Why do people behave the way they do? And what is the meaning of ‘happiness’? These questions have been the life work of Daniel Kahneman. Prof Kahneman may be the only non-economist to win the Noble Prize for Economics (2002). He is professor emeritus of psychology at Princeton University, and is known as one of […]

When you live in a country town, you soon learn that everyone is directly connected to everyone else. Even in a large city like Sydney, its unusual if someone you meet doesn’t know a friend of a friend. But did you know that if you meet a stranger anywhere in the world, whatever remote spot, […]

via fastcompany.com Researches at MIT have thousands of images of TB bacteria undergoing multiplication. Hidden Somewhere in these photos is the key to finding a cure for the illness. But the task of analyzing them all would take many many years. Crowdsourcing uses the power of the online community to undertake tasks hat would otherwise […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly […]

Napping is a evolutionarily habit that still works wonders today. I can get by with several hours less sleep per night by adding a 20-minute nap in the afternoon. But I work at home where napping is easily done. The point of this book is to persuade you that the benefits of napping, scientifically derived, […]