November 2010
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In Cybertherapy, Avatars Assist With Healing →
Researchers are populating digital worlds with autonomous, virtual humans that can evoke the same tensions as in real-life encounters. People with social anxiety are struck dumb when asked questions by a virtual stranger. Heavy drinkers feel strong urges to order something from a virtual bartender, while gamblers are drawn to sit down and join a group playing on virtual slot machines. And...
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Making Ads That Whisper to the Brain →
“Neuromarketing’s raison d’être derives from the fact that the brain expends only 2 percent of its energy on conscious activity, with the rest devoted largely to unconscious processing. Thus, neuromarketers believe, traditional market research methods — like consumer surveys and focus groups — are inherently inaccurate because the participants can never articulate the unconscious impressions...
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“If we forget to remind ourselves of fresh ways of looking at a situation, we...”
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A Budget Travel Pioneer →
My favorite part:
I assume that at 83, you travel a bit more luxuriously than you used to.
No, I still travel as cheaply as I can. I don’t look 83, I look about 60-something, and I’m actually pretty active still. I’m not really handicapped: my eyes are going a bit and my hearing’s going a bit, but otherwise I’m in pretty good shape and I live pretty much the way I always have. When I’m staying...
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“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn. My God do you...”
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“So I’m going out there. And I’m going to do the best I can. People are going to...”
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The Art of Calculated Risk →
“When it’s time to decide whether or not to go ahead, the decision must come from your heart. If you must pursue your passions, your ideas will be more likely to succeed.”
Richard Branson shares his secret for evaluating new opportunities, and how you can apply it to your business.
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WTF Has Obama Done So Far? →
In case you’ve lost track.
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See The World Through New Lenses →
The project Trecho 2.8 (Excerpt 2.8), an initiative of Instituto Brazis in partnership with Instituto GENS, gathered a group of ten homeless people who have demonstrated the desire to learn photography and see their reality through new lenses – literally. This initiative is not meant for charity or some sort of palliative aid - they looked for really engaged people who wanted to turn it into a...
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“I can’t remember all the times I’ve tried to tell myself to hold on...”
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October 2010
18 posts
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THREElittleSTEPS →
THREElittleSTEPS is a movement of picking up three pieces of litter that you come across daily. Members take pictures of the trash they pick up and post them on the organization’s Facebook page. THREElittleSTEPS believes that with their daily participation in cleaning up litter, people will become more sensitive of the waste around them and shift their own waste habits for the good.
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