Archive for July, 2009
Benevolent Pranks
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged clowns, ku klux klan, pranks on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Making Ordinary Things Sing and Dance
Posted in Images, Videos, tagged Art, robotics, shopping carts on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pronoia Worships the Mysteries
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged mystery, physics, science on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pronoia Is Healthy for You
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged communication, inspiration, sustainability on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pronoia Is the Opposite of Boredom
Posted in Images, tagged architecture, buildings on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pronoia Is Intensely Practical
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged compassion, forgiveness, neurology, neuroscience on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of the “Evidence” That Justifies Paranoia Is Just Plain Wrong
Posted in Videos, tagged steven pinker, violence on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everything you think you know about violence is wrong. Evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker says we’re living in the most peaceful time in the history of the human species.
Imagine Your Own Magical Object
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged magic, mythology on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A list of magical objects from the world’s myths, from Freyja’s Falcon Cloak, which allows you to turn into a falcon and fly, to Tezcatlipoca’s Smoking Mirror, with which he could see the entire universe.
Don’t Leave Joy to Chance
Posted in Books, tagged happiness, martin seligman, psychology on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You May Not Realize How Beautiful This Planet Is
Posted in Articles & Essays, Images, tagged beauty, nature on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just in Case You’re About to Get Too Happy
Posted in Videos, tagged humor on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Despondex, a Treatment for the Chronically Cheery. A step forward in the battle against exuberance.