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The Branson Way
1 year ago | Comment
THE PERSON CAN BUILD/CREATE/DO everything he/she wants. Mostly because he/she has good karma and raw talent and can motivate others and let them be co-superstars as well. And that’s the big secret: Richard has a crew - wife, executives, staff and followers who are super super smart - and dares to really make a difference (and make failures). And they are all inspired by the leader of the Tribe - who is naturally interested in you and picks up a drink for you - and gives you that extra little feel good feeling…
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Neuroscience of Gambling
1 year ago | Comment
One of the mysteries of gambling is that even when we should know we're going to lose, we somehow think we're going to win. Dr. Luke Clark, from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge, may have discovered one of the reasons why. Using MRI, he studied brain activity in people gambling, looking particularly at "near misses" in which a loss seems close to a win. He found that the brain activated the same reward system that is activated in a real win, despite the fact that people report that these near misses are unpleasant.
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TED, Sylvia Earle: Ocean - the blue heart of the planet is about to die
1 year ago | Comment
Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.
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Secrets of my success: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
1 year ago | Comment
Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings tells Fortune how he got the idea for the DVD-by-mail service that now has more than eight million customers.
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Bird catches a fish: underwater view
1 year ago | Comment
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Microsoft Bank of the Future
1 year ago | Comment
This is a prototype model of a bank in the future. A Microsoft demo.
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Best Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts
1 year ago | Comment (2)
I am working with keyboard shortcuts a lot since they save a great amount of time especially when you do repetitive tasks or you are dealing with many windows. Yesterday I switched my computer to Windows 7 beta. I have already played around some time with it by installing it on a virtual machine and they worked great. While I have never used a beta operating system for my main computer, this time I decided to do it since I saw that I could be working faster with Windows 7 than I used to work with Vista.
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How will technology hack religion
1 year ago | Comment
Religion always tries to give answers to questions that can not be answered in any logical manner. With many people believing the same thing about human and world existence it’s easier for most of them to assume that the truth given by religion is the right one. Of course the answer is that no one knows for sure but everyone is trying (even subconsciously) to attach himself to a theory about where we come from and what happens after we die.
However in the next years (maybe that’s many many years, but eventually it will happen) scientists will achieve a perfect understanding of how brain works and how we can alter our memories. What used to be science fiction is now becoming partially a reality. For example some people with permanent loss of vision can start seeing again by using electrodes which stimulate the right areas of the brain which generate what we know as vision. This is just the beginning of science being able to manipulate the brain. I totally believe that in the future, scientists will be able to create memories and experiences on demand.
This is where is gets very interesting. While it would be fun that we will be able to experience a trip to Paris without even being there by simply attaching this experience to our brains through whatever device will be able to do this, things will get serious once these experiences alter the fundamental values of our brain. And let me give you an example: How would you think of life and your daily routine if deep inside in your brain you had memories of yourself before you were born and after you are dead? These are memories that most religions of the world are trying to “persuade” you that they exist. All religions have an answer for what happens after death. But once technology will be able to manipulate the human mind, these answers will be able to become real experiences for everyone. They will be 100% real and totally authentic for the people who try this. This will be either used for good (people working together to achieve a very specific thing in their lives) but either for bad (I guess it will be a lot easier to persuade people to attempt suicide attacks)…
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YouTube implements Creative Commons and micropayments
1 year ago | Comment
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Facebook's Value: $3.7 Billion and Dropping
1 year ago | Comment
Meanwhile, Facebook continues to spend money as it attracts new users; every million users Facebook adds requires approximately $1 million in new servers.
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Why do People Buy Virtual Goods? - WSJ.com
1 year ago | Comment
Virtual goods are a strange concept to think about. They are objects that exist only online – within a Website, a game or a virtual world – and yet people will pay real money to buy them. Facebook users are buying tens of millions of dollars worth of digital gifts to give to each other. Players of Nexon's Kartrider game are buying tens of millions of dollars worth of enhancements to their avatars and karts that enable them to race better, or just look cooler. What is driving this behavior? -
Earth, observed - The Big Picture - Boston.com
1 year ago | Comment
