Miscellaneous
From Warrior to Artist: How Soldiers Are Tapping Into Unimagined Creativity
This blog was originally published on truthatlas.com There’s nothing “post” about post-traumatic stress disorder, according to artist and former U.S. Marine David Keefe. “In fact, it happens every minute of every day. You are constantly thinking and reliving your experiences, every Read More...
Awake inside your dream: lucid dreaming
Imagine, you’re asleep and suddenly in the middle of a dream you become aware of the fact that you are dreaming. Maybe you’ll try to guide your dream, maybe you’ll try to fly, or to change the world around you, but it’s more likely you’ll just wake up. Dreams in which you become aware Read More...
The magic of gardening
According the Huffington Post, those who garden are more likely than the average person to feel satisfied with their lives and show less signs of depression or unhappiness. A recent study in the Netherlands echoes this bit of news, suggesting that gardening can fight stress even better than Read More...
The power of optimism in a pessimistic world
Tired of reporting blood and guts Once upon a time a young man named Jurriaan Kamp worked as a free-lance journalist in war-torn areas. One day he realized that the more bombs fell and the more people were horribly injured, the more he got paid. That’s when he began to suspect there was Read More...
The vaccine dilemma
From time to time you’ll hear that we’ve lost our connection to the foods we eat. That we no longer know what we’re sticking in our mouths; where it comes from, how it grows, and what it took to get a crop from the field to the table. We don’t disagree with those points. In fact we want to Read More...
Landscaped landfill
Hiriya Mountain operated as a colossal waste facility for half the 20th century. Now called Ariel Sharon Park, it’s one of Israel’s prized possessions. Comprised of 565 million cubic feet of garbage and climbing more than 275 feet into the air, what was known as the Hiriya Waste Management Read More...
“Talking is very primitive”
Earlier this year, at the annual meeting of the World Future Society, futurist Jose Cordeiro sparked controversy with his claim that speech will soon be outdated. Cordeiro, founder of the organization’s Venezuela chapter, foresees spoken word being replaced by brain-to-brain Read More...
Is nothing something?
Why does the world exist? What should you do when you feel sad? These questions are basic but the answers are elusive. Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist Zen Master and best–selling author, answers these questions and others posed by children in his new book Is Nothing Something? published by Parallax Read More...
Energy hackers
After Chris Dalby found instructions online for track-ing home energy use, he installed a monitor in his house, so he could see how much energy he was consuming at any time. Then he experimented, flipping stuff on and off, to see what used how much energy and how he could save. “There is a Read More...
Traveling perspective
Does traveling make one optimistic? I pondered this question during the 20-hour flight from Nairobi, Kenya to San Francisco, California. I was returning from a week in Mombasa, Kenya attending meetings and giving a keynote speech about my International Bill of Rights work. My answer: yes. Even when Read More...