What I’m Exploring

In-process and always being updated. This page is my repository for ideas that I love to learn, think, and wonder about. Enjoy. (Email me resources I should add)

Apologetics

• Thoughts on defending the faith along with Animated apologetic videos.

Creativity

• “‘Me, Creative?’: How to Create an Atmosphere of Creativity” [18:03] Jeff Walling (TED YouTube)

• “‘Jootsing:’: The Key to Creativity” by Shane Parrish

Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks

• “Depression: The Secrets We Share” [29:21] Andrew Solomon (TED YouTube)

• You Are Not Your Brain by Jeffry Schwartz (Book)

Design

• Adobe Color Wheel - Creating Color Palates

• Cool Backgrounds for Slide Presentations

• Transparent Textures for Slide Presentations

Leadership

• Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, Ed Catmull (Book)

• “How Great Leaders Inspire Action (Start With Why) ” [18:00] TED YouTube - Simon Sinek

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People., Stephen Covey (Book)

• The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business., Patrick Lencioni (Book)

• “Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe” [11:59] TED YouTube - Simon Sinek

Music

• “Bad” [3:13] Bence Peter, Piano

• “Dream On” - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Morgan James

• “Somebody that I Used to Know” [4:24] Walk off the Earth

• “Taekwondo” [4:46] Walk off the Earth

Neuroscience & The Brain

• Backward Brain Bike - Smarter Every Day [7:57] (YouTube)

• Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, Dan Siegel (Book)

• “‘Reality’ is constructed by your brain. Here’s what that means, and why it mattes" by Brian Resnick (Vox Article)

• Basic Parts of the Brain - 3D Anatomy Model - Part One and Part Two

• Nova Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTcOc80Z2n0

• The automatic brain - https://www.amazon.com/Automatic-Brain-Magic-Unconscious-Mind/dp/B01J2BFUYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1474846978&sr=1-1&keywords=the+brain

• Split brain - https://www.quora.com/Why-can-the-right-brain-understand-language-but-cannot-speak-it

• The divided brain, an RSA animated talk - https://www.thersa.org/discover/videos/rsa-animate/2011/10/rsa-animate---the-divided-brain

• Lara Boyd TED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHBMFCzznE

• Ted - A map of the brain https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_jones_a_map_of_the_brain

• Mr Anderson - structure and function - https://youtu.be/kMKc8nfPATI

• Daniel Amen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPRsT-lmw8

• Mapping. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXuq9jRWKE&ebc=ANyPxKoF-agGSraayPvCV4GHsOSSGCnxCMYmpk2c9CGT56ND6FcrekudsEUS_UphxzZqf7QhkBEGX3Oyfvfyj28GO4IVKy9QpA

• How Neurons fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ynZda6xr4 - 4 min

• History channel - great. navy seal. https://youtu.be/R0kAml4qeVU

• Donald Hoffman, Do we see reality as it is (TED) Awesome - https://www.ted.com/talks/donald_hoffman_do_we_see_reality_as_it_is#t-1213356

• Isaac Lidsky - What Reality are you creating for Yourself: AWESOME https://www.ted.com/talks/isaac_lidsky_what_reality_are_you_creating_for_yourself/transcript?referrer=playlist-how_your_brain_constructs_real

Psychology

• 50 Cognitive Biases that We Have to be Aware of (Website and infographic)

• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Book)

• Mindsets, Carol Dweck (Book)

  • A Summary of Growth/Fixed Mindset from Shane Parrish

• The Riddle of Experience vs Memory - Daniel Kahneman [20.36](TED-YouTube)

• Thinking, Fast and Slow [1:02:26] - Daniel Kahneman (Google-YouTube)

• Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman (Book)

• Charlie Munger: 'The Psychology of Human Misjudgment', Harvard University - 1995 (YouTube & Transcript)

Racism

Racism Page (always in process)

• Uncomfortable Conversation with a Black Man with Emmanuel Acho, June 3, 2020 [9:27 min - YouTube ]

• Condoleezza Rice discusses race on “Face the Nation - June 7, 2020 [13:04 min - CBC News]

• Race in America with Phil Vischer (The Holy Post) A Historical Overview, June 14, 2020 [17:51 min - YouTube]

• Race in America, Part 2 with Phil Vischer (The Holy Post) Answering Questions, August 20, 2020 [26:05]

Science, Quantum Physics, Cosmology

Science Facts Page (always in process)

• How We Got to Now, Steve Johnson (Book)

• How We Got to Now, Steve Johnson (Video Series)

• Quantum Physics for Poets by Lederman and Hill (Book)

• Sound waves creating Geometric shapes (article & videos) & Frequency Sound Shapes Video (YouTube)

• “Time and How Earth Moves” [21:36] VSauce (YouTube)

• What is the Universe Expanding Into? - Sajan Saini [6:06] (YouTube - added 04.26.20)

• James Webb Telescope Links

Teaching

• Teaching Ideas - Curated ideas on how to more effectively teach

• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Chip & Dan Heath (Book)

• 21 Ways to Structure Online Education (a summary by Annie Prud Homme-Genereux)