Big Think will be live blogging from Harvard Law School today, and it's a seminar you wont want to miss.
Entitled "Internet: Ideas at the Frontier," the seminar hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, will feature ideas from media guru Jeff Jarvis, Los Angeles Times editor Russ Stanton, and Google News chief, Josh Cohen, alongside Harvard internet scholar, Jonathan Zittrain and Harvard law professor, Terry Fisher.
We invite you to follow this exciting examination into the future of news on the Web—as well as submit questions—via our Twitter Feed at Big_Think from 5-7 p.m. today, Monday, March 9.
LinkedIn meets Tinder in this mindful networking app
Swipe right to make the connections that could change your career.
Swipe right. Match. Meet over coffee or set up a call.
No, we aren't talking about Tinder. Introducing Shapr, a free app that helps people with synergistic professional goals and skill sets easily meet and collaborate.
Brain study finds circuits that may help you keep your cool
Research by neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory helps explain how the brain regulates arousal.
The big day has come: You are taking your road test to get your driver's license. As you start your mom's car with a stern-faced evaluator in the passenger seat, you know you'll need to be alert but not so excited that you make mistakes. Even if you are simultaneously sleep-deprived and full of nervous energy, you need your brain to moderate your level of arousal so that you do your best.
34 years ago, a KGB defector chillingly predicted modern America
A disturbing interview given by a KGB defector in 1984 describes America of today and outlines four stages of mass brainwashing used by the KGB.
- Bezmenov described this process as "a great brainwashing" which has four basic stages.
- The first stage is called "demoralization" which takes from 15 to 20 years to achieve.
- According to the former KGB agent, that is the minimum number of years it takes to re-educate one generation of students that is normally exposed to the ideology of its country.
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