A couple of days ago I got my hands on this book, Biology of Cancer by Robert A. Weinberg and as weird as this may sounds, I couldn’t put it down! Science and Nature thought it was good too: The Biology of Cancer is no … Continue readingNew Discoveries in Cancer Research
The truth about factory farming … Continue readingRed or Blue Pill?
When a person takes into account the particular circumstances of a situation and makes a decision accordingly, we say “she made a judgment call”. Why have we stopped trusting people to do that? This was one of my favorite talks in TED this year. Barry … Continue readingMaking a Judgment Call
Oldie but still such a goodie… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4[/youtube]
I don’t know about Microsoft’s ‘me too’ plan to open retails stores but Bill Gate’s talk in TED2009 was one of the most inspiring. In this funny 18 minutes talk, followed by Q&A session with TED curator Chris Anderson he raises two big questions and … Continue readingBugs of Inspiration by Bill Gates in TED2009
For me, this was one of the most moving moments in TED2009. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the bestseller Eat Pray Love muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a … Continue readingRaise Your Hand if You’re a Hard-On-Yourself Perfectionist Overachiever…
To: Architect – Alex Cohen Interior Architect – Sharon Edery Contractor – Eli Levi Carpenters – Asaf Swartz and Yaniv Bashari and to all the other teams of wonderful people who worked on our house for your endless creativity, the amazingly professional work and for … Continue readingBIG Belated Thank You!
The story of the life of an impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik, who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of “Who Wants to be A Millionaire?”, wins, and is then suspected of cheating. It’s so well made it kicks you in the stomach. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIzbwV7on6Q[/youtube]
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of … Continue readingWinning the Rat Race but Missing Life
This video of Nick Vujicic talking to teens about what you can accomplish when you don’t let limiting beliefs stand in your way is just so inspiring, I couldn’t not share this with you… [youtube]http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=mu9FPb-TZuk[/youtube]