This precious life
'Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really.'
Save our inboxes
Chris Andersons' [email charter][emailcharter] is well worth checking out and following. I especially like rule 2 - Short and Slow is not Rude. [emailcharter][emailcharter]
The future of aviation
Long-distance air travel of the future [read the full post here][google] (Via [James Fallows : The Atlantic][theatlantic 2])
Top 5 death bed regrets
Profound - timely insights from Bronnie Ware who worked for years nursing the dying. Top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed, including wishing they had the courage to live a life true to themselves.
Groups with more women are more intelligent
Tom Malone on collective intelligence and the 'genetic' structure of groups. The average intelligence of the people in the group and the maximum intelligence of the people in the group doesn't predict group intelligence.
Trading as video game
[google]: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jblanton/~3/9ZkApo9TT28/
Rushkoff, a change agent
I have been reading two books by Douglas Rushkoff. 'Program or Be Programmed' and 'Life Inc'. These books have well reasoned arguments that encourage a subversive approach to two pervasive elements of modern life.
Great bookshops of the world
Fascinating photos of bookshops from around in the world in this article in Salon via Twitter from Mark Bertstein who has been to 3 of them.
Things that matter
Seth Godin published a free ebook containing over 70 short essays from today's leading thinkers about what matters in life and work.
Balehaus - an experimental building
The Ecologist is one of the great journals of the green movement and has recently gone through the transformation from print to online. This makes access to its stimulating content much easier.