Joseph talks about how to build self-confidence. The key: to make things not novel. He gives some tips and suggestions on how to accomplish that.
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Hasan Elahi: FBI, here I am!
Hasan was first introduced to the FBI when he topped a local watch list and was detained mid-travel for questioning. After extensive questioning and talks with various agents, he decided to compile his life in such a way that they could check on him wherever he was (which he made public here: elahi.umd.edu). While this may cause panic for most of us, he commented that the data he was posting was so specific and exacting that is was practically useless.
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Edith Widder: The weird and wonderful world of bioluminescence
Fact: most life on earth can produce light. Widder present her research of these creatures with a captivating, and often humorous, collection of videos.
Edith Widder: The weird and wonderful world of bioluminescence
Bonus: You can purchase your own collection of bagged dinos (like the ones in her bottle) to poke for you own blue-light special amusement from Sunnyside Sea Farms. I highly recommend these and love to poke mine dinos each night before I go to bed. If you watched Life of Pi then you may remember these scenes:
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Ralph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
Langner talks about his works at dissecting the infamous computer virus: beautiful in its elegance and subtlety.
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Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?
Huang argues that democracy does fuel economic growth but such growth can proceed much quicker when helped by spurts of authoritarianism.
