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27 Jun What Marc Andreessen Gets Wrong About Our Future Robot Overlords
Tasneem Raja, Mother Jones Interactive Editor, writes about alternative scenarios to mega-venture-capitalist Marc Andreesen’s vision of the future; one that he says will be a robotic utopia of leisure. Marc Andreessen recently wrote a widely shared post about how robots will change the economy. The Netscape founder...
25 Jun Music Changes the Way You Think
Here are several excerpts from a Scientific American article by Daniel A. Yudkin and Yaacov Trope about a recent paper that was published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology that argues that different music encourages different frames of mind; it quite literally changes the way...
25 Jun 10 Things Highly Intuitive People Do Differently
Here are several excerpts from a post by Carolyn Gregoire, a features editor at the Huffington Post, that offers an interesting analysis of The 10 Things Highly Intuitive People Do Differently. Intuition is challenging to define, despite the huge role it plays in our everyday lives. Steve...
23 Jun The Food Safety Movement Grows Tall
Here are several excerpts from a blog post by consumer advocate, lawyer and author Ralph Nader about the growth of the food safety movement. Let us celebrate today the latest initiatives of our nation’s growing food safety movement. Across the country, consumers are demanding the...
22 Jun A Toast to Pinhead at Wine Fest
Under the direction of Laurel Robinson, the mission of the reborn Telluride Wine Festival (June 26 – June 29) includes children’s health (through improved nutrition) and education. In that spirit, Robinson offered the Patron’s Pavilion at Gondola Plaza to the Pinhead Institute, now under the...
20 Jun Longest Day of the Year: Summer Solstice Arrives Saturday
In an article in Space.com Geoff Gaherty with Starry Night Education, Explains the Science behind the Summer Solstice. The Earth will reach one of its four major way stations Saturday (June 21) during its annual trip around the sun. The sun will reach its northernmost...
16 Jun Extroverts Don’t Belong on Mars
A new study written about by Olga Khazan in The Atlantic suggests that extroverts, like me, are not meant for long, isolated voyages. Damn, I guess I won’t be going to Mars any time soon! Extroverted friends are good for a lot of things—serving as deft...
13 Jun Earth Matters: Where Climate Change and Geopolitics Collide
In a rare moment of enlightenment, Republican John Boehner recently stated “I’m not qualified to debate the science over climate change.” In the past, Boehner was a staunch “climate denier” who professed, “The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is...