Discoveries 110

Every Tuesday I offer three (or so) contributions to the web that I found interesting. I hope you, too, find them inspiring. Enjoy!

This week (07/13/10):

In this NYT article cognitive scientist Steven Pinker offers his view on new media dumbing us down- or not at all:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html?_r=1

John Hollenbeck is a multifaceted drummer/composer, at home in different genres of music. Listen to this musical interaction between him and vocalist Theo Bleckmann:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GddgdcYmLIQ

Is happiness just a temporary fad that everybody talks about? In this engaging TED talk Chip Conley suggests a new and human way of counting – one that would make living much more worthwile:
http://www.ted.com/talks/chip_conley_measuring_what_makes_life_worthwhile.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Response to “Discoveries 110”

  1. Silvia Says:

    Great TED’s Chip Conley talk!
    Thanks for posting it.

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