"It's very difficult to make good mistakes" - Trial, Error and the God Complex

Tim Harford talks about why trial and error is important and how the God Complex can stop people from making progress.

I'll probably post a lot of TED talks over time, as many of them are worth watching.

(via Derren Brown)

The Art of Being Furiously Happy

A fun talk by Jenny Lawson on being happy and remembering that being silly on occasion is actually good for you.

For good measure, here's her blog post about it.

http://thebloggess.com/2011/07/and-then-i-stage-a-live-zombie-apocalypse-in-utah/

(via Wil Wheaton)