“Things I Have Learned in my life so far”
Stefan Sagmeister is a well known “graphic designer” these days… although not one of my favorites… i just don’t relate to his work… and i find it hard to classify him as a graphic designer… but having attended one of his conferences (after his short presentation of the “Casa da Música” logo work) i was interested in his project regarding things he has learned so far… not because of his showmanship presenting those things but more about the ideia itself of registering things you learn yourself during a lifetime…
Singularity
Recently i read an article in Wired magazine that focused on the term “singularity” used to describe a crucial moment in the evolution of humanity. According to Raymond Kurzweil that moment is coming sooner that most of us ever dreamed of…
Today as i was checking my RSS daily fix i ran into a BBC documentary that picked where that Wired article has left ; )
How our brain works!
Massive TED talk by neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor who had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
