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51 hours left to live : IAmA
"On Tuesday I'll finally end my battle with cancer thanks to Oregon's Death with dignity act. As part of my preparations I've ended my pain medication and am trying to regain what little dignity and c... Read more
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fy6yz/51_hours_left_to_live/
Tags: life, death, inspiration, reddit, via:packrati.us, social, cancer, deep, inspirational, thinking Saved by: admin at 07 Mar 2011
"On Tuesday I'll finally end my battle with cancer thanks to Oregon's Death with dignity act. As part of my preparations I've ended my pain medication and am trying to regain what little dignity and c... Read more
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fy6yz/51_hours_left_to_live/
Tags: life, death, inspiration, reddit, via:packrati.us, social, cancer, deep, inspirational, thinking Saved by: admin at 07 Mar 2011
Notation And Thinking « Gödel’s Lost Letter and P=NP
“By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and, in effect, increases the mental power of the race. Before the introductio... Read more
http://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/notation-and-thinking/
Tags: notation, history, mathematics, language, programming, math, thinking, apl, via:packrati.us, algorithm Saved by: admin at 01 Dec 2010
“By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and, in effect, increases the mental power of the race. Before the introductio... Read more
http://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/notation-and-thinking/
Tags: notation, history, mathematics, language, programming, math, thinking, apl, via:packrati.us, algorithm Saved by: admin at 01 Dec 2010
Without Geometry, Life is Pointless: Habits of Mind
"This is still a work in progress (and feedback would be greatly appreciated), but I've decided to explicitly teach (and assess...more on that later) 4 "categories" of mathematics this year. 1. Sk... Read more
http://mathteacherorstudent.blogspot.com/2010/09/habits-of-mind.html
Tags: math, mathematics, teaching, learning, habits, education, thinking, mind, problem-solving, productivity Saved by: admin at 11 Sep 2010
"This is still a work in progress (and feedback would be greatly appreciated), but I've decided to explicitly teach (and assess...more on that later) 4 "categories" of mathematics this year. 1. Sk... Read more
http://mathteacherorstudent.blogspot.com/2010/09/habits-of-mind.html
Tags: math, mathematics, teaching, learning, habits, education, thinking, mind, problem-solving, productivity Saved by: admin at 11 Sep 2010
Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It)
Could sending out that email really be so painful that you've put it off three days in a row? Likely not, but it certainly feels that way every time you try to dig in. It's what a Psychology Today pos... Read more
http://lifehacker.com/5611547/top-10-ways-your-brain-is-sabotaging-you-and-how-to-beat-it
Tags: psychology, brain, productivity, lifehacker, lifehacks, life, science, thinking, health, tips Saved by: admin at 15 Aug 2010
Could sending out that email really be so painful that you've put it off three days in a row? Likely not, but it certainly feels that way every time you try to dig in. It's what a Psychology Today pos... Read more
http://lifehacker.com/5611547/top-10-ways-your-brain-is-sabotaging-you-and-how-to-beat-it
Tags: psychology, brain, productivity, lifehacker, lifehacks, life, science, thinking, health, tips Saved by: admin at 15 Aug 2010
Does Language Influence Culture? - WSJ.com
Do English, Indonesian, Russian and Turkish speakers end up attending to, understanding, and remembering their experiences differently simply because they speak different languages?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5
Tags: language, psychology, thought, cognition, structure, english, thinking, diversity, world, differences Saved by: admin at 25 Jul 2010
Do English, Indonesian, Russian and Turkish speakers end up attending to, understanding, and remembering their experiences differently simply because they speak different languages?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5
Tags: language, psychology, thought, cognition, structure, english, thinking, diversity, world, differences Saved by: admin at 25 Jul 2010
Why Design-By-Commitee Should Die - Smashing Magazine
Quote: No matter where you go in the known universe, there is design-by-committee. It has become a pecking order of disaster for the society that used to pride itself on being a mover and shaker and t... Read more
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/29/why-design-by-commitee-should-die/
Tags: design, inspiration, webdesign, article, client, ux, business, development, smashing, thinking Saved by: admin at 30 Jun 2010
Quote: No matter where you go in the known universe, there is design-by-committee. It has become a pecking order of disaster for the society that used to pride itself on being a mover and shaker and t... Read more
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/29/why-design-by-commitee-should-die/
Tags: design, inspiration, webdesign, article, client, ux, business, development, smashing, thinking Saved by: admin at 30 Jun 2010
New Nicaraguan sign language shows how language affects thought | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
In the 1970s, a group of deaf Nicaraguan schoolchildren invented a new language. The kids were the first to enrol in Nicaragua’s new wave of special education schools. At first, they struggled with ... Read more
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/22/new-nicaraguan-sign-language-shows-how-language-affects-thought/
Tags: language, psychology, learning, science, research, signlanguage, education, linguistics, languages, thinking Saved by: admin at 27 Jun 2010
In the 1970s, a group of deaf Nicaraguan schoolchildren invented a new language. The kids were the first to enrol in Nicaragua’s new wave of special education schools. At first, they struggled with ... Read more
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/06/22/new-nicaraguan-sign-language-shows-how-language-affects-thought/
Tags: language, psychology, learning, science, research, signlanguage, education, linguistics, languages, thinking Saved by: admin at 27 Jun 2010
How to Define a Problem - wikiHow
Einstein is quoted as having said that if he had one hour to save the world he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. This quote does illustrat... Read more
http://www.wikihow.com/Define-a-Problem
Tags: productivity, howto, reference, ideas, problemsolving, problem, einstein, thinking, tips, education Saved by: admin at 23 Apr 2010
Einstein is quoted as having said that if he had one hour to save the world he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. This quote does illustrat... Read more
http://www.wikihow.com/Define-a-Problem
Tags: productivity, howto, reference, ideas, problemsolving, problem, einstein, thinking, tips, education Saved by: admin at 23 Apr 2010
How to Be a Positive Person, in Under 300 Words | Zen Habits
Realize it’s possible, instead of telling yourself why you can’t. Become aware of your self-talk. Squash negative thoughts like a bug. Replace them with positive thoughts. Love what you have alrea... Read more
http://zenhabits.net/2010/03/300-word-positivity/
Tags: inspiration, happiness, life, positive, zenhabits, tips, positivity, psychology, motivation, thinking Saved by: admin at 16 Mar 2010
Realize it’s possible, instead of telling yourself why you can’t. Become aware of your self-talk. Squash negative thoughts like a bug. Replace them with positive thoughts. Love what you have alrea... Read more
http://zenhabits.net/2010/03/300-word-positivity/
Tags: inspiration, happiness, life, positive, zenhabits, tips, positivity, psychology, motivation, thinking Saved by: admin at 16 Mar 2010
Achievement Porn « Essays « Pete Michaud
Similarly, by creating profound pressure to achieve, our society has sprouted ways to exploit that insatiable drive by setting up “games” that simulate achievement, but that are actually meaningle... Read more
http://www.petermichaud.com/essays/achievement-porn/
Tags: psychology, essay, education, achievement, society, life, thinking, lifehacks, philosophy, social Saved by: admin at 28 Feb 2010
Similarly, by creating profound pressure to achieve, our society has sprouted ways to exploit that insatiable drive by setting up “games” that simulate achievement, but that are actually meaningle... Read more
http://www.petermichaud.com/essays/achievement-porn/
Tags: psychology, essay, education, achievement, society, life, thinking, lifehacks, philosophy, social Saved by: admin at 28 Feb 2010