Our view of the universe as either dead or alive creates the context within which we understand who we are and where we are going. Where a dead-universe perspective generates alienation, environmental destruction, and despair, a living-universe perspective generates feelings of communion, stewardship, and the promise of a higher pathway for humanity.
Your brain works fast and slowly… and, sometimes, it gets stuff wrong.
New Yorker Jeff Myers has created a way for dog owners to walk their pooches from the comfort of the couch. A MacBook and an AR drone quadcopter are all you need. Just plot a course on Google Maps and affix the drone to dog’s collar. Watch Myers’ golden retriever happily follow the drone through city…
Thirty-nine million people in the world are blind, and the majority lost their sight due to curable and preventable diseases. But how do you test and treat people who live in remote areas, where expensive, bulky eye equipment is hard to come by? TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous demos a smartphone app and cheap hardware that might help.
As we will never return to ‘business as usual’ 23 international thinkers, government advisors and Wall Street money-men break their silence and explain how to establish a moral and just society.
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