February 13, 2012
For this Valentine’s edition of Ted Talk Time, I’ve selected a 16 minute talk by Anthropologist Helen Fisher who studies the brain in love. Love is present is all societies, according to Fisher. In fact, anthropologists have studied 170 societies and never found one that didn’t have it. She goes on to quote Plato,who said, “The god [...]
Read the full article →
February 11, 2012
When I was young, I constantly peppered my parents with questions. You might say I was–and still am–a “bottomless pit of curiosity.” My mother once said that exact phrase to me when I was about 8. I remember it well because she said it with such exasperation and fatigue. I think I had asked “Why?” [...]
Read the full article →
