Categories: The Brain

Made You Blink

If you work in the communications business, and you haven’t read “Blink” yet by Malcolm Gladwell, you better think about grabbing a copy to take along on vacation. Gladwell may have coined a contemporary term with “The Tipping Point,” a very good book, but for my money “Blink” offers even more potent observations on brain function, ones that are highly relevant to what we do around here to make a living.More >>

Your Brain On Creativity

My friend Wayne Waaramaa, who is aware of my fascination with neurobiology, once sent me this link to an article in “CIO” magazine discussing how the human brain physically reacts to change. Not too well, it turns out.More >>

The shape of things to come.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the only force in the universe you can absolutely depend upon is in direct conflict with basic human nature. The force is cyclicality and the human behavior is best summed up by my friend Bob Willemin’s line: “People have a tendency to take current circumstances and extrapolate them indefinitely into the future.” More >>

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