By Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Check out this amazing JavaScript Animation sent to us by our friends at Madwell. The Wilderness Downtown is a HTML 5/Canvas interactive JavaScript piece that displays a multimedia music video across various browser windows created by Chris Milk for Arcade Fire’s most recent single. Click on the [...]
Guy Deutscher wrote a fascinating article about the impact of our mother tongues on our alternating perceptions of life. He quotes Roman Jakobson’s maxim to summarize that “Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.” But the insights go so well beyond what you might think. This article [...]
You’d think that the most important question in our lives would get sufficient attention and introspection by us all. Alas, as we live every day with little distractions, many people never ask themselves, “why am I here?”, “what is my purpose?” People follow career paths and spend decades working without every asking themselves, “is this [...]
Could it be that President Obama has a long lost twin from my hometown?
I worry whether my children will grow up in a culture so sterilized and digitized that they will miss out on true human bonds. Maureen Dowd just added to my worries with acute observations about the increasing superficiality of romantic comedies. People no longer fall in love or learn to love as they did in [...]
Computational neuroscientist Sebastian Seung gave a fascinating talk at Poptech about “connectomics” – how our brain is wired and connected, and how our experiences shape our brains, and influence our personalities and behavior. Super interesting stuff.
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky This fascinating article breaks down what goes on in your brain during exercise. According to studies, exercise increases Noggin, a protein that facilitates neurogenesis, the production of brain cells. This proves again that there are manifold benefits to adopting healthy habits! July 7, 2010, 12:01 AM Phys [...]
David Brooks observes in a recent column that our society is increasingly obsessed with self-branding and self-aggrandizement – at the expense of humility and introspection. He shares this bombshell of data: In their book, “The Narcissism Epidemic,” Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell cite data to suggest that at least since the 1970s, we [...]
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky A new study conducted by Harvard University explains that moral actions can increase willpower and physical endurance. At the same time, the study observed increased physical strength following mean-spirited acts. Researcher Kurt Gray claims that “By perceiving themselves as good or evil, people embody these perceptions, actually [...]
This excellent article by Errol Morris reminds me of how important I always think that introspection and self-evaluation are as skill sets for professional growth, and how underrated, under-appreciated, and under-taught they seem to be by society and educational systems. If you can’t learn to criticize yourself and figure out what you did wrong, then [...]