I’ve just started reading the book Sway: The Irresistable Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman. They are two brothers who got into seemingly different fields of business and psychology, but found that there are really interesting ideas that tie the two together. I haven’t gotten that far in the book yetRead More
Category: Society
Happy first birthday to this blog, and FRESH the movie
It has been a just a few days past a year since I first posted on this blog. A lot has changed since then, the most significant of which is that I now have a great job! Since starting that job, this blog has been greatly neglected. So with that in mind, I will tryRead More
Defending wolves and worldviews
I like wolves. As a child, I loved the book “Julie of the Wolves” and as an adult I enjoyed the anime “Wolf’s Rain.” Wolves are some of the least understood of the predators that humans have pitted themselves against over the ages, others being sharks, bears, and large cats. One of the main reasonsRead More
TED Talk: Jamie Oliver’s wish to teach every kid about food
I watched this TED talk by Jamie Oliver last week and it was quite interesting. I was shocked to see the segment on the children in the classroom he visited in West Virginia. They could not identify vegetables. One child mistook tomatoes for potatoes! Jamie’s wish is to create a network of organizations and communityRead More
Help save Idealist.org! Donate to keep them going!
I’ve donated to Haiti relief efforts, and now I’ve also donated to help save this organization that has been important to me (especially in my current job search!). In the spirit of altruism, I’d like to bring up the cause for Idealist.org. For those of you who do not know, here is the description listedRead More
Millennium Development Goals: global hunger and undernutrition
We may all be familiar with the face of hunger, but undernutrition may be more difficult to detect and treat. Last Tuesday, I attended a lecture by Dr. Jessica Fanzo of the Earth Institute’s Center for Global Health and Economic Development. She spoke about “Global Progress in Ending Hunger and Undernutrition.” Some symptoms of undernutritionRead More