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The New Rules of Storytelling

  NYU Stern School of Business, Stern Talks Darren Campo, Adjunct Professor, Media and Technology, discusses the new rules of...
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SCIENCE FICTION BEATS WALL STREET EXPECTATIONS

Remember when you found out there was no Santa, tooth fairy, or Easter Bunny? Oh, and remember when you found...
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Super Immunity

How to achieve super immunity. The greatest obstruction to getting well is a diagnosis.
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THE SHAPE OF STORIES: Is Your Mind Torturing You?

Wisdom for storytelling beyond the hero’s journey   The hero’s journey is the cornerstone of Western storytelling: a person’s quest...
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Can This Book Cover Raise Your IQ?

Training the mind is not taught in school. Those attempting to govern stressful thoughts fall prey to distractions. Focus is...
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Moving Between Levels of Consciousness: A Tool for Magicians and Writers

  In order to create characters and tell their story, you have got to know where they are on THE...
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Training in the Nature of The Dark Side: Teaching Materials for Sci-Fi Writers

Throughout the 1900’s, a man traveled the country teaching groups of people about the dark side of the force, which...
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A Guide to Returning People From the Afterlife

How close are we to immortality? According to Raymond Kurtzweil, our life spans will increase by more than a year...
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The Bechdel Test: Does a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man?

In a recent lecture I gave at NYU, I asked the class to draw the connection between Google’s recent acquisition...
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Use Science Fiction to Invest and Grow Rich!

Lesson 1:  Warren Buffet vs Bitcoin In March 2014, the usually sanguine Warren Buffet made some disparaging comments about the...
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DO YOU HAVE A SOUL?

First of all, let’s define what we mean by “a soul.”  For the purpose of this discussion, we’ll define a...
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Wanted: Answer to a Cosmic Mystery on Easter Island.

 MY SEARCH FOR EASTER ISLAND’S SECRET PYRAMID The most remote place on the planet is an island in the South...
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COSMOS… Thanks to FAMILY GUY, America Finally Returns to Space

The most incredible thing about COSMOS, the Seth MacFarlane backed television series about our universe, is that it will be...
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Even Turtles Take Laxatives

OLDEST LIVING ANIMAL PROVES THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU’VE BEEN TOLD, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU   The first...
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Katniss Everdeen and Ryan Stone understand job loss and sub-prime mortgages

The new hero archetype: changing demography or evolving empathy? One year ago, a normally dysfunctional love story between two guys...
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Katniss or Ender: Who Are You Rooting For?

From the same studio, two young heroes are presented very differently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ev-nOWJH8 In their respective worlds, both Katniss Everdeen and...
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Ender’s Game 2: The Buggers Strike Back

Orson Scott Card, why can’t you be more like Suzanne Collins? Of course there is no “Ender’s Game 2.”  Yes,...
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Technology in School

"How Is Technology Helping Students Now In School As Opposed To When You Were In School? What Advances Have You...
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How To Spot A Liar

This segment with Darren ran on NBC NY and has over 35,000 hits on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktc6QjyYxhA How to tell when someone...
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Science Fiction Beats Wall Street Expectations

Remember when you found out there was no Santa, tooth fairy, or Easter Bunny? Oh, and remember when you found out that there was no safe place for your money?
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