The next installment of The Story of Us by the blogger and illustrator Tim Urban of Wait But Why! In the late 1700s, the forefathers of what became the United States were Enlightenment Kids. During the Enlightenment, Higher Minds in parts of Europe started cautiously talking about a new story. The new story talked about […]

Let's plan what we'll be doing for the next quarter! Is there a topic you'd like to give a talk about? Come have a voice in what we do next quarter! Even if you don’t want to volunteer to give a talk, your voice is valuable so that we know which talks to schedule! You […]

Kaizen is the Japanese word for improvement. The word has come to be applied to a specific approach to improvement, originally in industrial and business processes, later expanded to self-improvement. In kaizen, you make small changes while keeping everything else going, rather than stopping what you're doing and starting over. This approach is consistent with […]

This week is our popular Speed Talks event! Three to five speakers get 5-8 minutes each to expound their ideas, followed by our group discussion period where the community react to the ideas presented, discuss their own thoughts on the topic, and ask questions of the presenters. If you have an idea for a talk, […]

Task initiation is part of the larger group of human behaviors described as executive function. It often can be difficult for folks to either begin a new task or to […]