Bill Gates – how do you make education better?

Bill Gates, philantropist :)
“A goal I had there was to draw more people in to work on those problems, because I think there are some very important problems that don’t get worked on naturally. That is, the market does not drive the scientists, the communicators, the thinkers, the governments to do the right things. And [...]

The Power of Time Orientation – Philip Zimbardo @ TED

Philip Zimbardo: “Now lets tempt four-year-olds, giving them a treat. They can have one marshmallow now. But if they wait until the experimenter comes back, they can have two. Of course it pays, if you like marshmallows, to wait. What happens is 2/3rds of the kids give in to temptation. They cannot wait. [...]

Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom on TED.com

Barry Schwartz: “And, perhaps most important, as teachers, we should strive to be the ordinary heroes, the moral exemplars, to the people we mentor. And there are a few things that we have to remember as teachers.

One is that we are always teaching. Someone is always watching. The camera is always on.
[...]they have come to [...]

Why Humans Have Sex

Book-a-minute on steroids, that’s how I think about this study.
In other words, read it and you’ll be more of a connoisseur (ahem :)
Here’s a glimpse:
1. I wanted to give someone else a sexually transmitted
disease (e.g., herpes, AIDS)
2. Someone offered me money to do it
3. I wanted to get a raise
4. It [...]

15 ways stores trick you into spending

Or 15 ways to have more money, if you will. :) Think it may be useful to be aware of how they try to scope in my (brain’s) pockets.

Health guru launches online Disease Mongering Engine that instantly generates hilarious fictitious disease names

“If the doctor tells you a disease name, it doesn’t necessarily means he knows what you have.” – Murphology
Reification: If someone invented a word or a name for something, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it really exists.
NewsTarget.com: “An online tool published today allows users to instantly generate fictitious disease names and descriptions based on [...]

The Cleveland Clinic battles with McDonald’s over fast food in hospitals

The Cleveland Clinic battles with McDonald’s over fast food in hospitals
“One of the most ridiculous things about many hospitals and surgical centers is that they host fast food restaurants like McDonald’s and Pizza Hut. Now making headlines is the heated debate between the Cleveland Clinic and McDonald’s restaurants. Toby Cosgrove, director of the Cleveland [...]