TEDx Transmedia 2012 The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less (Video Lecture) | The Simplicity Collective Jan 27, 2011 Posted by on | Barry Schwartz is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of . In this talk, he explains how and why the abundance of consumer choice in modern society is actually making people miserable. But far from being a litany of despair, his is ultimately a message of hope, and a message implicitly supportive of the Simplicity Movement. Don’t think buying stuff through market transactions is necessarily going to lead to happiness, he is saying. Far from it. In short, sociologists like Schwartz explain why, in affluent societies, at least, money and possessions are much less important to human flourishing than people might at first think. Related posts: The Curse of Affluenza (Video Lecture)
Don Tapscott Don Tapscott (born 1 June 1947) is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and speaker, specializing in business strategy, organizational transformation and the role of technology in business and society. He is CEO of The Tapscott Group, and was founder and chairman of the international think tank New Paradigm before it's acquisition.[1] He is Vice Chair of Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations, a new company building a portfolio of companies in the collaboration and social media space.[2] In World Business Forum 2013, Tapscott stated that today the internet provides access to real-time global intelligence and described the 4 strategies that rules today's leadership: the technological revolution, the Net Generation, and the economic and social revolution. Tapscott has authored or co-authored fifteen books on the application of technology in business and society.His most Macrowikinomic: New Solutions for a Connected Planet (Revised Paperback, 2012), co-authored by Anthony D.
Perfiles Profesionales Audiovisuales ante el nuevo escenario transmedia | Ocupatic Cerca de cien profesionales del sector audiovisual participan durante dos días en un nuevo encuentro anual organizado por la Fundación Audiovisual de Andalucía y la RTVA, y patrocinado por la Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo de la Junta. Esta undécima edición logra congregar a expertos de reconocida trayectoria empresarial en torno a las nuevas oportunidades generadas por los proyectos transmedia. La Mesa “Nuevas sendas más allá de la televisión”, integrada por Eva Snijders (CEO de Química Visual), Alejandro Echevarría (fundador y consejero delegado en The Blackout Proyect), Mercedes Ramírez (CEO de Indios Zurdos) y César Vallejo (realizador y guionista de RTVE), ha clausurado las XI Jornadas “Profesionales Audiovisuales ante el nuevo escenario transmedia”, organizadas anualmente por la Fundación Audiovisual de Andalucía y la RTVA con el patrocinio de la Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo de la Junta de Andalucía. Me gusta: Me gusta Cargando...
100 Best (Free) Science Documentaries Online No matter how much you know, there is always something new to learn about science. While your college courses may cover the basics, you can get a more in-depth look at a wide variety of topics from Internet resources such as these great documentaries. These selections will help you explore everything from the inner reaches of the human mind to the outer areas of our universe and just about everything else in between. Better yet, they’re all free to watch online so you can learn more without spending a dime. Health and Medicine These documentaries cover topics like health care, diseases, nutrition, nursing, and more so you can get great insights into health and medicine. Super Size Me: In this movie, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock attempts to subsist on only a diet of McDonald’s for a full month. Drugs Learn how drugs impact the brain and the variety of legal restrictions imposed upon them from these documentaries. Genetics Evolution and Biological History Physics The Quantum Revolution: Dr. Geology
Tapscott, Don Don Tapscott is one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology and advises business and government leaders around the world. In 2011 Don was named one of the world’s most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50. He has authored or co-authored 14 widely read books including the 1992 best seller Paradigm Shift. His 1995 hit The Digital Economy changed thinking around the world about the transformational nature of the Internet and two years later he defined the Net Generation and the “digital divide” in Growing Up Digital. His 2000 work, Digital Capital, introduced seminal ideas like “the business web” and was described by BusinessWeek as “pure enlightenment.” The Economist called his newest work Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet a “Schumpeter-ian story of creative destruction” and the Huffington Post said the book is “nothing less than a game plan to fix a broken world.”
Reuters Photo Fraud The Reuters Photo Scandal A Taxonomy of Fraud A comprehensive overview of the four types of photo fraud committed by Reuters, August, 2006 The recent discovery that the Reuters news agency released a digitally manipulated photograph as an authentic image of the bombing in Beirut has drawn attention to the important topic of bias in the media. This page serves as an overview of the various types of hoaxes, lies and other deceptions perpetrated by Reuters in recent days, since the details of the scandal are getting overwhelmed by a torrent of shallow mainstream media coverage that can easily confuse or mislead the viewer. It's important to understand that there is not just a single fraudulent Reuters photograph, nor even only one kind of fraudulent photograph. The four types of photographic fraud perpetrated by Reuters photographers and editors are: 1. 2. 3. 4. Let's examine each type of fraud, with the photographic evidence itself: 1. 2. 3. 4. Hang on! But wait!
Don Tapscott: Discovery Learning Is the New Higher Learning Encyclopedias, record labels and publishers were once in the business of producing unique content that generated big revenues. All are being bludgeoned by the digital age that brought abundance, mass participation, democratized production and the rise of a new delivery channel -- the Internet. A similar fate could soon await Canada's universities. The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. But cheap online courses aren't the biggest challenge. Since the invention of chalk and blackboard, professors have given lectures standing in front of many students. But in today's world, and for today's students, this broadcast model is flawed. Research shows that because of this, young people think differently. We can now use technology to free up professors from transmitting information to curating customized learning experiences. Of course, a student still needs a knowledge base. The 21st-century university should be part of a network and an ecosystem, not a tower.
16 Famous Photoshopped Images Throughout History President Abraham Lincoln, circa 1860 This nearly iconic portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is a composite of Lincoln’s head and the Southern politician John Calhoun’s body. Stalin, circa 1930 Stalin routinely air-brushed his enemies out of photographs. Benito Mussolini, 1942 In order to create a more heroic portrait of himself, Benito Mussolini had the horse handler removed from the original photograph. Altered Photo Original Photo U.S. In 1960 the U.S. Fidel Castro, 1968 When in the summer of 1968 Fidel Castro (right) approves of the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia, Carlos Franqui (middle) cuts off relations with the regime and goes into exile in Italy. The German Chancellor, September 1971 The German Chancellor of West Germany, Willy Brandt (far left), meets with Leonid Brezhnev (far right), First Secretary of the Communist Party. Altered in the News Paper Oprah Winfrey, August 1989 The cover of TV Guide displayed this picture of daytime talk-show host Oprah Winfrey.