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Learning & Creativity

josh's recommended reading list
 

Interviews: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Art of Fiction No. 69

How the Internet is Making us Stupid
Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows, asks if the Internet is changing the way we think.

Headspace: Making Mindfulness for the Masses, Fast Company

The Road to Self Renewal, Stanford Alumni Magazine

David Foster Wallace: This is Water, Kenyon Commencement Address 2005  |  Watch Video

Laird Hamilton: A classic moment--perhaps the greatest act of big wave improvisation.

Hanalei Grass Shack productions put together a vision into Laird's playfulness and love for the beauty of his art (with epic technical mastery as a foundation beneath).

On a rare occasion, you see a video that makes you stop - stop what you're doing, stop what you're thinking, even stop how you're breathing - a video that masters your emotions and alters your vitals. At that moment, when your heart jumps into your throat, and your nerve endings fire, you realize you're seeing something memorable.