Monthly Archives: July 2013

Experts Take Notes. | Ben Casnocha

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?”

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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

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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”