January 2011
101 posts
December 2010
138 posts
“The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see,...”
– Arthur Miller (via shacknoir & libraryland) (via crashinglybeautiful)
2011 preview: Enter the robot self →
This could be the year when we quit dragging ourselves to work and send remote-controlled robot avatars instead
Why drag yourself to work through rush-hour traffic when you can stay at home and send a remote-controlled robot instead?
Firms in the US and Japan are already selling robot avatars that allow office workers to be in two places at once. So 2011 could be the year when many of us find...
“the snow doesn’t give a soft white
damn Whom it touches”
– E.E. Cummings, from “XIX”, from Viva (via liquidnight)
Crashingly Beautiful: Moments of Clarity →
crashinglybeautiful:
“A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they…
The scale of the universe.
itsfullofstars:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347
A really nice flash graphic by Cary Huang depicting the scale of the universe from the smallest known particles to the edge of the universe. I’m sure you’ve seen it before but some of your new followers might not have done and it’s very cool.
“You are the one without any beginning; you are omnipresent; all the worlds are...”
– Shvetashvatara Upanishad (via oceanofmind)
Ahh yes, the deity exists in all of us, but how can I find it?
“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
– Pablo Picasso
(via scienceisbeauty)
Politics: Brain or background? →
Orrrrr perhaps a person’s life experiences shape their brain and political views! Ahh, the relationship between nature and nurture will never be solved..
Scientific research commissioned has shown a strong correlation between the structure of a person’s brain and their political views.
It's a lovely universe in us all: Transforming... →
oceanofmind:
“In certain extreme situations, it may still be impossible for you to accept the Now. But you always get a second chance at surrender. Your first chance is to surrender each moment to the reality of that moment. Knowing that what is cannot be undone — because it already is — you say yes to what…
“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands...”
– Swami Vivekanand Ji (via oceanofmind)
Is There a Role For Wikipedia in the Classroom? →
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!
world-shaker:
From the article:
On October 7th, I attended an event in New Jersey entitled Edit: How Wikipedia Changes the Way We Debate, Govern, and Teach. The presenters were from the Wikimedia Foundation, the charitable organization that operates Wikipedia, and whose mission is to develop wiki-based resources that will be available to the...
“More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads...”
– Woody Allen (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell (via myconvolutedmind)
Reblog if you're a strong black woman who don't...
Fuck Yeah Existentialism: Suggestions for films... →
I’ve been receiving a lot of questions asking for more movie recommendations and several followers have send in their own suggestions as well so here is an updated list.
a lot of foreign language movies by Rohmer, Traffaut, Bergman, Fellini and Godard have an existential overtone but here are…
I just need to remember where this list is ^u^
SexSlaveShip
In Flight
The Himalayan legend says
there are beautiful white birds
that live completely in flight.
They are born in the air,
must learn to fly before falling
and die also in their flying.
Maybe you have been born
into such a life
with the bottom dropping out.
Maybe gravity is claiming you
and you feel
ghost-scripted.
For the one who lives inside the fall,
the sky beneath the sky of all.
Jennifer...