Sheryl Sandberg, speaking at a conference, said the advice she often gives women is, “The most important career choice you’ll make is who you marry.” Based on my experience, she’s right and still, I feel a bit of a twinge of disappointment (resentment?) that comes from the awareness that you won’t hear a man saying the most Read the full article…
The September issue of Fast Company has an article titled, “They Have Hacked Your Brain“. “They” refers not to aliens but to companies hoping to design products, services, and/or marketing materials that will grab your attention and lead you to buy- by studying your brain. NeuroFocus is providing an alternative to focus groups using its Read the full article…
Some information about 2 of the Singularity team projects that I liked best: Matternet and Ignisolar.
Last Friday I had the opportunity to attend the closing session for Singularity University‘s 2011 Graduate School Program. Speakers included Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis (co-founders of Singularity U), Reid Hoffman, and Vinod Khosla along with overviews of the student’s projects. For now, I’ll highlight some of the comments made by Hoffman and Khosla. In my next post, Read the full article…
Having heard about the raw food movement, I went to learn about and sample it. Better than expected.
A couple of teenage sisters have developed a new energy bar that feeds the brain as well as the body. Their award winning product has already been flown into space – they have a patent pending.
In my last post, I wrote about Sandra de Castro Buffington who heads Hollywood, Health & Society. I promised a piece where Sandra described things in greater detail. In this audio clip, Sandra provides some detailed examples of how TV has been used to increase awareness of health and safety issues: Sandra–de-Castro-Buffinton_WF2011_ The results have Read the full article…
The best session I attended at World Future Society was called “Conscious Evolution”. The overall theme was leveraging the arts and broadcast media to create positive change in society. Who knew? One of the panelists was Sandra de Castro Buffington, Director of Hollywood Health & Society program at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center. A Read the full article…
As anyone who’s ever tried to lose weight, quit smoking, or stop procrastinating knows- our best intentions often go astray. But according to some research, lack of willpower may not be the reason.
Yesterday, the world lost Dr. Baruch Blumberg, a lifelong learner, explorer and innovator. Best noted for his winning the Nobel Prize for development of the Hepatitis B vaccine, he had also co-created the field of Astrobiology and actively supported space exploration for its contributions to improving life on earth. Humble, warm and caring- he will be missed by many.