Is Your Memory Playing Tricks on You? Remember This.

TEDxCanberra - Ash Donaldson - Cognitive dissonance

Have you ever gone to a family reunion? This is the part that I never understood. I have 5 brothers and sisters and we grew up in the plains states on a farm. Every body starts talking around the dinner table and some of those child hood memories are barely recognizable. You find yourself thinking, "That's not the way it happened. You're making up stuff. Your memory is playing tricks on you!" Well, it turns out maybe I was making up stuff, too. As a matter of fact, every one at the table that was a participant in the event, remembers it different. Totally different in some scenarios. Ash Donaldson explains how our minds build belief and then breaks it down, showing us how and why humans are fooled into believing that things like Power Bands, anti-aging treatments and supplements actually work. Ash starts the video by sharing an experience while training for his private pilots license. … [Read more...]

Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing

Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing

http://www.ted.com 2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things -- including intricate objects once impossible to create. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference. The world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as … [Read more...]

Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA/PIPA is a bad idea)

Clay Shirky I study the effects of the internet on society.

The video in this post is from the wonderful people at TED.com and explains why a free nation cannot have SOPA/PIPA to control the 'net. Clay Shirky does a very good job. The text in this post is from Seth Godin and the Domino Project. I'm a big fan of both and Seth tied his post with a reference to Clay Shirky's Ted talk. Please watch the video and read Seth's comments. It is that important. If this legislation passes, I cannot do this at all. The ideas will die on the vine. Seth Godin | Knock, knock, it’s the future (Building 59) Why not ban digital cameras? Kodak declared bankruptcy this week. Legislation to ban digital cameras could have saved this company, a “jobs creator,” pillar of the community and long-time wonderful brand. One wonders why they didn’t make the effort? Would you have lobbied for that bill? A friend tells a story about Kodak. Apparently, … [Read more...]

Forward with Ford – Malcolm Gladwell Keynote Part 1

I've been a long time fan of Malcom Gladwell. He has an interesting way to look at things. If you want a different perspective, read The Tipping Point or Outliers or Blink or his latest, What the Dog Saw. You will never look at the world the way you did. Upending conventional wisdom has made celebrated writer Malcolm Gladwell one of the world's most recognized thought leaders. His work uncovers truth in hidden, obscure or scientific data. Malcolm welcomed an audience of approximately 200 members of the media about world trends during the 2011 Forward with Ford Forum in Dearborn, MI on June 21st. … [Read more...]

Forward with Ford – Malcolm Gladwell Keynote 2

Upending conventional wisdom has made celebrated writer Malcolm Gladwell one of the world's most recognized thought leaders. His work uncovers truth in hidden, obscure or scientific data. He spoke about world trends to media members at the Forward with Ford Forum in Dearborn, MI. … [Read more...]

The Art of Purposeful Storytelling

Peter Guber Mandalay Entertainment

From: HarvardBusiness | Mar 1, 2011 | 3,862 views Peter Guber, chairman and CEO of the Mandalay Entertainment Group, explains how to establish an emotional connection with any audience. … [Read more...]

Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks

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We're all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits -- from happiness to obesity -- can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don't even know. Steve Lawrence added this..... This presentation from Nicholas Christakis raises a lot of questions about the human experience. Seth Godin and a lot of others like to talk about 'tribes'. This is a different look at the tribe you join or form. There are leaders and there are joiners. We all understand that. But... the thing that hit me in the head was the leaders and their tribe. Some leaders like all their members to know each other and other leaders keep them more separated-kind of to themselves. My question is are the tribe leaders more prone to management positions? I would assume … [Read more...]