Every now and then, I come back to this TEDTalk by Chimamanda Adichie. “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They […]
Category: Videos
Bobby McFerrin: Ave Maria
Ave Maria by Bobby McFerrin and his audience, at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale
In this 3-min performance from the World Science Festival, musician Bobby McFerrin plays the audience and uses the pentatonic scale to reveal one surprising result of the way our brains are wired.
Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind
What happens when a dream you’ve held since childhood … doesn’t come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United States, she turned to books to expand her mind and create […]
Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success. Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure – and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He […]
Sigur Rós: Dauðalogn
Music for your nights (Thank you Disa). Sigur Rós ‘Valtari’ Mystery Film Experiment: Dauðalogn by Ruslan Fedotow.
How to Dress Well: Cold Nites
Artist: How to Dress Well Single: Cold Nites Album: Total Loss (2012)
Brené Brown: The Power of Vulnerability.
Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. “Vulnerability is our most accurate […]
What if money didn’t matter?
Narration by Alan Watts. Video’s transcript: “What makes you itch? What sort of a situation would you like? Let’s suppose, I do this often in vocational guidance of students: they come to me and say […]
