“All the left brain thinking and figuring out, can’t ever replace the shear mystery of being alive”
The history of human thinking from the caveman days forward. In so doing he links more than 4 decades of data driven developmental psychology research (based upon the work of Clare W. Graves) to the dramatic narrative of human evolution.
A lot can happen within 60 sec. especially when you are online
Getting people out of poverty is not just about giving them money, it is about giving them opportunity to help themselves. Seeing the need, fulfilling it at creating the movement is what happened when Pedals for Progress and founder David Schweidenback have shipped over 20.000 used American bicycles to Rivas, Nicaragua. Amazing transformation caused by giving the people opportunity to be mobile.
The Bicycle City. Trailer from Greg Sucharew on Vimeo.
Does life has any rules? Or is it just a subject to unpredictable events? I've been always fascinated by people setting clear rules or resolutions and wondered how far can you go to stick to them? When you decide to change and adapt?
Today I've stumbled upon Tolstoy's 10 Rules of Life. Seems like tough rules for live...he broke them many times but it is amazing how we do strive for the clear guidance and map for our lives. Does having rules make us happier?
Could you imagine living by his rules? Do you?
1. Get up early (five o’clock)
2. Go to bed early (nine to ten o’clock)
3. Eat little and avoid sweets
4. Try to do everything by yourself
5. Have a goal for your whole life, a goal for one section of your life, a goal for a shorter period and a goal for the year; a goal for every month, a goal for every week, a goal for every day, a goal for every hour and for evry minute, and sacrifice the lesser goal to the greater
6. Keep away from women
7. Kill desire by work
8. Be good, but try to let no one know it
9. Always live less expensively than you might
10. Change nothing in your style of living even if you become ten times richer.
TED - the bottomless source of inspiration and feast for the curiosity extends its offer into books publishing with TED books. TED books are short (less than 20.000 words each) nonfiction publications distributed digitally with Kindle.
Price starts at $2.99 each.
At the moment there are 4 books available:
Homo Evolutis by J. Enriquez & S. Gullans
The Happiness Manifesto by Nic Marks
Beware Dangerism by Gever Tulley
Make Love Not Porn by Cindy Gallop
Great idea to spread powerful ideas. I am already downloading.
...and short. Do best out of it. Awesome manifesto and kickass project with sustainably made products and with a social impact.
I've just read this very interesting article in the Guardian about Montaigne's insight into human nature that gets confirmed now by neuroscience.
"Four hundred years ago, the great French essayist recognized that our inbuilt capacity for sympathy depends on our physical proximity to others. Recent neurological research appears to back him up."
Very interesting that our morality is so tightly bound to the physical distance. It would indicate that despite what 'cyber utopians' believe we will not make the world better place cause we are connected more than ever. Internet doesn't get us any closer. Even though we feel we are so close, we are far away from each other and it influences our ability to feel sympathy and to fire the mirror neurons.
HT: Mark Earls
Excellent illustrated talked from RSA by Steven Pinker on why we don't say what mean...
I recognize lot of everyday situations when I try to maintain the fiction of relationship with others.
It is an iPad magazine. Sounds trivial but this is what most of publishers are missing while they launch pdf versions of magazines to read on ipad. iPad gives publishers the opportunities to provide people with an interesting and dynamic content, integrate brands and experiences. Still publishers stick to the old good formats and try to digitalize paper. It doesn't make easier to earn money.
I have been checking out a few magazines but none of them really impressed me until I stumbled upon Richard Branson's Project. What a great experience. It is a pleasure to see how the possibilities are exploited and deliver different forms of experience. Easiness of navigation, surprising possibilities to browse through content and of course interesting content.
Well, but see for yourself here or download your own Project app ($2.99 for issue)
Doing good gets you attention and makes people smile. Nice idea from KLM. Also a nice example of how online and offline merge and create new brand experiences for people.
You do. There are also many kids who do but they need footballs to make their dream come true and play.
Spread the joy of kicking a ball about but making a simple gesture and small donation that will buy lot of footballs for kids in Tanzania.
Help great guys from the advertising and media industry - Neil, Sam, Willem, Hugh, Matt, Darren, Steve, Thomas who has decided to fundraise money and take trip to Tanzania in November and deliver those balls to kids. To make a difference and make kids smile.
They are now fundraising to buy footballs to take out there. Don't wait but take an action and buy a football and spread lot of joy. Wherever you live, whatever you do, your support means a lot and will make a difference.
Buy a football or two :)
The project is the part of The Great Football Giveaway.
thank you!
Weekend is just round the corner and I thought you may find it useful - the problem solving flowsheet. Hopefully it will help you solve at least some of the problems just before the weekend starts :)
Seeing sound is not the most common expression we would hear, but rather a super hero quality. Do you remember Emma from HeroesTV Series, who was scared to discover she can see sounds. Wonderful ability.
However, there is the whole discipline called cymatics, which studies of visible sound and vibration and turns the sounds into physical shapes.
Exciting. You can visualize your sound with physical objects. Give it shape, going beyond your dreams and thoughts. Here is an example of home-made cymatics.
Going beyond and discovering the new layers of things and experiences. Sound seems to be limited to hearing. But it doesn't need to stop at it. We can broaden the experience into more senses, make it more embracing and appealing.
Well, enough was said about Google Instant. It has been live for around a day and it has already managed to kill SEO (according to some bloodthirsty bloggers)
So instead writing about Google Instant, I just think you should just sit back and watch this awesome video that illustrates how cool Google Instant an Bob Dylan are.
hattip BBH Labs
