The main character is a young architect. A creative designer — he is visionary and innovative the use of materials. Before he can finish his formal training, a conflict with a teacher leads to his expulsion. So he has an extra challenge to breaking into his profession. Another major character is a highly intelligent and […]
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Popular Science‘s “Looking Back at the 100 Best Innovations of 2009.”
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Examinations: done. Recreation: begun.
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Mind becomes numb; Words do not mean; World out of plumb— Man needs caffeine.
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Burrito. Mistake. Now stomach ache.
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Two talks at TED on music, leadership, and passion. In my next life, I think I want to be a musician. Itay Talgam: Benjamin Zander: https://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_the_transformative_power_of_classical_music.
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A vigorous culture carries on its debates at many levels and via many media, all the way down to the bumper sticker. I enjoy the cleverness that goes into many stickers, as well as the ongoing one-upmanship. These “Coexist” stickers have been around for awhile now: Islam, peace, men/women, Judaism, paganism, Taoism/Confucianism, Christianity — can’t
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The standard claim is that philosophy begins with Thales. When I teach this to my students, it’s a hard sell, for here are the founding texts in philosophy — ascribed to Thales by Aristotle: “The first principle and basic nature of all things is water.” and “All things are full of gods.” You can imagine
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