Groups of human beings, left free to each regulate themselves, tend to produce spontaneous order, rather than the meaningless chaos often feared. This has been observed in society at least since Chuang Tzu in ancient China. A classic traffic roundabout is a good example, with cars moving in and out with such effective organization that some modern cities have begun replacing stoplights at problem intersections with traffic circles [2], and getting better results.
As a second example, an audience is first asked to write the last two digits of their social security number and consider whether they would pay this number of dollars for items whose value they did not know, such as wine, chocolate and computer equipment. They were then asked to bid for these items, with the result that the audience members with higher two-digit numbers would submit bids that were between 60 percent and 120 percent higher than those with the lower social security numbers, which had become their anchor.[4]
— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring
At the beginning of the concert, The Swell Season's Glen Hansard asks the audience to come a few steps closer, and to participate. He does it with humility and absolute sincerity.
This simple act has a powerful effect. What can we all learn from this?
Eidetic memory ( /aɪˈdɛtɪk/), commonly referred to as photographic memory, is a medical term, popularly defined as the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with extreme precision and in abundant volume.
Many mistaken identifications are the result of unconscious transference, or the inability to distinguish between the perpetrator and another person who was encountered in a different context.[26] In many of these cases, the culprit is confused with a different person present at the crime scene. Implicit processing takes place during the event, in which the witness encodes the general features of innocent bystanders, creating a sense of familiarity. At retrieval, this familiarity could cause people who were merely present in the crime scene to be confused with the culprit.[26]
These are the only things you need to do to be successful*. You can get away with just doing one of the two, but that's rare, and usually someone else is doing the other part for you.
If you you don't have any marketable skills, learn some. It's the future. We have Khan Academy and Wikipedia and Codecademy and almost the entire world's collective knowledge at your fingertips. Use it.
Then make something that you can talk about. Make something cool. Something interesting. Spend time on it. Go crazy. Even if it's the least useful thing you've ever made, if you can talk about it, make it. This part is easy, because you're doing something you think is cool, and interesting, and if it's useless, great, because you won't need to support it much either!
— http://carl.flax.ie/dothingstellpeople.html
Everything is a Remix Part 4 on Vimeo
Everything is a Remix Part 4 on Vimeo:
Kirby Ferguson’s “Everything is a Remix” is so important, and so well done. Part 4 really sews it up nicely.
Philip Glass - 06 - Pruit Igoe (by OSTCollection)
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Philip Glass - 06 - Pruit Igoe (by OSTCollection)
100 logged acres adjacent to Siuslaw National Forest
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100 logged acres adjacent to Siuslaw National Forest
Writing is not an exercise in excision, it’s a journey into sound.
— E.B. White (via Excision | Brain Pickings)