Read: “21st Century Enlightenment”
21st Century Enlightenment
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I tried a similar thing several times when I was a kid, but I used balloons. I never got any responses…
I tried a similar thing several times when I was a kid, but I used balloons. I never got any responses and I doubt they’d have travelled as far as this.
Irish message-in-a-bottle mystery solved in Montreal – Montreal – CBC News
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I’m not sold that we need to abandon the idea of “knowledge progress” as the author argues but I like…
I’m not sold that we need to abandon the idea of “knowledge progress” as the author argues but I like how he characterizes some ways that we can look at it.
More Information, Less Understanding
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Lovely short film of skeletal chimeras in their natural habitat.
Lovely short film of skeletal chimeras in their natural habitat.
A Terrifying X-Ray World in Which All Predators Have Human Skeletons
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Infectious
Infectious
Sky
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Epigenetics and how experiences can affect what’s passed on to future generations.
Epigenetics and how experiences can affect what’s passed on to future generations.
Why Fathers Really Matter
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In the early 1900s Baldassare Forestiere built (on his own) a series of subterranean gardens based on…
In the early 1900s Baldassare Forestiere built (on his own) a series of subterranean gardens based on ancient catacombs from his native Italy. But he built these in Fresno, California. After living in California for much of my life, I can’t believe I’ve only now heard about this. I’d love to see this. http://www.forestiere-historicalcenter.com
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Faster-than-light travel would be exciting. It could also change the dynamic of human relations.
Faster-than-light travel would be exciting. It could also change the dynamic of human relations.
The Warp Drive Could Become Science Fact : Discovery News
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Piece on the imperative to nourish our cultural institutions–takes an economic focus but there’s more…
Piece on the imperative to nourish our cultural institutions–takes an economic focus but there’s more than that.
Canada must refuel for cultural creativity
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Eagle Scouts Publicly Reject Gay-Discriminatory Policy
Eagle Scouts Publicly Reject Gay-Discriminatory Policy
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Read: “A Half-Century History of Nuclear Waste” – Blog of the Long Now
» A Half-Century History of Nuclear Waste – Blog of the Long Now
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This is series of scenes from various popular movies but they’ve all been done in traditional Ottoman…
This is series of scenes from various popular movies but they’ve all been done in traditional Ottoman art motifs.
Classic Movies in Miniature Style
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I appreciate Wellmon’s perspective in this article, especially how he insisted on a sort of reciprocity…
I appreciate Wellmon’s perspective in this article, especially how he insisted on a sort of reciprocity between people and technology. His rebuttal to Carr about Google making us stupider was well-put. And it really got me thinking about boundaries defining information.
Though, in one sense I think he sort of glossed over that prior to mass print, people put more effort into maintaining strong memory skills. ... continue reading