If a scientific topic is like a slice of pizza, would you rather eat it yourself, or share it with others? I recently read from Seth Godin something insightful. He says, An idea shared is more powerful than one that’s hidden. A technology standard outperforms a...
Life can be frantic, but when you listen to an afternoon rain and simply listen, you experience a pause. We need more of these moments. Pause moments are opportunities to daydreaming and mind wondering. When you work, it is important to focus, but if you’re focused...
If you’re familiar with what the internet is doing to your brain, pay attention (which is hard today), I’m not sure if Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal – without realizing – will make it worse. He calls it “A Contract for the Web.” There’s no doubt about the...
In many scientific works, if we’re not persistent when everyone would rather give up, we wouldn’t achieve greatness. But is persisting what matters to perform in science? How likely are you to persist in the wrong path? When you persist, you run the risk...
Researchers awarded with (Ig)Nobel prizes have “achievements that make people laugh, then think.” Some consider them to perform wasteful research, but they may be wrong. David Hu found in a report by Senator Jeff Flake to be “the country’s [USA] most wasteful...
As knowledge workers we’re always developing new knowledge and our curiosity drives most of our work. But I sense there’s a powerful topic everyone missing… himself. Are we as productive as we could be? Do we know which are the most productive...
What is the secret ingredient when we develop science? Some might think it is curiosity. Others might be inclined to resilience. Curiosity is a powerful driver imprinting dynamics from question after question, always trying to fulfill the insatiable desire to know....
Being a Learning Mind should define how we live and die. I dare to say that more than evolving biologically, we evolved because we learned, shared throughout generations, and never stopped learning since then. Thus, what can you learn in your last dying breath?...
Scientific language is filled with metaphors which transport meaning from one reality to another. When I think about natural selection, it is important to know that Darwin recognized it as a metaphor used to explain the evolutionary principle he had in mind. However,...
We are rational, creative, but what distinguishes our species in this planet is our ability to learn and share this knowledge throughout generations. This is only possible because we communicate. And communication is not only about speaking, but especially, about...
