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Barry Schwartz: Our loss of wisdom

Barry Schwartz: Our loss of wisdom

Basic Disaster Supplies Kit A basic emergency supply kit could include the following recommended items: Water, one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitationFood, at least a three-day supply of non-perishable foodBattery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for bothFlashlight and extra batteriesFirst aid kitWhistle to signal for helpDust mask to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-placeMoist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitationWrench or pliers to turn off utilitiesManual can opener for foodLocal mapsCell phone with chargers, inverter or solar charger Once you have gathered the supplies for a basic emergency kit, you may want to consider adding the following items: In any emergency a family member or you yourself may suffer an injury. Knowing how to treat minor injuries can make a difference in an emergency. Non-prescription drugs: For Baby: For Adults:

MIT Media Lab &Cognitive Limit of Organizations This is a slide that I got from Cesar Hidalgo. He used this slide to explain a concept that I think is key to the way we think about how the Media Lab is evolving. The vertical axis of this slide represents the total stock of information in the world. The horizontal axis represents time. In the early days, life was simple. We did important things like make spears and arrowheads. At some point, however, the amount of knowledge required to make things began to exceed the cognitive limit of a single human being. When the Media Lab was founded 25 years ago, many products were still single-company products and most, if not all, of the intellectual property was contained in a single company. In a world in which implementing the next generation of ideas will increasingly require pulling resources from different organizations, barriers to collaboration will be a crucial constraint limiting the development of firms. This is a slide that I got from Cesar Hidalgo.

What I Learned Watching 150 Hours of TED Talks - Carmine Gallo by Carmine Gallo | 11:00 AM April 11, 2014 What makes for a great presentation — the kind that compels people’s attention and calls them to action? TED talks have certainly set a benchmark in recent years: HBR even asked Chris Anderson, the group’s founder, to offer lessons drawn from the three decades he’s run TED’s signature events in an article published last summer. But experience and intuition are one thing; data and analysis are another. What could one learn by watching the most successful TED talks in recent years (150 hours’ worth), talking to many of the speakers, then running the findings by neuroscientists who study persuasion? I did just that, and here’s what I learned: Use emotion. I divided the content of his talk into Aristotle’s three areas of persuasion. Stories that trigger emotion are the ones that best inform, illuminate, inspire, and move people to action. Be novel. As neuroscientist Dr. Emphasize the visual.

BAT (Bilbao Architecture Team), HUT! (Hut Arkitektura), Ander Barandiaran — 360 Public Housing in Saint Helena Winning Proposal / BAT + HUT! — Europaconcorsi Situation BAT+HUT!. Published on June 13, 2013. St Helena, forgotten paradise in the Atlantic Ocean has to be known. Analisis Providing physical, energetic and economic self-sufficiency (construction materials, biomass production and imports savings respectively) will finally release the island of the dependency to which it is subjected and will offer a change of mind for the future. materials A secure investment in the present results in a St Helena in 2022 that will flip the current situation, forgetting the costs of imported fuel and building elements to be who export processed items. Concept Convert the energy production into a closed system in the island will become a reference point when it is exported to other locations in similar conditions. plantation and quarry areas Actuation A project by BAT+HUT! constructive system Sections participatory construction common areas housing

Le Vieux Paris d'Albert Robida AtticMag | Kitchens, Bathrooms, Rugs, Interior Design A Daily Dose of Architecture Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2016 April 15 Mercury and Crescent Moon Set Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva) Explanation: Innermost planet Mercury and a thin crescent Moon are never found far from the Sun in planet Earth's skies. Tomorrow's picture: Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important NoticesA service of:ASD at NASA / GSFC& Michigan Tech.

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