I really liked this thought by Jonathan Safran Foer on his goal as a parent. He wrote it in the context of his journey as a vegetarian, but it has wider applications and resonates as a noble aim: I’m not as worried about what [my children] will choose as much as my ability to make [...]
Interesting article about a calorie-restriction study financed by NIH.
Further to my earlier post about Apple’s cool ads, I got hooked on the songs in there and tried to find the original videos. For Chairlift-Bruises I came across the video immediately below and was struck by it. It seemed so cutting edge and professional, yet so casual and young (uncomfortably so for my wife [...]
This is a great little vignette…
Check out this new ad from Apple for their new iPod nano with video. How is it that the Apple team ALWAYS gets ahead of all trends and pop culture and sets the tone for advertising coolness and standards? Everything in this ad is so perfect – colors, steps, shots, all. The song on the [...]
Harvard has a pretty neat site – www.implicit.Harvard.edu – that offers people the opportunity to take tests that may surprise us with insights into subconscious biases we all have…
Even though some see David Brooks as the token “conservative” columnist for the New York Times, I have always thought he is more of an independent – a rare thought leader who can fairly analyze and criticize protagonists, issues and institutions from right to left, without dogma or ideology but more with thoughtful thinking, depending [...]
Industry spin nothwithstanding, the prevalence and consequences of BPA in our food are alarming, as noted in this article by Nick Kristof.
This video is so remarkable. Elephants are such noble and wise creatures. And nature is the wisest of all.