I am sharing this video for two reasons:
A great article with a more realistic view about the former President of Facebook – so we’re not stuck with the theatrical view from the movie The Social Network.
Thanks Albert for sharing this article.
From Economist.com – happy to see a film so focused on Taiwanese aboriginal history gain some spotlight.
A doctor invented an ECG attachment to the iPhone.
Charlie Rose interviews the author of the book 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer'. Mukherjee brings forth some little known stories behind cancer and treatment discoveries and his optimism for the disease.
Once in a while you come across a very insightful piece that changes your perception in an area. This article did that for me, in more than one area. It’s my favourite piece on Jobs to date. (Thanks for sharing, Ben)
In this thorough interview Jobs touched on the state of the computer industry then, its future (GUI, internet, etc…), and advice on life, just to name a few. I gained a new appreciation for the machine I take for granted and learned a few things about life, too.
Enjoy!
This fascinating documentary is based on the Pulitzer prize-winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel by Professor Jared Diamond. Professor Diamond did the research to answer the question of “why are certain groups of people (say Europeans) so much more materially wealthy than others (say New Guineans)”.
To Diamond, a large part of the answer comes from geography. It turns out that how your area is home to a small set of animal species fit for domestication and how gifted it is in producing certain plants can transform food production, social structure, knowledge/material trade, and helped certain groups of people (like the Europeans) to acquire guns, germs, and steel. These major forces then shaped the world we know today through war fares, diseases, and technology.
This documentary is a good introduction to the book. For a complete picture though, the book is the way to go.
Enjoy!
