This video of the half naked guy dancing about attracting a crowd of followers done with a voice over by Derek Sivers is one of the best videos on YouTube (in my humble opinion!). …

Human beings have evolved to live by one truly unique social strategy: storytelling. All cultures have tales and we are wired to listen to, learn from, and retell these stories.  Smart individuals and savvy companies thrive on …

After browsing through the fashion website Deep Glamour and reading post after post about Coco Chanel, I experienced a sentiment that I do not usually associate with fashion: gratitude.  So why be grateful when it comes …

Being able to laugh at a situation or at yourself seems to be an evolutionary advantage.  There have probably been a number of situations in the lives of people and gorillas where things were so …

Go ahead and watch the babies boppin and dancing in the Snazl above.  All of the clips are cute and one clip shows a baby dance prodigy.  But with a pair of anthropological glasses, one …

Seek opportunities to hang out with intelligent industrial designers.  They have the ability to ask, “Does it have to be this way?” to every medium and every situation.  Robin Peng of Design Engine was the …

After going through a number of interesting posts from Grant McCraken, I got to one of his older posts written in December 2007 entitled Understanding The Whole Consumer.  He mentioned how parts of a consumer’s …