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theatlantic: The Ashaninka, A Threatened Way of Life The Ashaninka are one of the largest indigenous groups in South America, their ancestral homelands ranging from Brazil to Peru. Since colonial times, their existence has been difficult — they have been enslaved, had their lands taken away or destroyed, and were caught up in the bloody…
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People who think the Web is killing off serendipity are not using it correctly. Steven Johnson talking about his online research techniques (via austinkleon)
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Auger Loizeau : Blog: Abstract: Why robot?
Auger Loizeau : Blog: Abstract: Why robot? augerloizeau: One of the enduring objects used to represent our technological future is the robot. This legacy means that its promise has the ability to evolve in accordance with our societal and cultural dreams and aspirations, it can reflect the current state of technological development, our hopes for…
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mattermedia: When we speak of social wholes with a high or low degree of hierarchization, we are basically dealing with a parametrization of the concept of assemblages. To parametrize a concept is to assign to it ‘control knobs that can have different settings at different times’ as DeLanda puts it. In his recent book Deleuze: History and…
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Finally, A Rich American Destroys The Fiction That Rich People Create Jobs
Finally, A Rich American Destroys The Fiction That Rich People Create Jobs Because, despite Hanauer’s impressive lifestyle—his family owns a plane—most of the $9+ million just goes straight into the bank (where it either sits and earns interest or gets invested in companies that ultimately need strong demand to sell products and create jobs). If…
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The Gibsonian Institute Catching Up To the Future: An Appreciation of William Gibson | Tor.com (via denarration )
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cartolleria: (via a billion tastes and tunes: book art, part 2)
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You need not come any longer, Freedom. We have found our joys in your absence. Iranian poetess, Elham Eslami, who died in a car accident yesterday along with her poet husband, Gholamreza Boroosan (via seaofgreen)
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smarterplanet: The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education | Fast Company At universities, educational software largely means enterprise-scale, expensive, feature-stuffed “learning management systems.” Blackboard has the majority of the market, but professors and students are about as enthusiastic about its various updates, crashes, and bugs as people are with the latest version of…
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Space Ipsum
Space Ipsum Have you ever needed filler text, but wished you had more exciting options then the generic “lorem ipsum” variations? If so, you are in luck! We’ve created this space themed random content generator, that uses phrases from historic moments in spaceflight.