Humanity’s Quest for Immortality
One of humanity’s oldest impulses has been to conquer death. From Egyptian mummification to the Christian heaven, the idea that some way, through material or spiritual works, we can transcend […]
Michael Burnam-Fink
The Profits of Nonprofits
“Technology is way advanced, and it’s the business models that are lagging way behind, limiting what social entrepreneurs are able to accomplish,” says Victoria Hale, founder of two nonprofit pharmaceutical […]
Jimmy Wales on Leadership
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales talks about leadership at the Washington Post. Wikipedia is an example of the internet at it’s best. From the contribution of volunteers, and small infrastructure technological infrastructure, […]
Everyday Heroes
No man knows the nature of evil like Dr. Philip Zimbardo. In 1971, he transformed college students into brutal guards and traumatized prisoners in the horrific Stanford Prison Experiment. The […]
Collective Intelligence in Small Teams
No matter how smart you are, you can’t fix the problems of the world by yourself. Teamwork is the order of the day, and a new study by MIT suggests […]
Escape from Spiderhead
Science fiction can tell us a great deal about the future because it asks us to think with all of our faculties, not just about the nuts and bolts of […]
Year of the Leak
2010 is the year of the leak. From the Afghanistan and Iraq war diaries, to Cablegate, and the upcoming revelations about Bank of America, the website Wikileaks has driven the […]
Data Visualization for Better Government
If you live in one of more than 300 American cities, you may already be familiar with the 311 service. But 311 can do more than fix potholes, or get […]