Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

The San Jose Mercury News just published my op-ed today entitled Build great companies, then help build a great world. Perhaps, but when you use your heart, you don't have to check your brain at the door. I'm putting the text of the op-ed below: Silicon Valley has become rich by selling our products around the world.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2009

There were many intriguing exhibits and a novel cellphone game (more on that in another post), but I was particularly interested in their new special exhibition on the brain. The personal webpage has many adherents, and some institutions, like The Tech Museum in San Jose, have been offering them for almost a decade.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Kris talked about brain research related to the potential cognitive and social impacts of participation. One of the resources she shared is a book called Brain Rules , which presents studies about the power of "cognitive force environment"--the idea that we need to be able to actually change an environment to learn from it.

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