Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

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Here is the link to my appearance this morning on the Takeaway, featuring what I can only imagine was brilliant 6:30 am analysis. One note: I told the producers that I no longer have any affiliation with Jamestown, but the link between the two of us was still drawn. I guess this is the way of all bad relationships – a few years in and then one spends the next few years explaining it away and telling anyone who will listen that it is over.

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A high-rise office building at night with one illuminated corner office visible amidst the darkened windows, a lone workaholic burning the midnight oil.

Neuropsych

Are you a workaholic? How to spot the signs

In a major shift, psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction with its own set of risk factors and consequences.

A room simulating a Martian landscape with red sand, rocky walls, a green tent, and NASA equipment.

The Future

NASA medical officer on spending 378 days in a Mars simulation

“When you feel the isolation setting in at times, you have to reframe your mindset.”

A hand holds a tablet displaying a fluctuating green stock market graph, capturing the attention of day traders with its dynamic curves and axis lines in the background.

The Learning Curve

How to “day trade” attention: 5 key digital branding strategies

Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia, explains how to find branding success by making “boulders” out of “pebbles.”

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The Present

The overlooked virtues of a crowded world

In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.

A circular illustration depicting the observable universe with various galaxies, stars, and cosmic structures emanating from a central point, symbolizing the solar system and hinting at how far away the Big Bang occurred.

Starts With A Bang

How far away are we from the location of the Big Bang?

If you think of the Big Bang as an explosion, we can trace it back to a single point-of-origin. But what if it happened everywhere at once?

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