TED recently took its show to India, and one of the more interesting presentations featured neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran (UCSD) explaining how mirror neurons, a recently discovered system in the brain, “allow us to learn complex social behaviors, some of which formed the foundations of human civilization,” and also helped us evolve as a species. Good stuff. You can find more TED India Talks here.
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Hi. I have been checking this site for months and I never realized that I could post a comment… well, anyway, let’s put aside my poor internet skills and let me add myself to the list of people who is more than happy reading your posts. Internet is great but most of what you can see is rubbish or non relevant. Only 1% is interesting (probably much less than that but a huge amount anyway)and I consider this web the reservoir of that 1% of intelligent life online. You have lots of great links to check and I recommend it to whoever I know.
I am not American and certain things like your post about your marketing strategies for your book seems to me out of whack. It is very useful indeed if you want to sell books but out of synch with the rest of the web which, let me say it again, it is great.
Keep going, then (in Japanese, ganbatte kudasai… thanks a lot for your post about Kurosawa’s legacy. Let me invite you to study this language if you don’ know it. It is as hard to learn as beautiful). If you accept links and recommendations from readers, send me an email. I would be more than happy to send you some good stuff to post here.
Good luck
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