likeadesertprophet » everything else http://www.likeadesertprophet.com likeadesertprophet is an art collective or anthology compiled by several individuals rallying under the flag of postmodernism Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:55:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 TED: Barry Schwartz on Wisdom http://www.likeadesertprophet.com/ted-barry-schwartz-on-wisdom/ http://www.likeadesertprophet.com/ted-barry-schwartz-on-wisdom/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:40:46 +0000 Mangan http://www.likeadesertprophet.com/?p=2349 What are you interested in? The question is rhetorical, but you ought to think about it anyway. Maybe you’ll find that you’re interested in things you know nothing about. For example, I’ve been interested in pedagogy, social psychology and strategies for bootstrapping* humanity’s collective IQ. Instead shooting to Wikipedia, I went to TED, and I watched hours and hours of talks given by skilled lecturers from all fields and countries, who have come together in this on-line format to share their forward-thoughts, their ideas worth spreading (to be taken as considerations and arguments, rather than facts all in a row). The transit time for profound thoughts is speedier than it has ever been, and so, for your cognitive pleasure, I present Barry Schwartz.

Dr. Schwartz is a psychologist and social theorist with some ideas that you should consider. Though the theme of his talk is precise, and his delivery concise, the amount of penetrating perception in nearly every sentence is staggering, almost imposing. While the content is far-reaching and doubtless important, I’m also interested his art of rhetoric, speachwriting, and public speaking. Enjoy.

*”Bootstrapping” is the term coined by Douglas Engelbart to refer to the use of computers and networking in helping humanity solve more complex problems.

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    I went to wordle.net and entered likeadesertprophet’s url. They take all the words in a website and emphasize the most frequently used terms. This is a cool idea. Perhaps it can tell us something about our little collective. Here’s the link to the big version. Make sure to examine the less utilized words too. THE BIG ONE.

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    hell yes.

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