Articles tagged with: history
Scott Berkun: The Myths of Innovation
In this fun and entertaining talk author and Carnegie Mellon alum Scott Berkun shows that much of what we know about innovation is wrong as he explores the history of innovation and creative thinking.
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Project Tuva
Bill Gates has bought the rights to Richard Feynman’s lectures, The Character of Physical Law, and has put them on the web with the help of the Microsoft Research team. The historic lectures with lots …
When Ideas Have Sex
In this TED Talk author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas.
It’s not important how clever individuals are, he …
Mona Lisa: Why Is She Smiling?
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is without a doubt the most famous work in the entire forty-thousand-year history of the visual arts. It is the enigmatic smile that has fascinated and baffled art …
Maximus
The historical film Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crow has a fictional storyline. It is only loosely based on historical events.
It’s interesting to read how Marcus Aurelius described the character of the …
It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure
Information overload has been around since the introduction of the printing press; so why do we still consider it to be a new problem?
Clay Shirky, New York University new-media professor, writer, and consultant argues …
