Founded in 2000, the IdeaFestival (IF) is a world-class event that attracts leading global innovators and thinkers to discuss and celebrate imagination, new perspectives and transformational ideas.
The IdeaFestival provides a unique stage to explore the cross-cutting nature of innovation involving a range of diverse disciplines, while supplying the creative tools needed to “see,” synthesize and apply this knowledge in new, dynamic ways.
05 February 2010
Sufferers from depression are more likely to focus on the big picture:
People who have suffered from major depression are significantly better than other people at seeing a metaphorical forest, while the non-depressed are more alert to the trees, according to this study published a few months back in The Journal of Neuroscience... The paper suggests that depression isn't just a disease of emotion and thought--that it also alters perception.
From IF blog: Image: Geyser moon spews "carbonated water" http://goo.gl/fb/1j1PL
The joy of text: #IF10 speaker @seanmcarroll recommends Lucretius' "De Rerum Natura" (“The Way Things are”) http://amzn.to/arq2tS #IFbook
From IF blog: Jonah Lehrer: Do e-readers kindle understanding? http://goo.gl/fb/JG9Ig
@andreamccorkle See this Sagmeister quote on distinction between art and design. Kinda cool: http://bit.ly/aGFJuc
Freakonomics: "Does it pay to be optimistic?" http://nyti.ms/ak7gPh
