Foldit is a video game developed in 2008 by the University of Washington's departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Biochemistry. The object of the collaborative game is to determine how the primary structure of a protein turns into a functioning three-dimensional structure, or how it "folds."

If you want to find a good place to live, just ask people if they trust their neighbors. Levels of social trust vary enormously, but countries with high social trust have happier people, better health, more efficient government, more economic growth, and less fear of crime (regardless of whether actual crime rates are increasing or decreasing).

“Chaordic” is a term coined by Dee Hock, founding CEO of VISA (the credit card company).  “By chaord, I mean any self-organizing, self governing, adaptive, nonlinear, complex organism, organization, community or system, whether physical, biological or social, the behavior of which harmoniously blends characteristics of both chaos and order. Loosely translated to business, it can be thought of as an organization that harmoniously blends characteristics of competition and cooperation; or from the perspective of education, an organization that seamlessly blends theoretical and experiential learning.”  Dee Hock, The Art of Chaordic Leadership, “Leader to Leader” No. 15 Winter 2000