In a further sign that humans aren’t so different from our simian forebears, it seems that what really makes a man look like a leader is…muscles. That is the implication of a recent paper that outlines several experiments exploring the relationship between perceptions of physical strength and leadership abilities. The research suggests that both men […]
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natural emergence of augmented reality
One of the new emerging information technologies that we are witnessing today is this idea of augmented reality. This notion of taking the world of everyday perception and tweaking it, augmenting it, and impregnating perception with mindedness and with aesthetics. So what does that mean? It essentially means that the information technologies and instruments we’re using today to manipulate and transform […]
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Nails In The Fence
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next […]
What it is, why we have it, it’s still an unknown and we are a long ways from understanding. [youtube id=”ir8XITVmeY4″ width=”600″ height=”350″] Also ref: Theory of mind
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QOTD: Marshall McLuhan
“First we build the tools, then they build us.” – Marshall McLuhan Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC, was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a communications theorist. McLuhan’s work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for […]
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My First Uber Experience
So let me share with you my First Time Uber Experience I’ve taken work trip out to Chicago, IL this week and decided on not renting a car, and attempt using Uber. Uber is a taxi cab like service with a slight twist, allowing customers with smartphones to literally summon a car ride to take them […]