RDQI

Sure it is! Unless you don't need one. Or even want one.

As the nature of work changes, so does the nature of education. But is education about more than better economic opportunity?

Everyone belongs to a generation. What a generation is exactly is rather arbitrary; we all have been shaped by common experiences.

But do those common experiences truly effect a whole generation?

Let's face it. We rely on technology that we don't understand constantly. Should we spend time learning to build our own tools? Or is that just a waste of time?

Ryan&Dave ponder the finer points of how we use technology in our everyday lives.

Etymology takes Dave and Ryan to some interesting places. How we get the names for things and actions can be quite interesting. Especially if we want to share ideas that can shape the future.

Yup, humans have been messing with Mother Nature as soon as they stood upright. One of the newer techniques for messing with the Earth is known as Cloud Seeding.

It's a pretty simple concept, dump material in to a cloud which encourages it to form ice crystals. Those ice crystals, once there are enough of them, will turn to rain. Bam! you've just solved a drought!

Or does it really work that way?

Dave and Ryan talk about the ups and downs of setting goals and keeping streaks alive.

There is no easy way to slice it, setting goals and targeting streaks offer some potential advantages. But then again, haven't we all felt uninspired after failing to keep the streak or goal?

Who knows what is going to happen to the Brazilian Coffee Crop? Major frost have caused unknown damage to this years coffee crop.

Dave and Ryan don't know the long term ramifications, but there are certainly some ideas out there. Listen as they walk through the problem of their favorite morning beverage.

We've all done it. Interrupt a perfectly good conversation at a restaurant to snap a picture of the food. Why do we do it? Is it a good idea? Will we actually look at the picture later?

Everyone's going to answer differently. But the answers can be surprising.

They're not necessarily good science, but they are interesting.

In this episode of RDQI, personality tests are looked at. Well, they aren't tests actually. And the 'science' is shaky at best. They are more like a personality inventory, or assessment. Are these assessments useful?

More importantly, will they decide our future?

At first, Dave and Ryan talk about pesto. Pesto is a pretty simple sauce and it can be made quickly or laboriously slow. Either you can blend the ingredients together in less than a minute or two. Or you can create a paste with a mortar and pestle and work in the ingredients over a couple of hours...

Is it worth it?