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I have always been into the beauty in simple mathematic representation, and in looking to nature for our answers.
TED Talks Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician — celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving […]
Here’s another winner from TEDTalks. This time Barry Schwartz dissects the inherent absurdity in building societies atop a foundation of bureaucracies that defy common logic.
This talk echoes some excellent commentary made by Russian Nobel Laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn in his 1978 speech at Harvard entitled A World Split Apart:
Legalistic Life
Western society has given itself the organization […]
Because this speech deserves another listen, and a long, close read…
FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address
President Barack Obama Delivers Inaugural Address at US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 20, 2009
Full transcript as prepared for delivery of President Barack Obama’s inaugural remarks on Jan. 20, 2009, at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
My fellow […]
In case you haven’t seen it, Dan Gilbert’s 2005 Ted Talk on value judgments is not to be missed. More on this topic soon.
I dare you to say this video isn’t cool in a room full of people who have no qualms about slapping you across the face when you tell untruths.
Creativity is always important, in work and in play, and in being a Japanese aquarium attraction with nothing better to do.
[via Pink Tentacle]
Well, stupid anyway….
Human Slingshot
[via Nico’s]
I totally used to be that guy, talking people into doing (completely awesome) stuff they probably shouldn’t be doing. Ah maturity: YOU are the bane of my existence.
Hi everyone,
As you may have guessed, I have been experiencing some growing pains with the birth of our little one, Leo Crescencio. I’m not sure how to describe any of it. I feel like I am living at the intersection of so many conflicting emotions that I can’t even begin to express where my head […]
What many people outside the U.S. don’t know is that coverage of the Super Bowl (American football championship game) is the most viewed television program of the year…..like, every year. And you know what that means, don’t you?: advertising revenue up the wazoo. That’s right, bookoo dolores flooding ad agencies in the highest stakes […]
Recently, during a disagreement, my Bolivian-Japanese friend got straight-up mad at me for addressing him with this word a few times in a row. He spent several years in the barrios of East LA and insists that latinos don’t ever call each other “Dude.” That may have been true in the ’80s (Think ‘Blood in […]
Only you can decide where your faith and religious beliefs will fall, but–for the sake of millions of suffering individuals–Sam Harris is here to make sure you confront the intricacies of the knee-jerk stem cell research is playing God stance.
Time to bust out the ol’ thinking caps:-)
Steve
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