“I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we’ll turn the world…INSIDE OUT.” First, if you haven’t seen it yet, watch the amazing TED Prize speech given by French street artist JR. He’s initiating a spectacular global art project that anyone can participate in. But how? This is up to the creative imagination of people around the world. JR’s Wish
French scientists-turned-Buddhist-monk Matthieu Ricard is one of our greatest intellectual heroes. The son of prominent French philosopher and intellectual Jean-François Revel, Ricard got a degree in molecular genetics, then decided to step away from his career in science and devote his life to the study of Buddhism. His inner scientist, however, remained wide awake as he developed a keen interest in the neurological effects of meditation and mindfulness training.
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