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Sheena Iyengar: The art of choosing

January 17, 2011 by  
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Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices and how we feel about the choices we make. She talks about both trivial choices (Coke v. Pepsi) and profound ones, and shares her ground breaking research that has uncovered some surprising attitudes about our decisions.

Serious Materials

November 7, 2010 by  
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“By re-engineering common products that use or lose the most energy, Serious Materials aims to develop and manufacture breakthroughs in product performance that save their customers money and energy, without requiring changes in behavior or in how products are used. The ‘built environment’ is responsible for 52% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide compared to only […]

Belongings

October 28, 2008 by  
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Belonging has a way of sending us into a tail-spin that no other sense or effect on who we are has than anything I’ve been thinking about lately. I’ve often wondered about that. Why its bark is equal in all parts to its bite. Why, it [belonging] has

Live Large And …

July 6, 2008 by  
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My pal John Hafer uses an expression that I like, “live LARGE”. Actually I like it alot. I like the concept even more when it’s translated to actions. I like that it’s so expansive and spacious in describing the range