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Frontline: Digital Nation - life on the virtual frontier

A PBS Frontline report on the digital revolution and how it’s changing our lives, with video stories, interviews, and user-generated video on relationships, information overload, education, the military, parenting, brain development, and more.
For more information visit Frontline on PBS.

Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?

“There’s a flip side to everything,” the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways you might not expect.
VIA: TEDtalksDirector

1983 CES (Consumer Electronics Show)

Here is a report on the 1983 CES show in Las Vegas, form the Nightly Business Report on PBS. I don’t know what’s more amazing, how much things have changed or how much they are the same.

R. Crumb in Conversation with Francoise Mouly

The famed illustrator R. Crumb discusses his work with the art editor of The New Yorker, including his new book, an illustration of the “Book of Genesis”, from the Creation to the death of Joseph.

Jack Bauer interrogates Kris Kringle

You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I’m telling you why. Jack Bauer is going to bust in here and beat the snot out of you, so tell me: Is it safe?

Clive Thompson on the New Literacy

A quick scan of social media sites and one might take a doubtful view of the future of literacy. But those are merely growing pains - a generation ago, those very same people would have never composed a sentence outside of school. The truth is, we are in a new […]

TIME’s 2009 Best and Worst Inventions of the Year

TIME senior writer Lev Grossman discusses some of the top choices for 2009 Best and Worst Inventions of the Year.
You can read the full article here.
2009 Best Inventions of the Year

Worst Inventions of the Year

The Value of Advertising

Life lessons from an ad man: Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland at the TED Conference makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider real value — and […]

Unlocking the Secrets and Powers of the Brain

A panel discussion with some of today’s best brain researchers, sponsored by the NSF, The Franklin Institute, and DISCOVER magazine.
VIA: discovermagazine
The 12 Individual Videos:
The Ups and Downs of Forgetting
Why Do We Remember Old Pop Songs But Forget Where Our Keys Are?
Where in the Brain Is Consciousness Located?
Humans: Natural-Born Teachers
Are All […]

Did you know?

Created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod; Globalization & The Information Age. It was even adapted by Sony BMG at an executive meeting they held in Rome this year.
VIA: buencaminos