by wp_sd | Nov 16, 2019 | Creative, Funny, Philosophy
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly...
by wp_sd | Jun 20, 2019 | Philosophy
You get the best when you watch it to the very end ! Plenty of good things are done in the name of religion, and plenty of bad things too. But what is religion, exactly — is it good or bad, in and of itself? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah offers a generous,...
by wp_sd | Jun 16, 2019 | Philosophy
While studying for his Ph.D in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research paths led to dead ends. But, with the help of improv theater, he came to realize that there could be joy in getting lost. A call for scientists to stop thinking of...
by wp_sd | Apr 3, 2019 | Design, Philosophy, Programming
Nice and neat overview including some criticism … isn’t that refreshing? In software engineering, a design pattern is a general repeatable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design. A design pattern isn’t a finished design that can...
by wp_sd | Mar 31, 2019 | Creative, Design, Mathematics, Philosophy
When Bran Ferren was just 9, his parents took him to see the Pantheon in Rome — and it changed everything. In that moment, he began to understand how the tools of science and engineering become more powerful when combined with art, with design and beauty. Ever since,...
by wp_sd | Jan 25, 2019 | Analysis, Creative, Funny, Logic, Philosophy, Random
We all know that the best way to get something done is to write down a list of what to do. Well, here for you need of course some idea of what it is you are doing and that usually implies a little of analysing or broadly spoken “cutting into pieces”. In...
