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Maple Syrup, Airplane Crashes, and The Power of Non-Market Innovation

Drawing on the arguments in his bestselling book, Where Good Ideas Come From, and his new collection, The Innovator's Cookbook, Steven Johnson looks at the surprising—and encouraging—way that non-market environments create important innovations, in this talk from the Emerging Technology conference. For more information on Where Good Ideas Come From, visit: bit.ly The Innovator's Cookbook: bit.ly To learn about the MIT Emtech conferences, visit: bit.ly
Категория: Science & Technology
Время: 00:15:09.750
Теги: innovation where good ideas come from the innovator's cookbook steven johnson Emtech MIT non market environments riverhead books Penguin Penguin Books Publishing Author
 

Julie Klam and Timothy Hutton discuss books and dogs (sort of)

The secrets of love, health, and happiness gleaned from a life lived with dogs from the bestselling author of You Had Me At Woof and Love At First Bark. Julie Klam was thirty, single, and working as a part-time clerk in an insurance company, unable to meet a man she could spend her life with. And then it happened: she had a dream about a Boston terrier- a dream that practically hit her over the head. The companion she needed was not necessarily the one she'd had in mind. As fate would have it, a dog is exactly the thing that she needed. The New York Times bestselling You Had Me at Woof is the often-hilarious and always charming story of one woman's discovery of all she really needed to learn about life through her relationships with her canine companions. Klam shares how her love for dogs and the lessons she's learned caring for them has shaped her heart. This is a funny, earnest, and emotionally compelling look at the surprises, pleasures, and revelations that happen when you let any mutt, beagle, terrier, or bulldog go charging through your world. www.julieklam.com www.facebook.com/julieklamauthor www.twitter.com/julieklam
Категория: Entertainment
Время: 00:02:53.250
Теги: Penguin Penguin books Publishing Author Dog Dogs Pets Berkley Riverhead Julie Klam Geoffrey Kloske memoir autobiography dog rescue timothy hutton
 

WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson

One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of Air to address an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? Answering in his infectious, culturally omnivorous style, using his fluency in fields from neurobiology to popular culture, Johnson provides the complete, exciting, and encouraging story of how we generate the ideas that push our careers, our lives, our society, and our culture forward. Beginning with Charles Darwin's first encounter with the teeming ecosystem of the coral reef and drawing connections to the intellectual hyperproductivity of modern megacities and to the instant success of YouTube, Johnson shows us that the question we need to ask is, What kind of environment fosters the development of good ideas? His answers are never less than revelatory, convincing, and inspiring as Johnson identifies the seven key principles to the genesis of such ideas, and traces them across time and disciplines. Most exhilarating is Johnson's conclusion that with today's tools and environment, radical innovation is extraordinarily accessible to those who know how to cultivate it. Where Good Ideas Come From is essential reading for anyone who wants ...
Категория: Entertainment
Время: 00:03:05.250
Теги: WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM Steven Johnson Steven Berlin Johnson Ideas Innovation Design Technology Book Nonfiction Riverhead Books Thinker Brilliance
 

Janny Scott discussing her book, A SINGULAR WOMAN: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother

A major publishing event: an unprecedented look into the life of the woman who most singularly shaped Barack Obama-his mother. Barack Obama has written extensively about his father, but little is known about Stanley Ann Dunham, the fiercely independent woman who raised him, the person he credits for, as he says, "what is best in me." Here is the missing piece of the story. Award-winning reporter Janny Scott interviewed nearly two hundred of Dunham's friends, colleagues, and relatives (including both her children), and combed through boxes of personal and professional papers, letters to friends, and photo albums, to uncover the full breadth of this woman's inspiring and untraditional life, and to show the remarkable extent to which she shaped the man Obama is today. Dunham's story moves from Kansas and Washington state to Hawaii and Indonesia. It begins in a time when interracial marriage was still a felony in much of the United States, and culminates in the present, with her son as our president- something she never got to see. It is a poignant look at how character is passed from parent to child, and offers insight into how Obama's destiny was created early, by his mother's extraordinary faith in his gifts, and by her unconventional mothering. Finally, it is a heartbreaking story of a woman who died at age fifty-two, before her son would go on to his greatest accomplishments and reflections of what she taught him. Janny Scott was a reporter for The New York Times from ...
Категория: News & Politics
Время: 00:01:55.500
Теги: Janny Scott Obama Ann Dunham Reporter President American President Barack Obama Mother Interview Author Video Riverhead Books Politics Family
 

BETTER BY MISTAKE: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong by Alina Tugend

