May 26, 2011
Unforgettable presentations
Imagine you never forgot anything. How great would that be? Wrong. A perfect recall would be akin to madness. Forgetting is one of the most useful things the brain does.…
May 17, 2011
I don’t like buffets
Buffets give me loads of choice, provide instant gratification and save me time. All good, surely. The problem isn’t the buffet, it’s me. When faced with an abundance of options…
April 6, 2011
Why did you stop skipping?
I was walking down the street recently with my 7 year old son, for no apparent reason he started skipping. I think he might have been humming too. I was…
March 30, 2011
Pro-Creation
Homo erectus made the same type of hand axe for 1 million years. Not very inventive. Tools in those days changed slower than skeletons. Matt Ridely, in his brilliant TED…
March 15, 2011
Think or do. It’s one or the other
We’re simple creatures. Drawing a house-fly in a urinal reduces spillage by 80%; it gives men something to aim at. A deli taster counter with six choices of jam leads…
March 8, 2011
Why are you so busy?
‘How are you?’ If you answered ‘Busy’ (or words to that effect) you’d be part of the majority. Everywhere we look, be it our colleagues, our friends, or our family, they are all…