An idea I agree with.
How people organise themselves over time. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a boring management training video.
Beautiful. (But more than a little melancholy.)
Added: 2017-05-18This covered a lot of ground and got my neurons firing. I enjoyed it.
Added: 2017-04-19This has grown on me in ways I can only describe indirectly.
If you're ever unsure how to format a date or time - do it like this.
Added: 2016-09-07I loved this book; for the ideas, for the physics, and for the computer simulations it inspired me to write.
Hans Rosling's surprisingly upbeat take on global development. TED talks don't get much better than this.
Added: 2016-05-18This book has literally changed my mind. In a good way. The clear and concise descriptions of cognitive biases are well presented. But it really gets going after the thermodynamics...
Added: 2016-02-22A modern reggae/dub take on a sixties psychodelic boy-band take on eastern mysticism. In musical form.
A podcast. About science. With comedy. And Science. And famous guests. And Science.
Added: 2015-09-10If you want to hear someone talk intelligently about racism then you could do worse than visiting the link above.
Poetry doesn't get much more powerful than this. When they say that the pen is mightier than the sword, this is what they mean.
Added: 2015-05-22Surprisingly good game about fractions. Or is it? Just make sure you get as far as purchasing the warp drive upgrade!
Enlightening tech talk by Guy Steele about the approach to language extensibility taken when building the Java Programming Language. This is almost by definition the most accessible technical talk ever.
Added: 2015-04-20Excellent talks about programming by the creator of the Clojure programming language.
Humourous and enlightening fan-fiction. A better story than the original. You'll be a better person once you've read it.
Fascinating blog. I was first struck by the double punch of this article on human brains and this article on the origins of human music.
Added: 2015-03-28