September 2011
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“What we’re leaving behind today, at record pace, is what­ever belief we might...”
– Mark Slouka
Sep 28th
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Sep 23rd
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Sep 20th
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Sep 20th
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“[W]e should presume that the feral will only gain in importance in years to...”
– Matthew Battles, “The Call of the Feral”
Sep 19th
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“Like weeds, we grow in disturbed soil, subsiding between progress and collapse....”
– Matthew Battles, “The Call of the Feral”
Sep 19th
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Sep 19th
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Sep 19th
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“If you’re fifteen or so, today, I suspect that you inhabit a sort of endless...”
– William Gibson (via lotekpulse, via Betty Ann)
Sep 19th
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WatchWatch
A Kickstarter project to make a documentary about Pacific Beach fixture Slomo: Dr. John Kitchin, a one-time neurologist, abruptly left a successful career in 1998, moved to Pacific Beach, and dedicated himself to exploring the nature of subjective experience… through the practice of slow-motion rollerblading. In the years since, he’s come to be known as “Slomo,”...
Sep 19th
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Sep 19th
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Sep 18th
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“The qualities of a city like Tokyo that is parts-oriented to begin with,...”
– Yoshinobu Ashihara
Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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"Special Class" [from the vaults]
The annual “Education Issue” of The New York Times Magazine comes out this Sunday with a beautiful cover designed by Will Bryant. Amongst the articles, is a series of short pieces on “The Educational Experiences That Change a Life”. It’s a set of interesting recollections from fourteen different people, including Zaha Hadid, Junot Díaz, Pico Iyer, Wes Anderson, and...
Sep 18th
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“The difficulty of always feeling that you ought to be doing something is that...”
– Brian Eno
Sep 15th
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Sep 15th
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“Multi-disciplinary is a really key missing part of society…”
– Joi Ito
Sep 15th
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Sep 14th
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Sep 12th
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Sep 11th
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Sep 9th
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Sep 9th
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Sep 8th
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“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it’s the only one we have.”
– Émile Chartier
Sep 6th
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Sep 6th
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WatchWatch
There’s so much to like about “Scale-Free Schools / An Introduction”, but then there are components of “A Day in the Life” that leave me shaking (not nodding) my head. You can probably guess what they are. (via Monika)
Sep 5th
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Takoyaki Machine, by Kenichi Okada)
Sep 3rd
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“Leaders are not what many people think — people with huge crowds following them....”
– John Holt
Sep 3rd
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