Cathy N. Davidson’s new book, Now You See it: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform thw Way We Live, Work, and Learn (see my review on Open Parenthesis), takes one of its core inspirations from an experiment by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris, which you may have seen:

Just in time for the holidays – I was very happy to see this in the Mercy For Animals e-newsletter: MFA’s “How Much Cruelty Can You Swallow?” Ad Campaign Hits Boston Millions of bus riders in Boston are getting a new outlook on dinner, thanks to the launch of over 600 pro-vegetarian MFA ads. The campaign, which features images of [...]

I’ve been watching Ted talks lately on my morning commute. This one is definitely inspiring – Dave Eggers talking about Once Upon a School (which, unfortuntely, seems to be down at the moment). It’s the story of 826 Valencia, a publishing house / writing center / pirate supply store / tutoring community in San Francisco, and many others like it [...]