[Measuring & Selecting for Intelligence]
Our brain is the most complex object we know of in our universe. This incredibly complex organ weighing approximately 1.3 Kgs (+/- .1) is a hot area of science, research and debate that drives questions like; How does this relatively small genetic code build this complex organ? What exactly is it about this organ that separates us from others in our species? What makes your brain different than mine? >>>>> read more.

[21st Century Decision Making]
One of the characteristics of successful people is their ability to make quick decisions. It has been said that “successful people make decisions easy, quick and very seldom change, and unsuccessful people take a long time to make a decision then change easily.” >>>>> read more.

[The Microbiome & What it Means to Us]
Our Microbiome is an “ecological community of symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms” found in and on all multicellular organisms studied to date from plants to animals. The microbes includes bacteria, archaea, fungi and viruses. The microbiome is more than just a bunch of microorganisms living on our body and in our gut! It is integral to many of our organs, our Brain and crucial in our Immune System. >>>>> read more.

[Overpopulation]
Our planet’s human population has shot straight up in the last 80 years with now well over 7 Billion people and growing. Every year we add another 80 million people. That is 1.5 million per/week, 250,000 per/day or 10,000 new people per/hour. Is this population explosion going to continue? Can our planet sustain 10 or 20 billion people? What are the facts? >>>>> read more.

[Smart Technology is Making you Dumb]
Is Smart Technology making you dumber? How would you know? How would you check? The answer is not as simple as one might think. Science is pointing to new evidence about how information is processed in our brains that should cause for alarm in the use of smart technology. >>>>> read more.

[Science of Gratitude]
There is good scientific support that gratitude is linked to happiness and greater life satisfaction. Learning and applying gratefulness has many benefits from getting you through tough times, minimize or eliminate complaining and negative emotions, to better relationships and physical health. >>>>> read more.

[Applications from the Science of Happiness]
Who would have thought this subject would become so popular and even find courses at various universities? Well happiness, well-being, or life satisfaction is a popular subject and research is piling up. In this article Daniel reviews dozens of lectures and creates some applications he and some friends are applying to improve our life satisfaction. >>>>>>> read more.

[New-Collar-Skills-Development-2017]
In this article, I will explore the prediction that the rapidly advancing digital world, Big Data, AI, Internet of Things (IoT) is ushering in the Augmented Age of machine-to-machine and machine-to-human interactions which is expected to radically changing how we work, how we live and how we learn.

[Baseline-Global-Warming-2017]
Climate Change or Global Warming is a serious issue of the 21^st Century and most have strong opinions without any real knowledge thanks to Hollywood. This article take an in-depth look at the issue from a laypersons perspective with the hope it helps common people make more informed decisions.

[Philosophy of the Information Age]
The Information Age has caused a fundamental shift in the evolution of human beings, and one could argue it started thousands of years ago. Anthropologists have documented that early humans first started transferring information from one hominid to another in some kind of recorded form some 70-90,000 years ago. This evolutionary adaptation enabled one or more of the human species around that time to pass information on to the next generations, affecting brain development and >>>>> read more.

[Personal Development is the Issue]
This article is quite lengthy as it was my story of change through personal growth and development ending with an attempt at a book back in early 2000. >>>>> read more.
(This article will be superseded by a book by the same title adding the last 15 years’ experience living in developing China and an additional 2000 hours of study in science, philosophy, history, religion and personal development. See [Books Page] for latest results.)