Archive for July, 2006

A recently published study by researchers at Johns Hopkins described the psychoactive effects of psilocybin, as well as the “mystical” experiences it can cause. The thing that was most striking about this study was that it was not new news. In fact, this is stuff that was studied intensively a generation ago. The sad...

Right now I am attending the Collaboration Best Practices conference at IBM Somers. One of the key messages arising from the presentations I’ve heard thus far has to do with the central importance of collaboration with regard to successful teams, projects, etc. Slowly but surely, it is becoming apparent that collaboration matters, a lot....

Malcolm Gladwell’s book entitled Blink was on the bestseller list for a long time, and for good reason. It was amazing to most people that humans can do so much decision-making wholly outside the realm of consciousness, and outside the realm of what we usually think of as “reason.” Yet, these quick decisions, these...

What’s up with Peak Oil? “Peak oil” is a topic that is slowly starting to make it’s way into the common consciousness of the American public. Briefly, peak oil is all about the idea that the world is quickly depleting it’s most easily accesible supplies of crude oil. The term “peak” comes from the...