with his store mental representations of things”