Find A Spark | Ideas to inspire

Karoliina Korppoo presenting her TED talk on how the video game Cities: Skylines could be used to design better cities

Video

How a video game might help us build better cities

The cover of So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport

Book

So Good They Can’t Ignore You

The cover of the DVD for The Animatrix, a set of short films detailing the back story to The Matrix

Film

The Animatrix

The cover of Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan

Book

Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

The cover of The Way of Zen by Alan Watts, an introduction to Zen Buddhism

Book

The Way of Zen

Writing paper and a fountain pen

Blog Post

I’m writing my own 2017

An infographic from Information is Beautiful showing the size of the codebases of different types of software

Infographic

Million Lines of Code

The cover of Postcapitalism by Paul Mason

Book

Postcapitalism

Josh Foer presenting his TED talk on feats of memory anyone can do

Video

Feats of memory anyone can do

The cover of the film Food, Inc. — a documentary about the US food industry.

Film

Food, Inc.

Yuval Noah Harari presenting his TED talk explaining the rise of humans

Video

What explains the rise of humans?

A blow torch, heating some glass as part of an experiment

Blog Post

Don’t search for your passion — just experiment

The cover of the book Wilding by Isabella Tree

Book

Wilding

A calendar and notepad to be used for the Don't Break the Chain technique for motivation and habits

Website

Don’t Break the Chain!

An image from the article How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math by Barbara Oakley

Article

How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math

App

Memrise

The title for the What I've Learned YouTube video on how high or low levels of salt (sodium) affect your health

Video

Salt: Are you getting enough?

A screen grab from the Music and Life Youtube video

Video

Music and Life

An open study book, laying on a table with pencil on top and notes to the right

Blog Post

4 insights on learning from Josh Waitzkin

An image of a clock - the most vital tool for time management

Guide

Time Management: Quick start guide