Archive for the ‘Society’ Category
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
This video features Gordon Brown, talking openly about the balance between national and human interests. This is a hot spot in the attempt to recognize the individual as we identify with the collective.
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
The relationship between the individual and the collective is our recurring concern here. I am delighted to see the wonderful Wynton Marsalis deliver a beautiful lecture about just that. His metaphors are apt, and have the ring of truth.
The lecture is here. Be entertained. Be very ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Here is an interesting project .
Computers are introduced into the wild (a rather romantic notion). Slum kids (who?) in India are exposed to computers without the benefit of any further guidance. No adults. No instructions. In an experiment repeated several times now, they go through several ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
The PMF is not in the habit of recommending movies, but the world finds itself in the middle of a big ass financial storm, with nobody understanding what is going on, and with a re-design necessary. For times like these, the 2006 movie, "C.S.A. The Confederate States of America" ...
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