The highly anticipated movie from Ridley Scott is teased here with a nod to TED.com. Although not a clip from the movie itself, the futuristic talk is given by Guy Pearce, who stars in the film, and offers some clues to the plotline of the 'Alien' related franchise...
Why is it none of these elements above, are often included as part of our job descriptions? Truth is they are not given much priority or reward, when they truly should be heralded.
Another TED classic in this short series of my recent favourites. Again Barry Schwartz talks on 'practical wisdom' as an antidote to a society that's going mad with bureaucracy, and slowly piece by piece, removing much of what makes us human. I believe this is the cause for much of the stress, depression, and unhealthy addictions many continually face as we are being moulded to be less human. Effectively all in many ways to save money...yet costing us more as a society in the (not so) long run.
Whilst advertising portrays some corporations to be caring, the truth is often a veil as many know. And with a huge myriad of rules, we all face daily, they reality is that they are beginning to fail us, and are slowly backfiring. Practicality, my favourite 'simplicity', and the ever rarer 'common sense', are our only faithful friends to avoid the inevitable hell in a hand basket we, or our children are headed for.
Continuing this short series of my favourite TED talks; Psychologist Barry Schwartz talks about what can be a bad thing we have in western societies, namely: freedom of choice. He shows choice has made us not freer but more paralysed. Many of us today with endless choices, are not happier at all and much more dissatisfied than we have ever been. In a web sense, this is something I believe has poisoned many web sites structures and strategic directions today, and combined with the old adage of 'too many cooks' , leads to an overly dilluted user experience. If ever it were true, today, less in our lives, is so very, very much more.
Continuing this short series of my favourite TED talks; Jill Bolte Taylor, as a brain scientist, got a unique opportunity to study her own brain, as she had a massive stroke, and watched her brain functions, motion, speech, and self-awareness all shut down one by one. An amazing TED talk.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. This has now expanded and is well known for (amongst others things) it's excellent TEDtalks. A short series of my favourites kicks off here with Kevin Kelly. A great one to open your mind, and well the short investment of your time. Of course Kevin covers a subject close to my heart, that I'm (some would say, and they'd be right) obsessed about, namely the web. Enough talk. Watch and learn why the web is truly amazing. Yet for most, were just not amazed...
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