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We have to abandon the arrogant belief that the world is merely a puzzle to be solved Vaclav Havel’s Critique of the West (via theatlantic)
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One teachers approach to preventing gender bullying in a classroom
togetherforjacksoncountykids: “It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that…
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The Ghost of Books: Part I
lareviewofbooks: SVEN BIRKERTS, GARY PHILLIPS, and JULIE CLINE Image © Lisa Jane Persky for Los Angeles Review of Books “The Ghost of Books: Past, Future, and Present” is an experiment not in terror and is not necessarily Dickensian. We’ve asked certain writers to respond to the three times (or tenses) in the subtitle, or simply…
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dinosaurparty: (via The “random tattoo” – Boing Boing) Every time you scan Fed Bosch’s QR code tattoo, it takes you to a different picture, video, forecast, or tweet. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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I was a loser, most concerned with making a living. It took me 30 years to understand… I had to reinvent a system, find a way out, and set some rules that could work for me and a few others. I guess in the end that’s what we all are trying to do. Maurizio Cattelan…
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Are Creative People More Dishonest? – Carmen Nobel via HBS Working Knowledge
Are Creative People More Dishonest? – Carmen Nobel via HBS Working Knowledge Picasso is attributed with saying “art is a lie that tells the truth”. Creative individuals have also been characterized as those who can hold two conflicting ideas in their mind without going insane. This study comes as no surprise, but as verification stoweboyd:…
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The fact that there was any debate over whether to call in experts on such a matter should tell you something about the integrity of Congress. It’d be one thing if legitimate technical questions directed at the bill’s supporters weren’t met with either silence or veiled accusations that the other side was sympathetic to piracy.…
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sexismandthecity: Untitled American artist Barbara Kruger has produced here a unique audio chess set where each piece on the board is a miniature speaker. Designed loosely on the famous 1924 Bauhaus chess design by Josef Hartwig in red and black Corian, every chessman contains a series of different audio recordings from classic Kruger questions such…
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Havel was different, in the end, from so many of his generation. Obsessed for so long with the tactics of destruction, few of them understood the importance of reconstruction. In fact, victory was not just toppling the old regime, victory was creating the institutions and symbols that would replace it. Because he was far-thinking enough…
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The investment company controlled by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia has agreed to acquire a “strategic stake” in Twitter, worth around $300 million. Kingdom Holding also owns major investments in Apple, General Motors, News Corp., and is the largest single investor in Citigroup. The attraction of such a big investor, particularly one with…