Exploring our curious fear of a simple number and what it reveals about human psychology Left: A hotel elevator with the "missing" 13th floor. Right: Jason from Friday the 13th, the horror franchise that capitalized on our fear of the number. Take a careful look at the elevator panel in the image above. Notice anything unusual? Despite giving away the answer in the title of this post, it's worth pointing out explicitly: there is no...
Christina and I went to Napa for a date day about a month ago and I never got around to posting the pictures. While we were there we went to the Culinary Institute for lunch and then we stopped off at Dean and Deluca's. The Culinary Institute was fun because it isn't something you do every day and it is fun to watch the students cooking in the open kitchens. Dean and Deluca's was also...
"If we are to believe the latest conclusions of Tony Wright (speaking above in a National Geographic documentary) the left brain hemisphere has not simply dominated a more passive right; rather, over time, it has changed our neurochemistry and neural structures to support its own ascent. In his new book, Left in the Dark, Wright argues that "humanity is suffering from species-wide brain damage" and this damage is the "root cause of our obvious insanity."...
The nice thing about media association events is there are lots of people with cameras. The unfortunate thing about media association events is there are lots of people with cameras. Just kidding, these are some great pictures from my good friend Chris King. These were taken yesterday during the "Amazing Engagement Race".
CMMA's fall conference keynote presentation was from John Spence. At the age of just 26, John was named CEO of an international Rockefeller foundation, overseeing projects in 20 countries and reporting directly to the Chairman of the Board, Winthrop P. Rockefeller III. Two years later, John was nominated as one of the top CEOs under the age of 40 in Florida and Inc. Magazine’s “Zinc Online” recognized him as one of America’s up-and-coming young business...
I unfortunately didn't take this picture, and it looks too good to be real. It was taken by Cynthia Hotvedt yesterday during the boat ride.