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Category Archives: Learning
Do We Finally Have an Explanation for Life?
The following paragraph in a recent NewsWise article grabbed my attention in a significant way: The basic idea of Dr. Andrulis’ framework is that all physical reality can be modeled by a single geometric entity with life-like characteristics: the gyre. … Continue reading
Brilliant Examples of Thinking Outside the Box
Einstein once said that Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge. He then went about proving it by completely re-imagining the concepts of space, time, gravity, matter, and energy. Of course, Einstein had a superior working knowledge of advanced mathematics and … Continue reading
Reminder About Entrenched Thinking
Science is the best tool we have for discovery and learning, because it encourages us to modify our theories when they don’t prove out. As with any human endeavor, though, science is imperfect. Lee Smolin gives a great example of … Continue reading
Learn from Steve Jobs via John Sculley
Whether you like Steve Jobs or not, you do yourself a disservice if you are not open to learning from him. He took a company that was on the verge of going under, Apple, and catapulted it to overtake Microsoft … Continue reading
Is Technology Hurting Us? You Can Win the Battle if You Try.
You multitask, don’t you? A typical example of it is reading email and/or Twitter or RSS feeds while “listening” to a phone call or “participating” in a meeting. We do it for at least a couple of reasons: We think … Continue reading
Adjusting Your Information Flow
Are you fed up with the amount of information that flows your way, particularly all the stuff from the online world? Me, too, and I have been fed up with it for some time. An information scientist recently noted that … Continue reading
Being Retired Is No Excuse for Not Being a Continuous Learner
In fact, except for those with health issues that interfere with learning, there is no excuse for anyone to not be a continuous learner. In another couple of weeks, I will have been retired for 3 years. During this time, … Continue reading
Continuing Developments in Advancing Our Evolution
In a recent post, I talked about the need for us to stay aware of developments that control our evolution through technology. And, in a post on my lifestream blog I indicated my belief that artificial intelligence software should be … Continue reading
Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
This is one of the most inspirational videos I have ever seen. Like me, you have probably seen it before. And, like me, you will probably benefit from watching it again. It’s 15-minutes of time that we should all periodically … Continue reading
Video Resources for Learning
I share Warren Buffett’s philosophy that we should learn something new every day. To help you accomplish this in your own life, I thought a short list of video resources for learning would be useful to you. Note that, while … Continue reading
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