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The 11 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2011

The 11 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2011
by Maria Popova What it means to be human, how pronouns are secretly shaping our lives, and why we believe. After the year’s best children’s books, art and design books, photography books, science books, history books, and food books, the 2011 best-of series continues with the most compelling, provocative and thought-provoking psychology and philosophy books featured here this year. We spend most of our lives going around believing we are rational, logical beings who make carefully weighted decisions based on objective facts in stable circumstances. Of course, as both a growing body of research and our own retrospective experience demonstrate, this couldn’t be further from the truth. The original trailer for the book deals with something the psychology of which we’ve previously explored — procrastination: And this excellent alternative trailer is a straight shot to our favorite brilliant book trailers: Originally featured in November. That’s exactly what F. Originally featured in September.

7 Must-Read Books on Education Education is something we’re deeply passionate about, but the fact remains that today’s dominant formal education model is a broken system based on antiquated paradigms. While much has been said and written about education reform over the past couple of years, the issue and the public discourse around it are hardly new phenomena. Today, we round up the most compelling and visionary reading on reinventing education from the past century. Earlier this year, we featured a fantastic Bill Moyers archival interview with Isaac Asimov, in which the iconic author and futurist echoes some of own beliefs in the power of curiosity-driven, self-directed learning and the need to implement creativity in education from the onset. Sir Ken Robinson’s blockbuster TED talks have become modern cerebral folklore, and for good reason — his insights on education and creativity, neatly delivered in punchy, soundbite-ready packages, are today’s loudest, most succinct rally cry for a much-needed revolution.

Psych Me Up! ★ 20년간 160만대 판매로 검증된 대한민국 대표 브레인브랜드 엠씨스퀘어! ★ ☆ 세계적 권위의 미국 토마스 제퍼슨 의과대학 신경학과에서 “엠씨스퀘어의 효과” 검 증 발표 ☆ ★ 세계적 권위의 과학저널 IJLT(International Journal of Learning Technology)에 -엠씨스퀘어 효능에 대한 연구논문- 등재! ★ ☆★ 세계에서 인정받은 엠씨스퀘어의 효능! 경험해보세요잉~^^ ☆★ " 엠씨스퀘어를 유사하게 모방한 뇌파음, 자연의소리에 관한 저가의 모바일컨텐츠가 나와 소비자들을 혼란시키고 있습니다. 이는 전혀 유효성 및 안정성이 검증되지 않은 컨텐츠이므로 반드시 유의하시기 바랍니다" ------------------------------------------------------ 일상에 지친 당신은 브레인샤워 가 필요합니다잉~! **모바일 엠씨스퀘어는 이런분들께 강추강추** 1) 최적의 집중환경이 필요한 학생과 수험생 2) 단시간 집중과 휴식을 필요로 하는 직장인,전문직종사자 3) 고도의 집중력과 스트레스에 시달리는 CEO 4) 자격증, 취업준비 등 예비사회인 5) 스트레스 해소, 피로회복, 숙면이 필요한 성인 6) 출장, 골프 등 외부활동이 많은 비즈니스맨 7) 심신안정과 회복이 필요하신 분 8) 노화로 인한 기억력 감퇴가 걱정되는 어르신 들 9) 산만하고, 한곳에 오래 앉아있질 못하는, 집중력 약한 아이들 *해당 상품은 ‘엠씨스퀘어M’에 포함되어 있는 기능중 컨디션회복에 적합한 3가지 기능만 모아놓은 패키지 구성입니다. 스트레스해소, 피로회복과 숙면전용: 이름 “CONDITION(피로-숙면)” **********패키지구성********** P1(피로회복) : 피로회복도우미 / 15분 P2(졸음극복) : 아침기상도우미 / 10분 P3(숙면유도) : 숙면유도도우미 / 30분 6가지의 다양한 자연의 소리! -------------- 설 ------------------ 명 ------------ 공부?

Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge | It's Time to Read! - Book reviews and news Thank you for all the comments on this page! This is a collection of books mentioned or read on Gilmore Girls! Some of them might have been films instead of the books themselves but I see no problem in reading them either! Here is the list of books (taken from THIS forum and your comments- thanks!). I have removed the travel and cooking booking. I have marked the ones I have read or started and not finished:

What is the Nature of Your City? Across the world, cities are bringing back nature to help address urban challenges. We are healthier when we are closer to nature. We have a greater respect for the environment that sustains us. We are more adaptable to change when we let nature do its work. Join us for a free presentation by Dr. A Presentation on Biophilic Cities with Dr. January 18th, 2012 Portland Northwest College of Art - Swigert Commons 1241 NW Johnson Portland, OR 97209 This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by: City of Portland's Environmental Services and Office of Healthy Working Rivers, Illahee, The Intertwine Alliance, and The Urban Greenspaces Institute Notes on overcoming loneliness: Make fewer ‘friends’ Ten years ago we’d never heard of names like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. And yet today, for many, they are modern pillars of daily communication. Social media has become an omnipresent host to our daily interactions with 72% of all internet users now active on some form of social media. We have an array of social media outlets to suit every kind of action, personality type and human expression- both newsworthy and banal – and our engagement online is increasingly unwavering; we send around 500 million tweets per day and spend on average around 15 hours and 33 minutes a month on Facebook, for example. Social media has revolutionised the way we disseminate and receive information. While there are benefits to this, how does it affect the way we communicate with each other, who we choose to interact with and most of all how we feel? According to The Mental Health Foundation in their report 2010 The Lonely Society, 1 in 10 people in the UK often experience loneliness. Comments

Guardian Books podcast: Reading the Arab spring As Egypt celebrates the first anniversary of the Tahrir Square demonstrations, we look to the literature coming out of the Arab world. Ahdaf Soueif explains what it is like to live in Tahrir Square, while the Guardian's Ian Black – just back from in Syria – finds the books that offer the most nuanced picture of the Arab spring. Samir El-Youssef, co-founder of the new online literary magazine The Arab-Israeli Book Review, joins the distinguished translator Peter Clark to discuss the most exciting new writers in Arabic, and the kinds of books they are writing. And the American graphic novelist Craig Thompson comes to the studio to tell us about the inspiration for his Middle-Eastern epic, Habibi. Reading listThe Invisible Arab by Marwan Bishwara (Nation Books)Cairo: My City, Our Revoluion by Ahdaf Soueif (Bloomsbury)Karama!

Point St. Charles is former 'Canada's toughest neighborhood' in new book Just three shorts month ago I moved to Point St. Charles, the mysterious neighbourhood bordering Verdun and St. Henri. In comes the announcement for a book launch on my RSS feed for Kathy Dobson's first novel, With a Closed Fist: Growing up in Canada's toughest neighbourhood, a book promising to details life in The Point back in it's blue collar Irish class days. Written from her own 8-year-old perspective (and obviously based on what she experienced growing up), Dobson eases into her family's struggles growing up in Point St. Her mom's efforts lead to Dobson and two of her sisters (they are a family of 6 girls, in total) attending 'rich schools' in Westmount in an attempt to provide kids from Point St. In all, the book is a great first person account of what life in The Point was like in the 1960s, and very enlightening for anyone who did not grow up in the Canadian lower class. For some far better insight, check out what The Gazette had to say.

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bouvard and Pécuchet, by Gustave Flaubert.

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