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Authors@Google: Tom Vanderbilt

2008-11-01T03:31:55Z

Tom Vanderbilt visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)." This event took place on August 14, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Based on exhaustive research and interviews with driving experts and traffic officials around the globe, Traffic gets under the hood of the everyday activity of driving to uncover the surprisingly complex web of physical, psychological, and technical factors that explain how traffic works, why we drive the way we do, and what our driving says about us. Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are.

He demonstrates why plans to protect pedestrians from cars often lead to more accidents. He shows how roundabouts, which can feel dangerous and chaotic, actually make roads safer—and reduce traffic in the bargain. He uncovers who is more likely to honk at whom, and why. He explains why traffic jams form, outlines the unintended consequences of our quest for safety, and even identifies the most common mistake drivers make in parking lots.

Tom Vanderbilt writes about design, technology, science, and culture for Wired, Slate, The New York Times, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn and drives a 2001 Volvo V40.

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Authors@google: Sam Gosling

2008-10-28T15:29:55Z

Author Sam Gosling visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss his book "Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You". This event took place June 17, 2008, as part of the authors@google series.

Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about you? And is your favorite outfit about to give you away? For the last ten years psychologist Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and our cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected-and unplanned-ways, but also how we create personality in the first place, communicate it others, and interpret the world around us. Gosling, one of the field's most innovative researchers, dispatches teams of scientific snoops to poke around dorm rooms and offices, to see what can be learned about people simply from looking at their stuff.

Sam Gosling is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has spent the last decade conducting research on how personality is expressed and perceived in everyday contexts. He has been profiled by the New York Times, Psychology Today, and other publications, and he is featured in Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. This is his first book. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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120% Says You're Going To Explode

2008-12-02T20:26:45Z

at the chance
may 24th, 2008

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Myanmar Cyclone: 100,000 May Have Died

2008-10-20T21:30:14Z

Watch more at www.theyoungturks.com

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America Says No.

2008-12-02T20:24:59Z

No Masters of War...Wisconsin says NoMore killing of innocent people. NoMore blood on our sons and daughters. NoMore killing for opportunity and wealth. NoMore! NoMore! NoMore!

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I Am Me, Once More (Original Song)

2008-10-17T03:30:06Z

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