Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

A live Webcast with Seth Godin on the American Express OPEN Forum site

The recently re-designed American Express OPEN Forum site is hosting a live Webcast and Q&A with marketing guru Seth Godin tonight at 8:00pm (EST). The Webcast is free, but you’ll need to register in advance. With an emphasis on helping the small business owner, Seth will be discussing how you can take your creative vision and turn it into a reality. (He may also mention his forthcoming Meatball Sundae book). Anyway, in the interests of full disclosure, my colleagues at ElectricArtists worked with American Express on the initial strategy and conceptualization of the OPEN Forum site, while a team at Digitas worked on the actual execution and launch of the site.

[image: Seth Godin on American Express OPEN Forum]

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

a group of five matches on a pink background.

The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

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