Gaia Community: Siona's Bookmarks

Overcoming Bias: Quantum Physics Revealed As Non-Mysterious

2009-03-20T20:20:36Z

Overcoming Bias: Quantum Physics Revealed As Non-Mysterious

Hello! You may have been directed to this page because you said something along the lines of "Quantum physics shows that reality doesn't exist apart from our observation of it," or "Science has disproved the idea of an objective reality," or even just "Quantum physics is one of the great mysteries of modern science; no one understands how it works."

Tags: quantum physics, reality, physics

Author Interviews and Readings - New York Times

2009-03-17T14:55:53Z

Author Interviews and Readings - New York Times

Amazing archive of interviews and readings from literary figures

Tags: authors, writers, reading, new york times, literature, audio, books

In Ecuador, gang members trade guns for scissors and nail polish

2009-02-21T16:10:50Z

In Ecuador, gang members trade guns for scissors and nail polish

How a former nun gets rival gangs to run their own legit businesses.

Tags: change, life, work, hope

The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English

2009-02-05T18:13:29Z

The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English

Here are the 100 most beautiful words in English. How do we know? Dr. Goodword (Dr. Robert Beard) has been defining words and writing poetry for 40 years. For five years he wrote the daily word sent our as the Word of the Day at yourDictionary and since 2004 he has been writing the Good Word at alphaDictionary. Over the years he has collected these words, with the help of the word colloquium at the alphaDictionary Alpha Agora. Now, here the most beautiful words in sounds and meaning are for you to enjoy.

Tags: words, beauty, language, english

Give Someone a Compliment Today

2008-12-23T23:21:17Z

Give Someone a Compliment Today

I've realized one of the best ways to bring joy into the world is by complimenting people. Not senselessly, not with obvious affectation, but a genuine, honest to goodness compliment.

Tags: compliments, happiness, love, affection, joy, world, life

Faith, hope, and healing

2008-12-16T21:57:03Z

Faith, hope, and healing

As both priest and physician, Anne Brower

Tags: spirituality, healing, medicine, faith, church

DailyGood: 6 Tips for Living in the Moment

2008-12-10T15:24:04Z

DailyGood: 6 Tips for Living in the Moment

We live in the age of distraction. Yet one of life's sharpest paradoxes is that your brightest future hinges on your ability to pay attention to the present.

Tags: present, presence, attention, awareness, happiness, life, living

DailyGood: 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

2008-12-08T16:05:54Z

DailyGood: 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

The emerging field of positive psychology is bursting with new findings that suggest your actions can have a significant effect on your happiness and satisfaction with life. Here are 10 scientifically proven strategies for getting happy.

Tags: happiness, life, quality of life, love, joy, delight, living

Charity Makes Wealth - Portfolio.com

2008-11-25T16:53:46Z

Charity Makes Wealth - Portfolio.com

Emerging evidence

Tags: charity, donation, philanthropy, wealth, giving, rich

What Happy People Don

2008-11-23T00:40:11Z

What Happy People Don

Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers

Tags: happiness, television, reading, socializing, unhappy, life

37 ways to join the Gift Economy

2008-11-21T15:16:20Z

37 ways to join the Gift Economy

You don't have to participate in a local currency or service exchange to be part of the cooperative gift economy. Any time you do a favor for a family member, neighbor, colleague, or stranger you're part of it. Here are some ways you can spend time in the gift economy, where you'll find fun, freedom, and connection.

Tags: gifts, economy, gifting

The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia

2008-11-12T20:20:06Z

The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia

Why isn't this the news?

Tags: news, idealism, press, story, prank, hope

Only Positive News

2008-10-22T20:22:10Z

Only Positive News

Only-Positive-News.com provides you with an alternative news service that provides positive news updates and inspiring stories from around the world. We are also dedicated to finding, celebrating and promoting people from all walks of life who are making a positive contribution and making this world a better place.

Tags: news, positivity, hope, stories, inspiration

29 Gifts: CHALLENGE

2008-08-20T00:50:58Z

29 Gifts: CHALLENGE

Give something away, for 29 days...

Tags: giving, challenge, gift, generosity, gifting, abundance

100 Acorns

2008-08-18T17:29:10Z

100 Acorns

Yoko Ono's beautiful peace project

Tags: peace, acorns, yoko ono, life, love, art, instructions, seeds

The Co-Inteligence Institute

2008-08-01T16:57:27Z

The Co-Inteligence Institute

"Not all communication is dialogue. Dialogue is shared exploration towards greater understanding, connection, or possibility. Any communication that fits this definition, the Co-Intelligence Institute considers dialogue. Communication that doesn't fit this definition, we don't call dialogue."

Tags: dialog, conversation, community, connection, wholeness, listening, realization, process, words, meaning

Basics - Mirrors Used to Explore How the Brain Interprets Information - NYTimes.com

2008-07-24T16:51:07Z

Basics - Mirrors Used to Explore How the Brain Interprets Information - NYTimes.com

"Other researchers have determined that mirrors can subtly affect human behavior, often in surprisingly positive ways. Subjects tested in a room with a mirror have been found to work harder, to be more helpful and to be less inclined to cheat, compared with control groups performing the same exercises in nonmirrored settings. Reporting in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, C. Neil Macrae, Galen V. Bodenhausen and Alan B. Milne found that people in a room with a mirror were comparatively less likely to judge others based on social stereotypes about, for example, sex, race or religion."

Tags: mirror, behavior, science, psychology, mirrors, reflections, self, perception, brains

Web Social Architecture: Web Professionals: Social Media is about to Change Your Job. Are You Ready?

2008-07-22T14:24:46Z

Web Social Architecture: Web Professionals: Social Media is about to Change Your Job. Are You Ready?

"Let me set the stage for what I mean to discuss here by sharing Ryan's Two-Minute History of Web Marketing:"

Tags: social media, web 2 0, online, internet, participatory web

Literature Review and Synthesis: Online Communities of Practice - Education Counts

2008-07-21T16:50:49Z

Literature Review and Synthesis: Online Communities of Practice - Education Counts

"This literature review and synthesis aims at developing a knowledge base to inform the Ministry of Education on how to develop, implement, and maintain online communities of practice (CoPs), and how communication technologies can be used to support them."

Tags: communities of practice, community, online community, gaia

Community Lab | Designing Online Communities to Enhance Participation: Bridging Theory and Practice

2008-07-21T16:45:44Z

Community Lab | Designing Online Communities to Enhance Participation: Bridging Theory and Practice

"Despite extensive experience, eliciting contributions in an on-line community is still largely a matter of trial and error. This project will develop theory to predict contribution behavior in on-line communities and will help transfer that theory into practice by using it to develop a set of on-line community design guidelines."

Tags: online communities, design, participation, interaction