Tag Archives: Open

Positive words: The glue to social interaction

Posted on May 25, 2012 by kwc

Joan Robinson EurekAlert Words charged with a positive emotional content are used more frequently, thus enhancing human communication. Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more frequently used … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Health Related, Language Education, Psychology, Society | Tagged bias, colleagues, communication, contrast, Data, data science, david garcia, Effort, emotional content, emotional expression, emotions, english german, epj, ETH, eth zurich, EurekAlert, european languages, expression, Frequency, glue, human communication, information, issue, joan robinson, Journal, length, Online, Open, open access, principle, principle of least effort, result, social interaction, Study, theory, use, word frequency, word lengths | Comments Off

H. G. Wells: The Open Conspiracy (selected passages – 1933)

Posted on March 23, 2012 by kwc

Panarchy.org Note H. G. Wells launched the idea of an Open Conspiracy in a booklet in 1928 and then, in a more extended text, in 1933. Here we offer some extracts from the various chapters of the later work. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Philosophy, Politics, Society | Tagged absurdity, allocation of resources, art, burden, Centre, Change, essay, extracts, fifty, gigantism, h g wells, heavy burden, immense changes, indignity, inertia, information, last fifty years, mankind, militarism, myths, nationalism, nature, Open, open conspiracy, passages, reality, resistance, storm, succession, swiftness, technological reality, text, time, waste, well-being, work | Comments Off

Garbage Warrior

Posted on March 23, 2012 by kwc

Open Eye Media/ITVS International/Sundance About Garbage Warrior What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Permaculture & Horticulture, Psychology, Society, Videos | Tagged beer, beer cans, Biotecture, business, car, car tires, CHOICE, common, Crew, disciples, Earthship, experimental structures, Eye, eye media, Frustrated, function, garbage, hurricanes, ITVS, lobbies, Mass, Mexico-based, michael reynolds, mother nature, New Mexico, Open, open eye, renegade, state, sundance, sustainable living, test, test site, thermal mass, time, tsunamis, water bottles | Comments Off

Lessons in Resistance: Open Source

Posted on March 19, 2012 by kwc

James Corbett The Corbett Report Can we imagine a world without intellectual property? With the various enemies of freedom finding ever more elaborate ways to control the internet, we may have to find an answer to that question sooner than … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyberspace, Headlines, Philosophy, Podcasts, Politics | Tagged Answer, enemies of freedom, freedom, intellectual property, internet, james corbett, Join, Lessons, Open, open source, podcast, property, question, report, resistance, search, Source, universe, week, work, world | Comments Off

Introduction to Political Philosophy

Posted on March 7, 2012 by kwc

Yale University This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. Three broad themes that are central to understanding political life … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Videos | Tagged aristotle, constitutional government, course, course materials, democracy, edu courses, examination, expression, fall, Government, hobbes, introduction, life, locke, Machiavelli, Open, philosophy, plato aristotle, polis, political institutions, political philosophies, political philosophy, political tradition, Rousseau, sovereign state, state, texts, thinkers, Tocqueville, tradition, understanding, University, way, website, Western, yale university | Comments Off

400 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Posted on March 4, 2012 by kwc

Open Culture Get free online courses from the world’s leading universities. This collection includes over 400 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. Download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player. Read More: 400 … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Environment, Headlines, Health Related, Language Education, Philosophy, Politics, Science, Society, Technology | Tagged amp, audio, audio amp, collection, computer, Courses, culture, download, FREE, free online courses, liberal arts, nbsp, Online, Open, open culture, Player, top universities, video, video courses, world | Comments Off

55 Free Philosophy Courses

Posted on March 4, 2012 by kwc

Open Culture The Philosophy section of our big Free Courses collection just went through a major update, and it now lists more than 50 courses — 55 to be precise. Enough to give you a soup-to-nuts introduction to a timeless discipline. … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Philosophy | Tagged audio web, Beginners, collection, college, college london, Courses, critical reasoning, culture, Discipline, ethics, footing, Formats, FREE, free philosophy, gaps, history, history of philosophy, introductory courses, King, Open, open culture, Oxford, peter adamson, philosophy, philosophy courses, philosophy section, political philosophy, Romp, s college, section, stanford, steven b smith, talbot, update, video web, Youtube | Comments Off

Open Seeds: Biopiracy and the Patenting of Life

Posted on February 16, 2012 by kwc

Global Research TV As the world begins to digest the implications of intellectual property for online censorship, another IP issue threatens an even more fundamental part of our daily lives: our food supply. Backed by legal precedent and armed with … Continue reading →

Posted in GMO, Headlines, Health Related | Tagged Backed, Backgrounder, biopiracy, biosphere, censorship, food, food supply, global research, GRTV, handful, intellectual property, issue, legal precedent, life, Lobbying, multinationals, Online, Open, Patenting, patenting life, Patents, Precedent, process, property, Research, research tv, seeds, Supply | Comments Off

TEDxManhattan – Robert S Lawrence MD – Effects of a High Meat Diet on Public Health

Posted on February 8, 2012 by kwc

Robert S Lawrence TED Robert S. Lawrence, MD is the Center for a Livable Future Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with joint appointments as Professor of Health Policy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Health Related, Nutrition | Tagged albert schweitzer, albert schweitzer fellowship, Bloomberg, bloomberg school of public health, Board, Cambridge, cambridge hospital, Center, chief, committee, director, Environmental, environmental health sciences, Fellowship, food animal production, Global, harvard college, harvard medical school, health advisory committee, health sciences division, high meat diet, hospital, improving food security, industrial food, Johns, johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health, johns hopkins center, Livable, Medical, North, Open, physicians for human rights, production, Professor, public health impacts, rockefeller foundation, school, school of public health, ted robert, University | Comments Off

TEDxManhattan – Kavita Shukla – Can a Simple Piece of Paper Change the Way We Eat?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by kwc

Kavita Shukla TED Kavita M. Shukla is the Inventor and Founder/CEO of Fenugreen (www.fenugreen.com), a pioneer in the movement towards sustainable, active, natural food packaging. Fenugreen is addressing the massive, yet often overlooked global challenge of food spoilage (25% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines, Health Related, Science, Videos | Tagged Affairs, Cartier, com, Consulate, davidson institute, energy costs, food economy, food packaging, food spoilage, French, french ministry, fresher, global challenge, grand prize winner, harvard university, Initiative, inventor, Inventors, Kauffman, kauffman foundation, kavita shukla, lemelson, movement, national gallery, natural food, Open, open competition, packaging, paper, piece, piece of paper, pioneer, recognition, swiss consulate, Transportation, University, winner, year, young inventors | Comments Off

Tag Archives: Open

Archives

Latest Posts