Tag: Revisited

How can we use visual thinking to get into a healthy mindset and be creative when we want to solve a problem? To make the concept of visual thinking tangible and explore how we can develop it I dove into the book ‘Experiences in visual thinking’ by Robert H. McKim (Stanford University, 2...

In 2004, Taipei 101 (formerly known as Taipei World Financial Centre) was declared the tallest building in the world. 101 floors high, it stands high above the rest of the buildings in Taiwan’s capital, and, pollution depending, can be visible for miles. Ironically the building it...

A little while ago I discussed South Asian genetics and where Pashtuns fall on that spectrum. I think the conclusions, while broadly correct, were lacking a bit in detail. In a sense this is inevitable, as there isn’t a great data set I’ve found for Afghan Pashtuns that specifies both tr...

Let’s talk about masks for a bit — such as the ones worn for Carnival all over the world. With Carnival, the art of the masquerade unfolds in the same way it has for the last few centuries in Italy and the Americas, where you see some of the beautiful and all of the unforgettab...