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Morality in Monkeys: A fascinating and funny TED Talk | harrykeydotcomslashblogs
Any frequent reader will be well aware of my obsession with TED. I am consistently amazed that they can find people who can speak so eloquently and humorously about such nerdy topics. Perhaps they offer training, or maybe they just refuse all the really nerdy ones. In either case, it’s cool. They are making intelligence sexy and complex ideas accessible for dullards like me. Now we can feel smart.
Renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society. Taken from a lecture given by Iain McGilchrist as part of the RSA’s free public events programme . Fusing sociology, psychoanalysis and philosophy, Professor Renata Salecl shows that individual choice is rarely based on a simple rational decision with a predictable outcome. In this RSA Animate, Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings.
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Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters. Use the menu above to find a map of interest. To learn a little more about this and other map projections read this: Worldmapper and map projections .
