Homo empathicus: an argument for evolved human consciousness.

At RSAnimate, Jeremy Rifkin asserts, "We have to begin thinking as an extended family...we have to broaden our sense of identity...we extend our identities so we can think of the human race as our fellow sojourners, and our other creatures here as part of our evolutionary family, and the biosphere as our community. If we are truly homo empathicus, then we have to bring out that core nature, because if it doesn't come out and it's repressed...the secondary drives come: the narcissism, the materialism, the violence, and the aggression..."

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Build a PocketMod and see if you like it...

Do your attempts at getting organized lead to a wall full of sticky notes or piles of half-completed "to do" lists? Do you schedule appointments in your phone, but then never check your phone's calendar? Have you lost a planner because you forgot to pick it up when you put it down? These PocketMods seem pretty handy, as long as you don't put them through the wash.

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Connection and belonging: 28 things to improve both.

I'm pretty convinced that underlying our desires to impress other people are hardwired longings for a sense of connectedness and belonging. This is a list of behaviors for getting more of both.

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Digging deep.

Holland Reynolds's coach: "...and if a kid who's as great an athlete as she is, and as fit as she is - won't give up - I'm not."

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The no-money man.

guardian.co.uk writes, "Jon Henley spends the day in Bath with Mark Boyle, who last year decided to stop spending money … on anything … at all … ever. And guess what? He's doing rather well for himself."

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