Imagining the Origins and Purposes of Imagination
Published under Interesting Random Stuff Jun 13, 2011Timothy Williamson shares compelling thoughts on the power and source of imagination…. Very much worth reading.
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How sleep deprivation can catch up with you
Published under Health, Interesting Random Stuff Apr 18, 2011A recent article in the New York Times is titled with an interesting question: How little sleep can you get away with? The article traces various experiments that have tried to answer this question, and while there is no conclusive answer, some facts are clear. At a certain point, sleep deprivation begins to harm our performance during our waking hours, which effectively means that we are trading hours when we could be sleeping, for hours when we are poorly and sleepily doing our jobs. Additionally, relying on weekends to catch up on sleep does not allow our bodies to recover in the way that we may think it does.
Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, redacted by Adeena Schlussel
An interesting book about resilient communities
Published under Global, Interesting Random Stuff Mar 10, 2011Meg Wheatley and Deborah Frieze just came out with a book that is sure to be inspiring. Titled, Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now,” the book conveys stories of the people that the women met from their work at The Berkana Institute. It hopes to mobilize people worldwide towards strengthening their communities.
One Tweet Reunites Homeless Father and his Daughter
Published under Interesting Random Stuff, Media and Alternative Media, Science and Technology Mar 01, 2011CNN reported an amazing story about a father who was reunited with his long lost daughter via Twitter. Daniel Morales obtained a phone and began tweeting via the “Unheard in New York” project that was initiated by a group of interns hoping to give a voice to the homeless. This story shows that those spearheading the project did not only accomplish their amazing goal, but that they created a salient example of how social media can be used for immense good.
“Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, redacted by Adeena Schlussel.”
Awesome Flash Mob in Israel
Published under Funnies, Interesting Random Stuff, Israel, Media and Alternative Media Dec 22, 2010Check out this awesome video, courtesy of my friend Amir Kfir:
Check out this cool and creative optical illusion!
200 countries over 200 years
Published under Anthropology, Economics, Global, Innovation, Interesting Random Stuff, Science and Technology Dec 16, 2010My cousin shared this very cool presentation showing the evolution of our globe by geography and time – the life expectancy and wealth of 200 countries over the last 200 years. Fascinating.
And you can also play around with this platform across a plethora of indicators…
http://graphs.gapminder.org/communityproxy/ChartDataServlet?
Conflict Kitchen
Published under Global, Innovation, Interesting Random Stuff, Middle East, PeaceWorks Business Dec 14, 2010Conflict Kitchen is a fascinating concept: food is served to communicate the stories of different cultures via iconic store fronts. The featured country rotates every four months and the rotation is meant to educate as well as to please palates. Check out more here!
WorthMonkey: A Worthwhile Site
Published under Interesting Random Stuff, Science and Technology Nov 22, 2010A recent New York Time article points to a new useful site called WorthMonkey, aimed to help users determine if used goods for sale are fairly priced or not.
KINDNESS in all corners of the city
Published under Interesting Random Stuff, KIND Snacks, Kinded, New York City Nov 08, 2010Like this West Village sign says, “If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in the right direction.” What a great reminder to see when walking down the street. Thank you Natalie for sharing this great picture with us!
