Jay Matthews

And probably, the most predictive one we have is, "What is something weird or unusual you built or did early on in life?" I find it so astonishing in how polar it is. Someone will tell you about, "I accidentally got my high school teacher fired." And then someone will say something incredibly bland. "I did a 10-mile hike." To me, it really explains

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Yet when you have created a simulation-like environment that is immune to reality, this is what happens. You refuse to believe what everyone else can easily see. It is sort of like the old folk tale of the Emperor’s New Clothes. It is about the power of cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias to avoid facing reality. The current obsession of... See more

"Geography is central to the survival of humanity... we are now geographical leviathans. Our actions make things happen so extensively, quickly, and powerfully that we seem on the verge of rendering the very fabric of nature, social relations and meaning ."

Neuropolis: Our relationship with cities from Mumbai to Manhattan. As our cities change, they inspire a change in us: "A new generation of explorers, cyclists and psychogeographers are remapping urban landscapes through non-places. In this expanding urban maze, waymarks — as ever — are key to community cohesion ." Cities are described as "an... See more

A wicked problem is one where there are a plethora of ways to work towards the vision with multiple parties, people, systems, processes, and interactions that may impact or be impacted by the solution.

9 elements of flow: 1. There are clear goals every step of the way 2. There is immediate feedback to one's actions 3. There is a balance between challenges and skills 4. Action and awareness are merged 5. Distractions are excluded from consciousness 6. There is no worry of failure 7. Self-consciousness disappears 8. The sense of time becomes... See more

I think we need to, in this time, we need to reckon with the fact that in each and every single one of our bodies holds living memory of our ancestors coming into agreements with plants and animals, and those agreements are those, um, covenants that our ancestors, you know, wove themselves into with plants is that they said, "we'll give up a little... See more

It is important that the embodied experience be understood as available to the many different participants in the communication process. It can be that of the actor or speaker or writer just as it can be that of audience or listener or reader. Such experience demands reflection. This calls up creativity and herein lie opportunities for even greater... See more

Instead we should take action and endeavor to grow it like Marie Curie. How? Simply by devoting ourselves to work that gives us deep fulfillment through meaning, flow and freedom . … Over time, a tangible and inspiring goal may quietly germinate, grow larger, and eventually flower into life.