Remember when I said that 3D printing is going to radically change retail, medicine, and a good many things otherwise? Here’s an update via TED. You see, this is not JUST going to alter the world of supply chain, manufacturing, and retail; this is going to fundamentally and radically change our own understanding of what […]
I’m pretty sure I’ve written about this somewhere in this place; but this fellow breaks it down and lays it out in a beautiful and utterly accessible way. He also does a pretty good job of demonstrating how/why Mr. GRRM of Game of Thrones fame is a pretty far cry from being “An American Tolkien”. […]
Not that this is the first time this has ever happened, mind you, but it is a grand example of today’s “google culture”, the continuing and astonishing lack of interest in validation (i.e,. assumption as fact, interpretation as deduction, etc). Also, a pretty entertaining presentation of what can be for many a daunting and difficult […]
Fascinating TED Talk: [youtube]fWxce7Jjxsk[/youtube] Essentially, this is the beginning of a primer on the ultimate commonalities (along with the instances of difference) in the human brain as affects behavior. It also, however, explains the “shape” of how/why certain interactions with humans are “as they are”; what occurred to me while watching this video is […]
Excellence. I hope you take the time to watch it fully through.
We are time travelers. From the moment of birth until our last breath, we stride the continuum and are inevitably consumed by it. Strangely, the only time we notice is when we are yearning for the past or fretting for the future. Or, very occasionally, when we actively extend a moment. Of course, time is […]
I just adore these. I am not ashamed to admit these always make me cry… as much for wonder as for how often we are blind to it. This is a marvelous experience. I sincerely hope you have moments in which the fullness and force of all it’s depth and majesty touches you. [youtube]JB7jSFeVz1U[/youtube] And […]
Good grief, this is a spot on set of videos for showcasing what “Ennui” and French Existentialism is allll about. Braden uses a cat to present a faux genuflection on the theme that really works. (Aside: I recall being amused that Cyrano so often winds up a comedy here, when it was written a tragedy […]
Common belief: There is an explanation and those who are creative know what it is for themselves. Reality: There may be an explanation, but the person who is creative usually doesn’t have it (though they will say they do if pressed). Fascinating TEDTalk and I can attest to its veracity. [youtube]UyU-AbYiEd0[/youtube]
Thanks to my daughter for this amazing recommendation. Karmic memory and a lot besides, I find this arrives in a good moment for many things… the usual meditations, memories of mudita, and the old moroseness that is long past moldering and gone. Somebody that I used to know, indeed. [youtube]8UVNT4wvIGY[/youtube] Lyrics: Now and then I […]