August 2009
17 posts
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“Wildcat on hyperconnected reality
“Au contraire, it is my view that we...”
– Wildcat, Of Onions and Infocologies Thriving in the age of hyperconnectivity, Polytopia, Aug 31, 2009.
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“Paulo Freire on changing places to live
“I was born in Portugal, and have...”
– Paulo Freire commented on Being foreign: The others | The Economist, Dec 17th 2009 ☞ See also: On living in a foreign country, Lapidarium
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“On living in a foreign country
“Even so, all other things being equal,...”
– The others. Being foreign, The Economist Dec 17th 2009 See also: ☞ Living Outside the Box. Living abroad boosts creativity, Kellogg research, Apr 2009. ☞ W. W. Maddux, A. D. Galinsky, Cultural borders and mental barriers: The relationship between living abroad and creativity (pdf),...
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“ “Mozart tells us what it’s like to be human, Beethoven tells us what it’s...”
– Douglas Adams, English writer (1952-2001)
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“ “You are waiting for the revolution? Let it be! My own began a long time...”
– Renzo Novatore, Italian individualist anarchist, anti-fascist poet, philosopher and militant (1890-1922), Towards the creative nothingcited in Wildcat, Of Onions and Infocologies Thriving in the age of hyperconnectivity
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“ “It was an old story that was no longer true. Truth can go out of stories...”
– Ursula K. LeGuin, American author (via wildcat2030)
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“ “We live in a rainbow of chaos.” ”
– Paul Cezanne, French artist and Post-Impressionist painter (1839-1906)
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“ “This is the Great Theatre of Life. Admission is free but the taxation is...”
– Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man (1994)
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“ “Life is both sad and solemn. we are let into a wonderful world, we meet...”
– Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian intellectual and writer
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“Jonah Lehrer on human being, neuroscience and consciousness...”
– Jonah Lehrer, American journalist who writes on the topics of psychology, neuroscience, and the relationship between science and the humanities, Chimeras of experience, Edge, May 21, 2009
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“John Naish on digital world and information overload
“Now research...”
– John Naish, Warning: brain overload, Times Online, June 2, 2009
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“David Gelernter on Internet
“No moment in technology history has ever...”
– David Gelernter, Time to start taking the internet seriously, Edge, 3.04.2010.
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“ “Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and...”
– John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, Davos, Switzerland, February 8, 1996
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“ “The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.” ”
– Léon Blum, French politician, usually identified with the moderate left, and three times the Prime Minister of France (1872-1950), Thoughts: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases, Icon Group International, Incorporated, 2008,
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“ “Words are the meeting points at which regions of experience which can...”
– I.A. Richards, English literary critic and rhetorician (1893-1979) cited in Rourke’s personal cargo
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“Mark Pesce on language
“Language isn’t just an internal process. Rather,...”
– Mark Pesce, The Progressive Ingression of Intelligence into Matter, h+ Magazine, March 19, 2009.
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“ “Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions...”
– G.I. Gurdjieff 