Interest

4. When have you felt an intense pull to explore and learn more, to fully immerse yourself in your new discoveries and take in a feast of new ideas?

I am deeply interested in how people make decisions and what motivates them. Like my study of neuroscience this often means reading.

The Paradox of Choice

Dan Arielly on being predictably irrational.

Nudge–all about Choice Architecture

A great playlist here.

When I was a kid I desperately wanted to buy the Timex 100 Home Computer kid, but I could just not afford it. The first time I actually used a computer I sensed the magic. I was not sure what that magic was, but I knew it was there.

The first computer I bought was a used mac clone from a student. It had an orange screen. I think I used mostly for word processing. A few years alter I bought a used laptop. It had two hard floppy disk drives. I became quite good at using wordperfect as a result.

Then I graduated and bought myself a mac laptop: A powerbook 170. This was state of the art computer that cost more than my car. No kidding.

And I disocvered the internet in the form of freenet.

Fast forward a few years. I have created some fairly widely read blogs and websites.

I continue to read about technology most days, especially mac products. Perhaps I am a apple fanboy

Interest portfolio: Neuroscience

1. When have you felt fully alert and curious, deeply interested in the mysteries or possibilities unfolding before you?

I have simply adored reading many new books about the brain. It not only utterly captivates me, but causes me to want to share it. I have been reading books for several years now, but one that especially intrigues me is The Brain that Changes itself: