Feb 25, 2010 
Trailer of the movie “Chalk.”
It’s like “The Office” but with teachers in a school setting.
For me this movie highlights the fact that learning, education, and teaching are noble causes. But public education is insane, especially in the U.S.
Do yourself and the world a favor: align your life with your passion
Browsing the blog archives for February, 2010
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Recorded at the Autodesk Gallery.
How could a man witness the fatal failure of a bridge in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, which killed 114 people - designed by his own firm become one of founders of the US Green Building Council and have a profound impact on how our buildings impact the entire planet?
If I Didn’t Have You… someone else would do.
A Statistically Accurate And Consequently Unromantic Love Song
“If I Didn’t Have You (I’d Have Somebody Else)” is an amusing song by Tim Minchin. It points out that, contrary to the wisdom that there’s one perfect romantic parnter out there, if he wasn’t with the woman to whom he is presently attached, he would probably be with another woman and having an equally (or possibly more) fulfilling relationship. And moreover, it’s unlikely that he’s found his soulmate at the age of seventeen.
Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Author Daniel Goleman uncovers new science, revealing that human minds are made to connect with one another during any interaction.
When Jamie Heywood’s brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the disease as well. The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses — and they discovered that the collective data had enormous power to comfort, explain and predict.
PatientsLikeMe.com gives patients control and access to their healthcare information and compare it to others like them.
“We the people have the right to take possession of a complete copy of our individual health data, without delay, at minimal or no cost.”
— Jamie Heywood
When a stoic government official in post-war Japan learns he has terminal cancer, he realizes he has squandered his life on meaningless red tape and has no close family or friendships to lean on.
This cautionary tale was directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1952.
What would you do if you discovered you only had 6 months to live and you discovered that your life up until now has been meaningless?
A project by Andrew Zuckerman. It brought together dozens of luminaries from different backgrounds and cultures. And they were asked about life and wisdom.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
