March 2011
8 posts
WatchMIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language — so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son’s life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch “gaaaa” slowly turn into “water.” Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for how we learn.
“Encounter with God won’t make one withdraw from life to be at one with God...”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
– Mohandas Gandhi
“Technology is only great when it allows us to be more human.”
– Jack Dorsey, Founder of Twitter and Square
“Life interrupted is life inspired.”
– Greg Russinger, Just One 