• links for 2010-05-30

    Updated: 2010-05-30 20:03:02
    BBC News – Creative minds 'mimic schizophrenia' Creativity is akin to insanity, say scientists who have been studying how the mind works. Brain scans reveal striking similarities in the thought pathways of highly creative people and those with schizophrenia. Both groups lack important receptors used to filter and direct thought. It could be this uninhibited [...]

  • links for 2010-05-28

    Updated: 2010-05-28 20:03:19
    What if… | Wellcome Trust Take a look behind the scenes of the ‘What If…?’ display in the windows of the Wellcome Trust; an exploration by designers into the ways in which science might shape our future. This video includes interviews with the creators of the Cloud Project, the Synthetic Kingdom and the Race: projects [...]

  • links for 2010-05-27

    Updated: 2010-05-27 20:05:01
    Craig Venter: The dazzling showman of science | Tim Adams | From the Observer | The Observer Stewart Brand, the ecological visionary and creator of the Whole Earth Catalog, is more persuaded. Brand has got to know Venter over the last couple of years through John Brockman's Edge initiative which brings together the world's pioneering [...]

  • Crowdsourcing Your Future – ask your friends to predict your possible/preferable futures

    Updated: 2010-05-21 14:43:44
    For my recent talk at IFTF’s Technology Horizons Program Future of Persuasion conference at the Quadras Conference Center last week I brought along some newly printed ‘Crowdsourcing Your Future’ postcards to hand out to the audience in conjunction with my presentation about my Personal Futures research and The FATE Institute. ——– Crowdsourcing Your Future is [...]

  • links for 2010-05-21

    Updated: 2010-05-18 20:03:27
    YouTube – NIKE WRITE THE FUTURE – FULL LENGTH VERSION The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation’s hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future. Where to [...]

  • Future of Persuasion and Personal Futures @ IFTF

    Updated: 2010-05-15 00:52:55
    Tomorrow I am off to Palo Alto to participate in a 2 day conference called The Future of Persuasion as part of the Technology Horizons program at the IFTF. The conference will be using a variety of formats and methods to enable participants, clients of IFTF, to experience the emerging theories and behaviours that will [...]

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