Interview with Sevda Khatamian

Sevda Khatamian is a designer, artist, author (and friend), and she recently published her second memoir, Morning People, to follow her first book, … More

Of Note

Faint Reads & References: Hara Estroff Marano (2005). Why We Dream (Psychology Today) Dr. Mark Solms wiki Dr. Mark Solms, The Brain … More

Q*Focus

How to learn? How to save? For my instructional design course, I need to come up with a project. I’ve … More

Cue, Routine, Reward

Charles Duhigg writes that habit formation is born of a simple system: cue, routine, reward. Anticipation and craving precipitate from this … More

Brain, Behavior

*Mind*Monkey*Will*Horse* Rabbit holes deep, fascinating things sift your way. I started with Robobees, then MIT’s 35 Under 35, then Dr. Polina … More

Word

Babble I was reading Katy Waldman’s article on Slate, “Bitch, I’ll Tell You Why This Sentence Construction Is So Effective,” and … More

Neuro Robots

Neural Coupling Most of this post is excerpted from Julie Beck’s recent post for the Atlantic, Life’s Stories. I wanted … More

Reads

Stir A single person stirred, moved. I went to a lovely author event at Harvard Book Store. Food writer and chef Kathy Gunst … More

Darger + Paracosm

Henry Darger I first heard of Henry Darger in 2005, from Jessica Yu’s documentary, In the Realms of the Unreal … More

Maths

“Nonlinear thinking means which way you should go depends on where you already are.” Jordan Ellenberg, The Power of Mathematical … More