Monthly Archives: January 2008

What Are We Thinking When We (Try to) Solve Problems?: Scientific American

Neurochemistry of what occurs in the brain while it is attempting to solve a problem.  If this is interesting to you, the book Mind of the Market will be fascinating, as the author (Shermer) has collected the neuro-sciences’ works and … Continue reading

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The Roots of Fear | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com

to read and summarize

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Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook

One of the funnier relationship-with-techies articles I have ever read.  Both the humor and accuracy is penetrating.  Hard to dispute some of these nuggets: Context switching and ‘Cool’ are concepts which have helped explain our difficulties. Rands In Repose: The … Continue reading

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