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towerofsleep: Hard to get a sense of the scale from this. Apparently it was 300-500k people. The best part about all the gridlock and stranded cars downtown was that many of their occupants were smiling and honking and cheering in support.
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What some of these participants do, and what they “exhibit” in dOCUMENTA (13), may or may not be art. However, their acts, gestures, thoughts, and knowledges produce and are produced by circumstances that are readable by art, aspects that art can cope with and absorb. dOCUMENTA (13) – dOCUMENTA (13) I like this. Don’t do…
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ilovecharts: The chart I made after listening to this inspirational speech from the very talented and wise Neil Gaiman. Very useful advice for a soon-to-be freelancer. –batsandbones
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What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly…
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curiositycounts: Slab City is catching a lot of attention these days from the obscure, norms-challenging Vice Magazine documentary “A Day In Slab City” and over to the more mainstream Time Magazine piece, “Living Off The Grid”. This look at the outpost known as “the last free place in America” is both raw and eye-opening to…
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At MIT, his office in Building 20 was crammed with books, most overdue from the college library. Dr. Lettvin claimed he did not return them because the library would send him the students who wanted those books, and he would interview them as potential assistants. Gaming the library | The Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory (via…
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alecshao: Jorge Mendez Blake – El Castillo (The Castle), 2008
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dot-ed: Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset A growth mindset will help you achieve more, according to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck. Challenges: embrace them Obstacles: persist in the face of setbacks Effort: see it as the path to mastery Criticism: learn from them Success of others: find lessons and inspiration in others’ success
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BLANK: I don’t know what the fix is. Thank God for federal government grants, and the NIH, and Musk, and Google. ‘The Golden Age of Silicon Valley Is Over, and We’re Dancing on its Grave’ – Derek Thompson – Business – The Atlantic
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The Commencement Address That Won’t Be Given
robertreich: Members of the Class of 2012, As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you’re picking up today. You’re f*cked. Well, not exactly. But you won’t have it easy. First, you’re going to have a hell…