May 2013
9 posts
“We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and there is no...”
– Richard Feynman, born on May 11, 1918, on the role of scientific culture in modern society – timeless, remarkably timely read.
Pair with how ignorance drives science.
(via explore-blog)
“How can we reconcile the awareness that beneath our feet and above our heads -...”
– Numerology: Key to Your Inner Self
By Hans Decoz & Tom Monte
Today's Playlist
With or Without You (U2 tribute) - The Vitamin String Quartet
Where the Light Gets in - Sennen
Blood - The Middle East
Time Spent Walking Through Memories - Nell
Pieces of You (feat JiSun of Loveholic) - Epik High
Beautiful - Me’Shell NdegéOcello
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto (piano), Jaques Morelenbaum (cello), and Everton Nelson (violin)
Howl’s Moving...
April 2013
67 posts
“We’re at a point where more poetry is being written than published, let alone...”
– Robert Rowland Smith in On Modern Poetry: From Theory to Total Criticism. And yet, William Wordsworth, one of history’s greatest poetic minds, has argued that poetry is about speaking to universal human passions. (via explore-blog)
“What I went looking for was an answer to a deeper question about the metaphoric...”
– Bad Land – Nathan Hegendus explores the social psychology underpinning gun culture in America.
Also see Stephen King on gun control and violence.
(via explore-blog)
“What I wonder about is why we love our children so asymmetrically, so entirely,...”
– Adam Gopnik on the pain when children fly the nest.
Pair with history’s most moving letters of parental love.
(via explore-blog)
“At Stanford University, nine men and eight women with no formal music training...”
– Study suggests a universal brain response to music. Still, just because you respond to it doesn’t mean you know how to listen to it – here’s a vintage guide to the art of listening well. (via explore-blog)
“We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our...”
– The late and great Roger Ebert, echoing Henry Miller, in this beautiful tribute by NPR’s Scott Simon. (via explore-blog)
“1. All beliefs in whatever realm are theories at some level. (Stephen...”
– Prospero’s Precepts – 11 rules for critical thinking from history’s great minds. (via explore-blog)
