Archive for March, 2008

China real estate bubble about to collapse?

March 27th, 2008

Jeff Matthews writes a great blog called jeff matthews is not making this up, and he has what I think may be a prescient call on how important the news is that China’s real estate market may be weakening dramatically. Check it out:
Jeff Matthews link

Thoughts on Jill Bolte Taylor’s TED video

March 24th, 2008

I have a couple of thoughts about Jill Bolte Taylor’s video about the brain and her stroke experience.
The first thought is how interesting it is that the two hemispheres of the brain are completely separate. That the right brain lives in the present moment, thinks in pictures and learns through feeling. The right brain experiences […]

Money Can Buy You Happiness

March 23rd, 2008

This is an article from the nytimes.com discussing that money can buy you happiness, however:
. . . but probably not in the way you imagined. Spending it on yourself may not do much for your spirits, but spending it on others will make you happier, according to a report from a team of social psychologists […]

A Brain Scientist discusses the experience of having a stroke

March 23rd, 2008

An amazing video from TED.com:
Jill Bolte Taylor TED video

First post

March 21st, 2008

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Aaron