It's a pretty safe bet to say you're in or around a building right now. But did you know everything from the height of the ceiling to the colour of the walls can influence the way you think?
The medium is the message
Marshall McLuhan, noted Canadian media critic and philosopher, coined this phrase in the 1960s to point out an inescapable truth of communication: It's not just the content that matters. The way that content is delivered can be just as important.
S is for Simple Rules
Consider the following: schooling fish, roundabouts, segregation, and human consciousness are all examples of the same fundamental property of the world.  It may seem crazy to suggest that roundabouts may be interesting in some sense, but bear with me. The property in question, and this week's topic, is emergence.  In each case individual entities, by following simple …