You can get the July issue of Scientific American for free here: http://www.sciam.com/page.cfm?section=redesign&sc=fd_blog? Cover story is The Memory Code: “Researchers are closing in on the rules that the brain uses to lay down memories. discovery of this memory code could lead to the design of smarter computers and robots and even new ways to peer [...]
Joseph’s new book
You might like to read my teacher Joseph Riggio’s new book, which is actually his doctoral dissertation from 2005. You can get it is a pdf to download or order as a paperback here: http://www.dissertation.com/book.php?method=ISBN&book=1581123663 The title is: Towards a Theory of Transpersonal Decision-Making in Human-Systems: A Neurolinguistically-Modeled Phenomenography You can also download the first [...]
Re-discovering the world
I spent most of last week at my parents in Dorset looking after my 7 year old nephew Matthew as it was half term. They’re close to the sea, a short ten minute walk away but he’s always been fearful of the sea, not wanting to even go paddling. This part of the coast has [...]