First video 0:00:00 - Nancy Etcoff on the surprising science of happiness:
Lessons learned:
People want to be happier. but we become unhappy a lot easier.
Babies are born happy and enjoy "innate pleasures," and it's all lies after that.
Happiness is attractive.
Emotions are social and contagious.
Lust isn't happiness, although makes you feel good.
Materialism fucks with true happiness (poor people have better sex)
P.s. a Rolex commercial came on directly after the video and I
Second video 0:23:30 - Dean Ornish on the world's killer diet
Lessons learned:
They copy "us." (everyone is getting fat/dieing out because they copy the US.)
Bad stuff is preventable!
Third video 0:30:30 - Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat
Lessons learned:
Cows are the new bomb... don't you dare eat meat ;).
But seriously... Cow farts will kill us all!
1/2 of antibiotics in the U.S. are given to cows O.o (that's weird)
A Desire (fueled by advertising) and not a need fuels this health crisis!
DON'T EAT MEAT/JUNK FOOD, plants promote health and make you live longer!
10,000,000,000 (Yes billion) animals that we eat, are killed each year!
Food is just food if you make it yourself, don't over think it.
rethink what's healthy, organic is no longer organic.
Industrial food is killing us all. (it's not about health, it's about demand)
Fourth video 0:51:20 - David Logan on tribal leadership
Lessons learned:
Appeal who you are talking to.
Don't meet people for personal connections, make connections to further a connective, collective tribe.
p.s. just watch the video, it's really good.
Fifth video 1:02:40 - Seth Godin on the tribes we lead
Lessons learned:
"Non professionals, people with passion"
Leading is the new ads space.
Tribes: leading and connecting people and ideas.
Connecting tribes make movements!
"The beatles did not make teenagers, they lead them!"
Don't be a sheep, life your head from the grass
Tell a story to people who want to hear it, connect a tribe who wants to be connected, lead a movement, and make change.
who are you upsetting? who are you connecting? who are you leading?
challenge -> create culture -> curiosity ->commit
P.s. Most powerful message for me thus far!
I'm taking a water/bathroom break, the watch is stopped... oh and btw, this would be a lot easier to do with a google wave account ;)!
Sixth video 1:25:00 - Seth Godin on standing out
Lessons learned:
"People who spread ideas, win."
Don't interrupt/disrupt others, flow people
Too many choices + too little time = non remarkable
remarkable = worth making a remark about
Designing ingenuity means a massive audience over time
Talk to people who are listening and aggressive about listening!
Design for the early adapters not the average masses!
Seventh video 1:49:35 -Stewart Brand on the Long Now
Lessons learned:
Investigate all opportunities!
You have to go through a scary place to get a goal
trees live longer under adversity... hmmm...
thinking long term, look at the mountain.
Eigth video 2:14:40 -Robert Neuwirth on our "shadow cities"
Lessons learned:
Squatter cities are the new world city
Squatter communities give unlimited, addicting freedom
Around 2000 people is about time to start a government
Squatters AREN'T in poverty, "they are the fastest coming out of poverty
Everyone works in squatter cities
Ninth video 2:37:10 -Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom
Lessons learned:
The janitor's job doesn't interact with people, although they listen in and can help
Kindness care and empathy make jobs worth while in a world of loneliness
The wise person knows when to ignore the rules and improvise
Loss of wisdom is the following of rules without thought
responsibility > money + responsibility
"Ask not if it is profitable but if it is right"
Re-moralize work
Teach ethics through celebrating moral people
Kids need to learn wisdom and character, respect yourself, peers, and teachers
And the marathon is complete, check in every now and then for new posts ^^!
