Google’s 10 to the 100th ‘save-the-world’ idea contest deadline is tomorrow (October 20 2008). I previously posted about this contest celebrating Google’s 10th anniversary. The project is asking for anybody with an idea that might help the world to submit their entry. There is no money to be won by the individual entering the contest,…
Tag: altruism
brain health
Meditation for greater empathy ?
by Ward • • 2 Comments
Image via Wikipedia I figure that anything that increases empathy (‘capacity to recognize or understand another’s state of mind or emotions’) in our world must be a good thing. Yesterday, I wrote about how new research indicates that meditation can alter gene expression of whole blood, and that as little as 8 weeks can have…