As we turn our lives into information property, technology poses fundamental threats to privacy, anonymity and freedom as Salim Ismail argues

Attention is linked with economic value creation. However, with infinite content options (space) yet finite attention (time) and personalized social algorithms curating it all for us, it

Interesting thoughts from Pew Internet/Girl Scout Joint Webinar on Social Media via we are social

Some thoughts about planning today by Heidi Hackemer BBH New York

Polling random people can be “incredibly useful as a persuasive attempt to tell people what to do,” but not really as a way to find out information as Dan Ariely argues!

Typographer, graphic designer and businessman Erik Spiekermann has created timeless, influential and, yes, Meta-physical work over the past three decades.Listen to the design genius talk about new visual languages, design processes, the analogies of music and typography !!So very good

An interesting presentation by Nick Campbell creator of the grayscalegorilla

An interesting presentation by PSFK, make sure that you check it if you can spare a min or two

“Many people think that technology is a problem in that it dehumanizes people. And, instead, I think it

Meet the purveyors of the Street Art scene, including one of its pioneers
Blek le Rat. This lovely film transports us from different artists to different cities, examining how the growth and popularity of street art has affected its roots, how it distinguishes itself from Graffiti and how its become commodified and co-opted by the Art Market.Produced and Directed by Tom Haines

Photographs do more than document history — they make it. Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most iconic, and talks about what happens when a generation sees an image so powerful it can’t look away — or back!

Failure is a terrible thing, but there’s no other way for people to learn how to do most things except to screw up enough until the point where they get better at it Robert Sutton argues!

If Social Media is the breakthrough development of Web 2.0, what is next in search for Web 3.0 and beyond? Peter Diamandis speculates on the evolution of search in the age of Artificial Intelligence and robotics. More about the evolution of search here