November 2011
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When we set out to write, we do not do so out of a sense of certainty but out of...
– Andrew Miller
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When someone beats you with a flashlight, you make light shine in all...
– Jenny Holzer, Survival series (1983-85)
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There is no better strategy than to trust in the fundamental interconnectedness...
– Matt Webb
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If it weren’t for the art teacher and the librarian, I would not have...
– Howard Rheingold
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FOUNDation Projects Vienna Design Week 2010. See other FOUNDation project videos and read more about FOUNDation. (via Kars Alfrink)
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This is a video of introduction to The Natural Histories Project:
The Natural Histories Project explores experiences and values that combine to create a wide range of natural histories, and through this exploration, we hope to initiate an international conversation on the value and future of Natural History.
Benjamin Drummond and Sara Steele More are behind the audio and photography...
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David Simon tells it like it is regarding the U.S., policy, politics, the War on Drugs, economics, capitalism, socialism, etc. No need to elaborate here, just watch/listen.
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By the time people pop out of the education system (where the goal is to get the...
– Managing for Creativity in Japan
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Attention is everything. I don’t think it’s an economy. I think...
– Tim Carmody
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This, then, is the role of the resentment machine: to amplify meaningless...
– L’Hôte
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My favorite books on my shelf are the ones that I can’t read, like Finnegans...
– The Believer - Interview with Kenny Goldsmith (via Tim Carmody)
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My books are better thought about than read. They’re insanely dull and...
– Kenny Goldsmith (via Tim Carmody)
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_Analog Vinyl Sampling—, Ishac Bertran (via Stellar)
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What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts.
– Ray Eames
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University of Helsinki
One of the biggest disappointments of my life was being approved for a Fulbright Teacher Exchange with Finland only to receive a note months later that stated “an appropriate match was not found.”
Each year since, the list of participating countries has diminished. I wonder if that is a product of (a) a certain son-of-an-administration; and/or (b) policies...
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The resulting account of the adolescent brain casts casts the teen less as a...
– David Dobbs on “Beautiful Brains”