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New Creativity vs. The Old Guard

A society that defends the ideals of free culture must preserve precisely the opportunity for new creativity to threaten the old.

Lessig, Lawrence. Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity. New York: Penguin. 005.5
(Quotation/reference from e-book version)

For further information and downloads of Professor Lessig's material click here.

Tools for Thought: A Pattern Language for Productivity

There are so many down-to-Earth suggestions on the Tools for Thought blog that I won't quote any directly in this space.  Rather, I'll just point you in the right direction:

Tools for Thought: Explorations in thinking and doing

The site is the work of Andre Kibbe, and it features concerted focus on simple solutions to the 'complexities' of modern work and productivity.  Featured categories include:

• A Pattern Language for Productivity
• Creativity
• GTD (Getting Things Done)
• Lifestyle Design
• Productivity
• Technology
• Thinking Operations

Highly recommended.

Stephen Hawking Asks Big Questions About the Universe

Stephen Hawking logically addresses some of those 'burning questions,' such as "Are we alone in the universe?" and "Should we support manned/personed space travel?"