Archive | January 19, 2012
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‘My father believed in girls’: Toronto Star brings Afghan girl to Canada for schooling
Another fascinating story. This is going to be quite the journey for Roya Shams. via: Michael Cooke Toronto Star As the wheels of the ancient Afghan Airlines flight left the ground, I sent a text back to the Star news desk: She’s out. We couldn’t be sure until the plane, packed with Muslim pilgrims on [...]
This is your brain on advertising: Neuro-marketers get inside your head
This idea, to me, is so fascinating. It feels weird, like an invasion of privacy, that advertisers want inside our heads — literally — in order to sell us stuff. But, well, who is really surprised by that? Is there a whole line of future neuro-marketers out there in universities? Minoring in medicine? It’s an [...]
