Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

LEGO: Still the favorite toy of geniuses and innovators

LEGO created this whimsical and delightful video to highlight the inspiration and sense of wonderment that LEGO brings out in all of us. The (sometimes surreal) video supports the launch of a new website, LEGO Click, that showcases some of the world’s most interesting LEGO builds and provides a central hub to interact with other LEGO fans.

The Lego Click website currently contains a mix of photos, films, tweets

and blog posts. And, as an added bonus, there’s also a LEGO PHOTO iPhone app to “LEGO-fy” portraits of your friends with multi-colored LEGO plastic bricks.

[video: LEGO Click]

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Neuropsych

25 years since Columbine: We’re closer to decoding mass-shooter psychology

Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the "3 Rs": rage, resentment, and revenge.

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Thinking

Everyday Philosophy: “Is there anything wrong with trauma dumping?”

When does "oversharing" become an issue?

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Leadership

Adam Grant on how to identify and develop high-potential leaders

The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.

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Business

Want true success? Be more philosophical about “good” and “bad” failure.

Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem "there's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all." He had a point.

Starts With A Bang

The idea that matter is mostly empty space is mostly wrong

Practically all of the matter we see and interact with is made of atoms, which are mostly empty space. Then why is reality so... solid?

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