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This is old news to the Internet, but kinda new to me. Apparently Sarah Silverman was invited to do her shtick at TED in February, but the organizers didn’t think she’d actually DO HER SHTICK. Officially the are saying very little about it, but a flame war erupted on Twitter. Read about it: The TED [...]
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Values are an area of human knowledge and experience that is magnetic: it attracts debate but also repels thought. Sam Harris very carefully spells out why it is completely insane to keep science out of the realm of moral values: Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But [...]
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According to this enlightening presentation by Julian Treasure, productivity in an open plan office (cube farm) is reduced by 66% due to noise pollution (from other people). I can attest to this. Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us (via TED.com)
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Oh sweet irony! Neuroscientist Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may uncover the rotten wiring in the nature (and nurture) of murderers. In a too-strange-for-fiction twist, he shares a fascinating family history that makes his work chillingly personal. Jim Fallon: Exploring the mind of a killer (via TED.com)
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