Posts Tagged ‘intelligent’

We stopped being wise from Barry Schwartz

Back to wisdom to get back on track…I was very inspired by the first part of Barry Schwartz speech and was ready to write about why big organizations were not wise and why they did not know how and when to make an exception to every rule, with some juicy cases on guideline compliance. I then went through the entire video and just decided not to do so. His message is much more deep and fundamental than whatever I planed to write and there is much more value just passing the idea. Just take a 20 minutes break to hear a truth you and your company might have lost for a while.

Internet use ‘good for the brain’

Brain activity in an experienced internet user when carrying out simple reading task

A great story for all of those who need an excuse to spend so much time surfing the web: we are in fact getting smarter by doing this!

If you spend too much time on the internet and need to justify your habits to your family, friends and colleagues, look no further than this article on the bbc website.  You are are training your brain to counter old age, reduce their risk of dementia and generally become an all round more intelligent person…

According to researcher Professor Gary Small:

Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function.

 

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