6 min read ⌚ The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas Why do teachers award children points for giving them the right answer, and not for posing a good question? What if the point of it all is to ask a more beautiful question? How should you do that? Well, let’s just ask Warren Berger. […]
7 min read ⌚ A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World Are you an angsty teenager or a somewhat lost student in your early twenties? What would you give for a crash course of no more than 200 pages which may help you find – and even make – your place in the […]
8 min read ⌚ Six Innovations That Made the Modern World Do you want to learn how Chinese women abort their baby girls today because the Titanic sank in 1912? Or how the bikini trend owes its existence to the Chicago sewer system of the 1860s? Or, say, how mirrors started the Renaissance? Then you will […]
8 min read ⌚ The Secret of Human Thought Revealed Humans are capable of doing so many things computers will never be, right? Show me a computer capable of thinking, writing symphonies, loving, etc. – and I’ll show you a flying pig. Don’t put your mouth where your money is, says Ray Kurzweil. Because you will […]
5 min read ⌚ Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation The Great Age keeps moving full-steam ahead, striking every corner of the world. Neglecting the modern equipment and technology leads to disastrous results. This preview will give you a couple of inside information about Bell Labs, and their intentions. Who Should Read “The […]
7 min read ⌚ The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime Three decades ago, for the soundtrack of “Highlander,” “Queen” decided to ask the world an apt question. Namely, “Who Wants to Live Forever?” According to the English gerontologist Aubrey de Grey, the answer to the question is fairly obvious: absolutely everybody. […]
3 min read ⌚ The Cognitive Psychology of Good Design “The Design of Everyday Things” is hard – especially if it is good. Learn the process that yields good and intuitive design, that users can easily grasp. About Donald A. Norman Donald Norman is an author, the director of The Design Lab at University of California, […]
3 min read ⌚ How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price “Monetizing Innovation” is an easy-going and absorbable book that further examines the stigma of price-sensitivity and ways to handle it. About Madhavan Ramanujam and Georg Tacke Madhavan Ramanujam and Georg Tacke are experts in product segmentation and consultants that helped many companies in […]
3 min read ⌚ A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win “The Phoenix Project” explains the basics of DevOps. About Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford Gene Kim is an author, a researcher and an award-winning chief technology officer. Kevin Behr is chief science officer and general manager of Praxis Flow and founder of […]
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