Tag Archives: theory

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The Hidden Power of Smiling

Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you’ll live — and that a simple smile has […]

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Flow Is the Secret to Happiness

Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, “What makes a life worth living?” Nothing that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of “flow.” […]

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Design: Seeing Without Thinking

Visual perception and pattern detection for designers. What your audience immediately sees without conciously thinking much about it and how to design for it. This is a very visual theme, merging pictures and text seamlessly, featuring […]

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The True Power of The Performing Arts

Arts administrator and live-theater fan Ben Cameron looks at the state of the live arts — asking: How can the magic of live theater, live music, live dance compete with the always-on Internet? In his talk, he offers […]

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