In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we're barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we've already been.
Open source software was one of the earliest successful examples of a sharing economy that has had huge economic impact. But as alternative energy advocate Steve Baer once noted, ecosystem services are often ignored in economic analysis: when you put your clothes in the dryer, the energy you use is measured and counted, but when you hang them on the line, they disappear from the measured economy.
Recent research shows that experts-people with deep training and experience in a field-are surprisingly weak in areas where we expect them to be strong, such as solving tough problems and making good decisions.
If you wanted to get rich, how would you do it? Wealth is not money. Talking about how to make money makes it hard to learn how to make money.
In this funny and blunt talk, Larry Smith pulls no punches when he calls out the absurd excuses people invent when they fail to pursue their passions. (Filmed at TEDxUW .)
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.
Widely respected for her grab-'em-by-the-collar advice and tough love, Mel Robbins drills through the mental clutter that stands between people and what they want.
We have the all the tools. We need the courage to act. Personal Democracy Forum 2013 | June 6-7 | NYC "Think Bigger"
In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we're barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we've already been.
SoulPancake hits the streets to see what happens when two strangers sit in a ball pit... and talk about life's big questions.
Open source software was one of the earliest successful examples of a sharing economy that has had huge economic impact. But as alternative energy advocate Steve Baer once noted, ecosystem services are often ignored in economic analysis: when you put your clothes in the dryer, the energy you use is measured and counted, but when you hang them on the line, they disappear from the measured economy.
