December 2011
31 posts
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“The scientific method has changed life, culture and everything, and set the...”
– THE GREATEST INVENTION IS THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD | More Intelligent Life
I agree with everything Highfield says, except for his conclusion. You have to deconstruct even further and more fundamental for the truly greatest invention, which Tom Standage says was writing.
That instantly resonated with...
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“The greatest invention of all must surely be writing. It is not just one of the...”
– WRITING IS THE GREATEST INVENTION | More Intelligent Life
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“I was thinking about the three-year rule while reading about Malcolm...”
– Do something new every three years - The Long Tail - Wired Blogs
“In the short term, Eastern Europe’s most important innovations won’t necessarily...”
– Eastern Europe: Innovation’s hidden hub - The Washington Post
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““Growing and learning often involves failure and can be embarrassing,” Owens...”
– Humble leaders are more effective and better liked: study - Indian Express
(via Annie Murphy Paul)
“The study of word processing may sound like a peculiarly tech-minded task for an...”
– A Literary History of Word Processing - NYTimes.com
How Charles tried to oust Isaac from Cambridge. |... →
via @tcarmody
“The real problem with the DIKW pyramid is that it’s a pyramid. The image that...”
– The Problem with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy - David Weinberger - Harvard Business Review
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“students typically will ask this question: what is a useful for? And if a child...”
– To Make Algebra Fun, Rethink The Problem : NPR
“Because an organization’s structure and how its groups work together may have...”
– Why Companies Fail to Innovate | Fast Company
Sounds like newspapers
“The best books always give us an opportunity to organize our...”
– Malcolm Gladwell Has No Idea Why “The Tipping Point” Was A Hit | Fast Company
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“In any business, finding a supply chain inefficiency and coming up with a...”
– Disruptive Innovation—One Pair of Glasses at a Time | Inc.com
“The problem isn’t that specialised companies lack the data they need, it’s that...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
“It’s like a great concert: you need a Mozart or a Chopin to write wonderful...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
“Meteorologists are one group that has a ready grasp of this idea. They receive a...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
“People unable to focus are more likely to consider information that might seem...”
– Jonah Lehrer on Distractions, ADHD and Creativity | Head Case - WSJ.com
“What goals can be set that people find interesting? What skills can people learn...”
– Can you thrive on a sinking ship? « Scott Berkun
“If technology is one of the major sources of power in the world, then it is...”
– Jonathan Stray » Making Things out of Fire
“the real value might be found not in publishing more news on increasingly less...”
– Nieman Reports | An Antidote for Web Overload 