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White House Petition Formed to Nominate Charlie Papazian for Nobel Peace Prize

charlie-1983A petition has been started on the White House website to nominate our very own Charlie Papazian for the Nobel Peace Prize. While we aren’t the masterminds behind this movement, it’s absolutely something we can support! The petition reads: Dear President Obama, Charlie Papazian is the originating force between two industries, home-brewing and the craft […]

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Shared: Bad arguments, great illustrations – Boing Boing

Bad arguments, great illustrations – Boing Boing:

A specific form of the appeal to ignorance is the argument from personal incredulity, where a person’s inability to imagine something leads to a belief that the argument being presented is false. For example, “It is impossible to imagine that we actually landed a man on the moon, therefore it never happened.” Responses of this sort are sometimes wittingly countered with, “That’s why you’re not a physicist.”

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Shared: The best investment strategy for you? It’s the one you’re likely to stick with. – The Washington Post

The best investment strategy for you? It’s the one you’re likely to stick with. – The Washington Post:

We don’t know what the future holds, but we can make some reasonable assertions based on long-term historical data. We know that holding non-correlated asset classes provides diversification benefits, one of the few free lunches on Wall Street. Large-cap and small-cap stocks in the United States, equities of emerging markets and developed nations, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Corporate Bonds, Treasury Inflation Protection Bonds, High Yield Bonds and, of course, old-fashioned Treasuries. We hold these in a proportion that matches your risk tolerances — more equities for those with a reasonable appetite for growth, less for those who are less comfortable with volatility. Assuming no major life event changes and your risk tolerance (notice the direction of the market should not determine your true risk tolerance), rebalance once or so a year in order to not stray too far from your original allocation.

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Shared: The Power of Empathy

The Power of Empathy by Gobblynne:


The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts (the RSA) is an enlightenment organisation committed to finding innovative practical solutions to today’s social challenges. Through its ideas, research and 27,000-strong Fellowship it seeks to understand and enhance human capability so we can close the gap between today’s reality and people’s hopes for a better world. 
 
As part of that mission, the RSA public events programme has launched RSA Shorts (http://www.thersa.org/events/rsashorts).  This new series provides a snapshot of a big idea, blending voices from the RSA public events programme and the creative talents of illustrators and animators from around the world. It responds to the ever-increasing need for new ideas and inspiration in our busy lives and acts as a shot of ‘mental espresso’ to awaken the curiosity in all of us.
 
The audio of this RSA short is of Dr Brené Brown who spoke at the RSA on The Power of Vulnerability (http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2013/the-power-of-vulnerability). She talks about the difference between sympathy and empathy and argues that to be truly empathetic you have to be vulnerable by connecting with someone’s pain in yourself.  

Animated and directed by Katy Davis (AKA Gobblynne).

See more of Gobblynne’s illustration and animation work, or just pop by and say hello at:

Gobblynne website: http://www.gobblynne.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GobblynneAnimation
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Gobblynne
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/GobblynneAnimation
Gobblynne Shop: http://society6.com/gobblynne/prints

UPDATE! 08/04/2014

I’m chuffed to hear that my animation ‘RSA Shorts – The Power of Empathy’ has been selected as an Official Honoree in The Webby Awards in the Animation category: http://pv.webbyawards.com/2014/online-film-video/general-film-categories/animation/honorees

“Honorees like The RSA (and director Katy Davis) are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of The Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 12,000 entries we received this year.”

About The Webby Awards:

Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video, Mobile & Apps, and Social. The 18th Annual Webby Awards received 12,000 entries from over 60 countries. Out of all the 12,000 entries submitted, fewer than 15% received this honor and were deemed an Official Honoree. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS).

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