Tag Archives: Inspiration

Love never dies…

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish it’s source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings. ~ … Continue reading

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This is Your Brain on Comedy – Chris Bliss

Chris Bliss explores the inherent challenge of communication, and how comedy opens paths to new perspectives. Chris Bliss is a national headline comedian, with credits including the Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman, as well as an … Continue reading

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Solve for X: Adrien Treuille on collaborative science

Solve for X is a forum to encourage and amplify technology based moonshot thinking and teamwork. This talk describes Foldit and EteRNA, a series of remarkable new scientific discovery games Adrien Treuille has helped create. These games lead us to … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Gilbert – Porcupines and the Secret of Happiness

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, talks about intimacy and relationships and why people are like porcupines. From THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE (PBS, Jan. 4-6, 2010).

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THE PAUL HOLDENGRABER SHOW with Colum McCann

THE PAUL HOLDENGRABER SHOW with Colum McCann on the Intelligent Channel

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A Crash Course in World History

Give John Green 40 weeks and he will give you a playful and highly visual crash course in world history. The series starts with The Agricultural Revolution and the Indus Valley Civilization. New video installments will be released throughout the … Continue reading

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The Love Competition at Stanford

This is your brain on love. Can one person experience love more deeply than another? That’s what The Stanford Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Imaging and filmmaker Brent Hoff set out to understand when they hosted the 1st Annual Love … Continue reading

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Elmore Leonard on Writing

Elmore Leonard penned the colorful, clever and very exciting thrillers ‘Mr Majestyk’, ‘Stick’, ‘Cat Chaser’, ’52 Pick up’ In this 2006 video Elmore Leonard talks about his career to date and gives insight into his writing methods. Elmore Leonard explains … Continue reading

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Sneak Peak Greatest Toy in the Universe!

From reddit: People like this guy really put a smile on my face… I love seeing people so much in love with what they do. This guy is a complete and total bad-ass. Seriously. (He’s also nearly constantly manic too, … Continue reading

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Three Passions of Bertrand Russell

“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life,” wrote Bertrand Russell in the prologue to his autobiography: “the longing for love, the search for knowledge, an unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.” This short video is a … Continue reading

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