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Philippe Stark chair, under snow
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Groundhog day, Denver
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amospoe: Art has no place in modern life. It will continue to exist as long as there is a mania for the romantic and so long as there are people who love beautiful lies and deception… Every modern cultured man must wage war against art, as against opium.” —- Aleksander Rodchenko
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emergentfutures: A brain area unique to humans is linked to strategic planning/decision making/multitasking Oxford University researchers have identified a specific area of the human brain that appears to be unlike anything in the brains of some of our closest relatives. MRI imaging of 25 adult volunteers was used to identify key components in the area…
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misanthrobot: have just been informed that “seahawks will win but the broncos will catch the snitch” is not a valid bet for the superbowl because apparently football “doesn’t work like that”. whatever.
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Chess: a diabolical entry into a Borgesian horror of infinity. … (via magnificentruin)
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The only thing that can be safely predicted is that sometime soon your organization will be challenged to change in ways for which it has no precedent. Gary Hamel (via stoweboyd)
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karaj: technology is woman’s friend
karaj: technology is woman’s friend lazz: undergrads’ responses to a prompt on the kinds of cultural anxieties re: machines/animals/technology we see reflected in S/F, based on gender: 1. male 2. female 3. female “i can be reasonably sure that I am not a machine or a cyborg, as there is substantial evidence to…
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The only thing that is lacking from this almost free solution is what the higher education system has a monopoly on. A credential. An unbundled educational credential that people could use to get a better job would turn low or no cost higher ed into a reality nearly overnight and save us trillions in economic…
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mpdrolet: Ecuador Ian Allen