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This is water : David Foster Wallace 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Speech A commencement speech given by an award-winning American novelist, David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 - September 12, 2008) at Kenyon College at 2005 points out about importance of figuring out what really matters to you. There are two fish swimming along and happened to meet an older fish swimming the other way who said, "morning boys, how's the water?" And two young fish swim on for a bit and eventually one of them looks over the other and goes "what the hell is water?" In the speech,  he pointed out what really matters is usually invisible and never be a topic to talk about. Thus, it's always important not to make an unwarranted assumption and conclude it for your own reason. Take a step back and see the bigger picture; you might be able to see the world around you differently. However, it's rather weird that he committed suicide three years after the spee...

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, answered all questions in Mandarin to the delight of the Chinese audience. Though the language is one of the challenging subjects to westerners, his Mandarin was well understood. The background of his speech was that Tsinghua University's school of Economics and Business appointed him to the school's advisory board along with Tim Cook. Despite the fact that his social network is completely blocked by the Chinese government, his appearance in one of the top Chinese educational institutions indicates his seeking inroads into the Chinese market and collaboration with the country's IT business. But the question is that how did he acquire his Mandarin skill when considering the fact that his wife speaks Cantonese. Want to learn a new language?  A recent study shows that learning a new language stimulates the same part of your bran as SEX. Researchers from Barcelona's Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute and Otto von G...

At Khosla Ventures public conference, July 3rd, 2014, Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin discussed what jobs and labor should be from the standpoint of Google. According to Larry Page, in this industrialized world, actual amount of work we need to sustain the world today is less then one per cent;  the problem is that people are not recognized it yet. Also people are not happy when they have nothing to do, and that is exactly why companies employ people, keep destroying the environment. The outcome of it is pretty destructive. Feeling unwanted or unneeded is the last thing people need, but it shouldn't be. Being productive is not what you need, because the world is already productive. Additionally,  global unemployment is kind of a big joke. All we need to solve this problem is to reduce work, letting people have some time to pursue their interests or spend it with their family or friends. You might also like this post Via: YouTube CareerConn...

When compared to other major Western languages, German somehow stands out due to its weird vocabularies that is not seen in other ones. Here is an example; when it comes to a word "aeroplane," there are some consistency in French (avion), English (aeroplane), Italy (Aero) and Spanish (Avion), it is somewhat Flugzeug in Germany. And there are many more of those examples that makes German stands out from the rest. By the way, it's evident that the woman who speaks Japanese in the video is not Japanese; plus her Japanese sucks. You might also like this post Via: YouTube DNA

Photojournalist Kitra Cahana has always been dreaming about running away from the capitalism. By sacrificing their official social status, they enjoy their own adventure across the American continent. Steering abundant irons, cans, or trashes, they make their way of living under the sunshine and beneath the stars. Here, she gives you a glimpse into life on the road. You might also like this post Via: TED

There female construction workers are given a role reversal by calling at male passers-by on the street, and men's response is not what you expect. Anyway, please do not stereo-type them. Some people wonder why they just passed them without saying anything, but men are not that simple-minded. Maybe for the gentlemen on the street, these "beautiful" women were not even close to their tastes. Anyway, this social experiment sounds a little ridiculous.  You might also like this post Via: Zaeega

There has always been a belief in Japan that what white people do is always right. Especially, Japanese girls are attracted to white men because they believe that hanging-out with a white man makes them stand-out from all the rest of other girls who ended up hanging-out with Japanese boys.. Here is an example video that gives you an idea how Japanese girls are careless to a white man, and it also shows such a racial advantage white men have when compared to other races. Now I wonder what would happen if an Asian or black man did the same thing as he did. Any thoughts? You might also like this post Via: YouTube

Yes, she's topless and stroll down one of the busiest streets of the posh and fashionable area Frederiksberg, Denmark. As if nothing is wrong with her, she normally behaves and acts and even decides to take a glass of wine amid the great attention of curious audiences. The innocent citizens of the city had no choice but gasps and drops their jaws. But what's the point? Well her boobs are pointing, though... You might also like this post Via: Zaeega

Hoe does American look like? As a Japanese-decedent who once was looked fear and suspicious  during World War II as well as was forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as a security measure, he looks back on his childhood and puberty when he experienced the unjustifiable discrimination and explains how does the history shapes his personal definition of democracy and patriotism. You might also like this post Via: TED

The above map indicates the future climate of major cities all around the globe. At least in 20 or 30 years, what is now called winter is going to disappear. Have you ever watched  Waterworld , a film that depicts the distant future of our planet where waters cover almost all the land except an island that is believed to be the last land on the planet? Even though no exact date wasn't given in the film, it was suggested that it tales place in 2500.  The film was made in the 90's when we still believed that such future would never be reality during our lifetime. But the story is different now. In spite of the fact that the film depicts the exaggerated version of the future, the destructive future is looming faster than we expect.  The new scenario given by the climate-study team led by Camilo Mora, appear in Nature , suggesting that today's average climate will be history in no time. So what exactly is "climate departure"? The term, climate dep...

Image: the world movie journal Das Experiment (English: The Experiment ) is a psycho-thriller film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Based on Mario Giordano's novel Black Box , which is about a prison experiment of 1971, the dramatized documentary describes how people change when they were put into a certain situation where prison guards enjoy their dominance over prisoners.   It was just a social experiment. Several young men were separated by two groups: prison guards are prisoners. Day after day, guards' violent activity on prisoners were escalated and resulted in two deaths. The experiment was discontinued earlier than originally planed. So what we can learn from this experiment? Do we all have this kind of violent nature in our brain? This movie is probably not for everyone, but it's worth watching. You might also like this post Via: Wikipedia YouTube

US and Brazil are the same as the reality. You might also like this post Via: Himajin-Sokuhou

On July 11th, Facebook announced officially to implement a newly-developed function via which you would know how many friends read your posts; and what is more, you would get a list on which all of your friends's names who read your posts will be added.  Via: Net-lab

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