Thinking like a Genius
“Even if you’re not a genius, you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future.”
The following eight strategies encourage you to think productively, rather than reproductively, in order to arrive at solutions to problems. “These strategies are common […]
From article:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html?printable=1
An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense “intuitive linear” view. So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century — it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today's rate). The “returns,” such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also […]
From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4443263.stm
Two US scientists have paid tribute to their favourite politicians by naming three species of beetle after them.
President George Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were all honoured.
One of the entomologists said he admired all three men for “having the courage of their convictions” and standing up for freedom and democracy.
The […]
From article:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67190,00.html
For many years, Mike Leeds has been road-tripping from his home in Portland, Oregon, to Nevada's Black Rock Desert for the Burning Man arts festival.
So last week, when Google announced its new Maps service, which includes the ability to view and navigate with high-resolution satellite images, Leeds couldn't resist tracing his 500-mile route, one […]
I had some rather interesting experiences down on Venice beach earlier while rollerblading.
There's a little place there where rollerblader/skaters gather and they have a a sound system playing disco music and they dance to it. I always go past them but today I'd an urge to stop and watch for a while, see if I […]
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