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On The Media: The Science of Media Relations
Being a brilliant scientist doesn’t always translate into being a good talking head on television or even a good source for a science reporter. So the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program at Stanford University was created to give scientists a better understanding of how to deal with the media. Program director Pam Matson explains what goes [...]
Jonah Lehrer on Colbert
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Jonah Lehrer
Emotions vs. Rationality in decision making.
Artists need to embrace the emotional influence their work has in decision making.
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The power of the symbolic win (do-over)
apparently I added the wrong video the last time I tried to do this, so let me try again.
Mainly for Jay and Duncombe. I think at the core, one of the things he’s talking about, is if all that work getting Obama elected actually mattered…
Design and the end of the world
Comment from Irene Maui about JooYoun Paek’s conceptual design/art works:
I’m tired of reading and looking to design as Art, making people to be confused about it. Some people are just looking for fame, and not really thinking on giving creative answers. The world is about to explode, and we have to fill our heads with [...]
Posted in art example, design example Also tagged Artist, empirical, evaluation, pointless, science 1 Comment
Bill Ayers on Fresh Air
Bill Ayers on Fresh Air with Terry Gross
This is an except from the end of the interview that I thought was relevant to the questions we’re asking in How to Win.
Gross: Do you think some of the tactics that you took on were in some part this youthful expression of anger, something that only a [...]
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Politics as Product
Happy Spokesmodel Selection Day to one and all. I am certainly not the first to comment on the commodification of American politics in general and this race specifically, but a little more can be said before we’re on the next distraction tomorrow. This election has been primarily a contest between the values of experience and [...]
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LIVERMORE / Anti-nuke activists lose out on bid to run weapons lab
A bid by Bay Area anti-nuclear weapons activists and the New College of California to take over Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been rejected by the U.S. nuclear weapons agency.
Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) out of Livermore, New College in San Francisco and two allied groups filed the bid for the Livermore contract [...]
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Laugh at a Campaign Pitch? Sure. Visit the Grandparents? Not So Much. – NYTimes.com
MIAMI — When Sarah Silverman told young Jews to get their lazy rotund rear ends to Florida to persuade their grandparents to vote for Senator Barack Obama, one question loomed: Would they go?
This weekend was the first big test, a kickoff for the so-called Great Schlep, and so far, momentum has been building with the [...]
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The Penguin “gets it”
YouTube – Pol-d
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