With Mars as a thought vehicle, we can start to imagine, “Okay, what will we put up there?”, and we can think outside of the systems that really hinder our thinking on Earth. We'll go into a whole set of design principles that we can use for actually building things there. But, ultimately, it's really important to just think beyond our current syst... See more

There are very few Level 5 investors, but Warren Buffet is certainly among them. Buffett has steadily increased his public presence over the last several decades and he was even more present in the media than usual during the 2008 financial crisis. He regularly went on CNBC and Charlie Rose to try to calm market participants and encourage Congress ... See more

Taste is easily defined as the ability to discriminate between the valuable and the expandable. It’s another word for Good Judgment. When you decide whether to eat sushi or calamari for dinner, you're in fact erecting a hierarchy of value, and passing judgment according to said hierarchy. If you choose sushi, that is because you've deemed it best f... See more

When I was a child, I had all of these dreams and ideas that I wanted to create, but I thought there was nobody that actually did these kinds of things. in this world we are so skeptical about if something can be or not be done that we don't even take the chance of failure and don' try to reach your dreams. Videos like this are creating a much bett... See more

Mental space is a term which I use to refer to all of what we visually see in our mind's eye - whether it is a visual memory of something that is outside of ourselves, or a product of our visual imagination. A thorough discussion of mental space is obviously beyond the scope of this paper. Basically however, the key characteristic of mental space, ... See more

If you are depressed, you're living in the past. If you are anxious, you're living in the future. If you are at peace, you're living in the present. ~Lao tzu

What kind of interface could enable people to collectively learn and build knowledge as a group? I'm trying to imagine a system that goes beyond forums and linear discussion threads, with highlights and summarization to distill key ideas [design thread]

Björk: Creating ever changing, context-aware music

Here’s where things start to get a little crazy. A less talked about, but boundary-pushing use case is turning a traditional “static” song into a living, breathing work that can respond to environmental context, its audience, and take on the form of an ever-changing performance.

Björk: “Korsafn” (20... See more