Testimony by "Convercasion" Director Cristian García Just like a child in a wheelchair carried by his father everywhere: with infinite trust, but knowing that without that father I, simply, wouldn’t get any further. I have felt that way since, at some point in my...
When the string of a pearl necklace snaps and the pearls fly off in all directions, bouncing across a pale marble floor, they seem like jets of water flying out of a broken water pipe or like unruly children running to hide in the most unlikely places. Trying...
Artists Ward Shelley and Alex Schweder built a house that spins and tilts on one pivot point. Once it was complete, they moved in and lived in it for five days. The video shows the delicate response of the house to their movements and makes a very obvious illustration...
I picked up a hitchhiker the other day, he was standing on the side of the road and as I was driving towards him I realized that we were both heading in the same direction. So I pulled over and signaled for him to get in. He jumped in the car, a man in his fifties,...
No one in the history of opinions has ever changed his/her mind after being called an idiot. They might have stopped sharing with you or even started an ad hominem fight online. Opinions change. As much as people with strong ones think that their mind will never...
Today's video is one of the most impressive and comprehensive videos that I have been able to find on today's greatest ailment: loneliness. It is the elephant in the room that no one speaks of... because they are all texting. We plug ourselves more and more into the...
Communication is extremely important in any relationship. One of the greatest challenges is to be able and willing to step continually outside one's proper paradigms so as to understand what the other person says from their viewpoint, from their life experience....
Today's video is a funny and witty parody (criticism) of one the most successful apps of the last few years. Instagram is an app that was created by two students at Stanford, Kevin Systrom (CEO, co-founder) and Mike Krieger (co-founder). Instagram facilitates photo...
"As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have." (Ted)...