Steve Silberman: The forgotten history of autism

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Decades ago, few pediatricians had heard of autism. In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve Silberman points to “a perfect storm of autism awareness” — a pair of doctors with an accepting view, an unexpected pop culture moment and a new clinical test. But to really understand, we have to go back further to an Austrian doctor by the name of Hans Asperger, who published a pioneering paper in 1944. Because it was buried in time, autism has been shrouded in misunderstanding ever since. (This talk was part of a TED2015 session curated by Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com or @popupmag on Twitter.)... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

Margaret Heffernan: Why it’s time to forget the pecking order at work

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Organizations are often run according to “the superchicken model,” where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn’t what drives the most high-achieving teams. Business leader Margaret Heffernan observes that it is social cohesion — built every coffee break, every time one team member asks another for help — that leads over time to great results. It’s a radical rethink of what drives us to do our best work, and what it means to be a leader. Because as Heffernan points out: “Companies don’t have ideas. Only people do.”... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

Rana el Kaliouby: This app knows how you feel — from the look on your face

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Our emotions influence every aspect of our lives — how we learn, how we communicate, how we make decisions. Yet they’re absent from our digital lives; the devices and apps we interact with have no way of knowing how we feel. Scientist Rana el Kaliouby aims to change that. She demos a powerful new technology that reads your facial expressions and matches them to corresponding emotions. This “emotion engine” has big implications, she says, and could change not just how we interact with machines — but with each other.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

أفضل تطبيقات السفر – توب 5 الحلقة 3

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في هذا المقطع استعرض معكم أفضل تطبيقات السفر المتوفرة في متجر التطبيقات لأنظمة الأندرويد والآيوس، أغلب إن لم تكن جميع التطبيقات في هذا المقطع موجودة في المتجرين للنظامين.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!