"Better By Mistake is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of the deeply human phenomenon of screwing up. With Alina Tugend as your wise (and wise-cracking) guide, you'll learn why perfection is a myth, why apologies pack power, and why effort is often more important than results. And once you've finished this book, you'll never look at mistakes -- or yourself -- the same way." -Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind A New York Times columnist delivers an eye-opening big idea: Embracing mistakes can make us smarter, healthier, and happier in every facet of our lives. In this persuasive book, journalist Alina Tugend examines the delicate tension between what we're told-we must make mistakes in order to learn-and the reality-we often get punished for making mistakes, and therefore try to avoid them or cover them up. In Better by Mistake, Tugend shows that mistakes are everywhere, and suggests that when we acknowledge and identify them correctly, we can improve not only ourselves, but our families, our work, and the world around us. Through fascinating research, Tugend reveals how trying to avoid mistakes can affect us from the earliest stages in our lives and shape us into adults who steer clear of risks and challenges. She takes us behind the scenes into cutting-edge behavioral studies; invites us into the high-stakes world of health care and aviation, where mistakes can cost lives, and delves into the art and science behind learning how to craft a ...
Категория: Entertainment
Время: 00:01:15.750
Теги: Alina Tugend Better By Mistake Riverhead Books Mistakes Nonfiction Book Video
 

The Long Fall by Walter Mosley

A brand-new mystery series from one of the country's best-known, best-loved writers. A new character, a new city, a new era. A new Walter Mosley. On sale March 24, 2009. www.waltermosley.com
Категория: Entertainment
Время: 00:02:23.250
Теги: long fall walter mosley leonid mcgill devil in blue dress easy rawlins riverhead book video
 

YOU HAD ME AT WOOF by Julie Klam

The hilarious and heartfelt chronicle of a woman learning the secrets of love, health, and happiness from some very surprising teachers: her dogs. Julie Klam was thirty, single, and working as a part-time clerk in an insurance company, wondering if she would ever meet the man she could spend the rest of her life with. And then it happened. She met the irresistible Otto, her first in a long line of Boston terriers, and fell instantly in love. You Had Me at Woof is the often hilarious and always sincere story of how one woman discovered life's most important lessons from her relationships with her canine companions. From Otto, Julie realized what it might feel like to find "the one." She learned to share her home, her heart, and her limited resources with another, and she found an authentic friend in the process. But that was just the beginning. Over the years her brood has grown to one husband, one daughter, and several Boston terriers. And although she had much to learn about how to care for them-walks at 2 am, vet visits, behavior problems-she was surprised and delighted to find that her dogs had more wisdom to convey to her than she had ever dreamed. And caring for them has made her a better person-and completely and utterly opened her heart. Riotously funny and unexpectedly poignant, You Had Me at Woof recounts the hidden surprises, pleasures, and revelations of letting any mutt, beagle, terrier, or bulldog go charging through your world. For more information visit www ...
Категория: Entertainment
Время: 00:03:09.750
Теги: Julie Klam YOU HAD ME AT WOOF Memoir Riverhead Puppy Dogs Pets Rescue Animals Denis Leary Susan Orlean Celebrity Cameos author nonfiction animals Book leonberger labradoodle Boston terrier dog rescue
 

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

A green-eyed girl born into slavery on a Jamaican plantation who exhibits a dark, charismatic power... A group of slave women who are conspiring to stage a revolt and overthrow their masters... A young writer who "brings to mind early Toni Morrison, Jessica Hagedorn, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez..." -Kaylie Jones The Book of Night Women www.marlonjames.com
Категория: People & Blogs
Время: 00:02:48.750
Теги: marlon james book of night women riverhead
 

Shalom Auslander: Attic Call with Ira Glass

www.shalomauslander.com http "Shalom Auslander writes like some contemporary comedic Jeremiah, thundering warnings of disaster and retribution. What makes him so terrifyingly funny is that he isn't joking." -- Howard Jacobson, author of The Finkler Question and winner of the Man Booker Prize Shalom Auslander's HOPE: A TRAGEDY (on sale from Riverhead Books on 1/12/12) is a darkly hilarious novel about the double-edged sword that is hope, about anger, the legacy of the Holocaust, and the burdens of family and fatherhood. HOPE: A TRAGEDY is the masterful first novel from a celebrated writer whose fiction reveals startling truths about our lives and moral experiences, and makes us laugh, even as we recognize the hopelessness of existence. Video Directed by Coll Anderson, casound.com Edit by Chad Smith, remoteaccesspost.com
Категория: Entertainment
Время: 00:01:51
Теги: Anne Frank Attic Attic Calls Book Fiction Foreskin's Lament Funny God Hiding Holocaust HOPE: A TRAGEDY Hope Tragedy Jewish Joke Judaism Literary Novel Orthodox Religion Riverhead Books Shalom Auslander Ira Glass NPR This American Life Public Radio The Holocaust
 

Nick Hornby discussing his upcoming novel, JULIET NAKED

Now the New York Times bestselling author Nick Hornby returns with JULIET, NAKED (Riverhead Books 9/29/09), writing about what he does best: rock n roll, extreme fandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about love.
Категория: Entertainment
Время: 00:03:51.750
Теги: Nick Hornby bestseller book novel fiction Riverhead Books music fandom romance musician rock n roll High Fidelity An Education Interview Author Writer Riverhead Penguin
 
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