The Digital Feast
An Ancient Future World
"Derek data mines the internet for articles hoping to help others gaze at the world through the lens of Christ Jesus." Modern Malta: Old and New Collide on This Island Nation Summary: Angling for its turn on the world stage, this tiny island nation is...
Let There Be Light –Introducing Derek White
'Supermoon' Science: NASA Explains the Closest Full Moon Until 2034 Summary: To help explain the science behind supermoons, and what makes the November supermoon particularly special, Space.com spoke with NASA's Noah Petro, deputy scientist of the Lunar Reconnaissance...
The Strange Mind
Self-Transcendence: The Forgotten Stage of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. http://bit.ly/2frxoxe Trees Recognize Roe Deer by Saliva http://bit.ly/2efSjpv About Time: MIT neuroscientist Earl Miller wants to make people smarter http://bit.ly/2dHrho8 When...
The Crowd
The Crowd Cubs World Series celebration ranks as 7th largest gathering in human history. The other six: Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, India, 2013 - 30 million Arbaeen festival, Iraq, 2014 - 17 million Funeral of CN Annadurai, India, 1969 - 15 million Funeral of Ayatollah...
Mind and Imagination
How We Are Endangering Our Kids’ Imaginations http://ti.me/2f0rPW8 122 Things You Will be Able to do in the Library of the Future That You Can’t Do Today http://bit.ly/2ePIDyD Living in the Age of Fear http://rol.st/2cViMry World Wildlife 'Falls...
A Cornucopia of Information
“In 1976, there were 9,000 products in the average grocery store, and now it’s ballooned to 40,000 products. And yet most of us can get almost all our shopping done in just 150 items, so you’re having to ignore tens of thousands of times every time you go shopping.”...
News!
The Distracted Mind https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/distracted-mind French train stations now have vending machines that dispense short stories to entertain you while you wait http://bit.ly/2dmds1N How the Epidemic of Drug Overdose Deaths Ripples Across...
Monsters Among Us
The Theology of Shalom http://bit.ly/2d2EAwB No hopers? Millennials have 'very little' confidence in major institutions including banks, the criminal justice system and the government, survey finds. http://dailym.ai/2dw8aAb Utilizing the Hero’s Journey Agenda in...
The Young and the Perilous
Thirty is not the new 20. Many studies are showing the 20’s to be the most important decade of life for relationship formation, job and career placement, and launching into adulthood. http://bit.ly/1dmKGri The US is experiencing an opioid epidemic. Presented...
The Human ID
Are video games and VR a new opiate? Will younger humans be able to navigate the offline world? http://wapo.st/2csOhEm This is Your Brain on Nature http://bit.ly/2ds5aUM Why Some People Are More Altruistic Than Others http://bit.ly/2cViC4E Why We...