Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life
Sometime back, Leo Babauta from Zen Habits talked about how doing less and being less productive could benefit your work and life. He talks about spending less time doing quality work and have more time for fun.Taking inspiration from Leo, I thought it'd be nice to take a break from productivity here at DLM and focus on som (Read More)
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Awhile back I discussed Eileen Flanagan’s book, The Wisdom to Know the Difference. If you’d like to learn more about her, visit her website at www.EileenFlanagan.com.Therese: What are five clues you should be letting go of something?Eileen:1. You find yourself repeating the same complaint to different people.We all get frus (Read More)
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His Holiness the Karmapa, a spiritual Buddhist leader, proposes that the worldwide acceleration of technological connectivity should be accompanied by increased heart-to-heart connections. Check out some reactions from Twitter: His Holiness the Karmapa speaking his story of being "found" at 7 as the next Karmapa. He expect (Read More)
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Accelerating Future
Decide for yourself… the Dalai Lama was asked a particular question by David Orban. (Who you might remember also did video interviews in advance of the Singularity Summit.) For the punchline part, skip to 2:45. (Read More)
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Likecool
A little long but a beautifully shot documentary on karma. Just what is karma? Hoveid dives a little deeper to find out.THEME: This is a documentary about the philosophy of karma. I am into eastern philosophy which I find to have a lot of truth in it. I wanted to make a film that conveys the idea that we are all basically t (Read More)
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This painting by Torrance-based Greg "Craola" Simkins is totally insane. The piece, titled The Puppet Pathos, features a hyper-realistic monster that steals the dreams and thoughts of all creatures. The exquisite detail and three-dimensional perspectives in this painting are truly remarkable.If you're interested in seeing S (Read More)
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Open Culture
Not long before he died in 1996, Carl Sagan was interviewed by Charlie Rose and discussed the troubled state of scientific knowledge in America, and how it threatens our democracy. Before Richard Dawkins came along, Sagan was already out there, making the case for scientific thinking, arguing that it let us make progress an (Read More)
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These days, everybody wants to have their sweets and eat less sugar, too. Demonized as pure granulated nutritional evil, and even pinned as a leading cause for America’s obesity explosion, it’s no wonder that many people are avoiding the white stuff like the plague, treating it more like poison than edible ingredient. For (Read More)
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Today we’re featuring the awesome talent of Niark, a wondrous 34 year old French freelance graphic designer and witty illustrator living in Paris.Niark takes his inspiration from street art, music and graphics.He works in a broad scope of areas such as advertising agencies, music labels, art toys, streetwear and more.His st (Read More)
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