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  • Dr Rupert Sheldrake: Why Bad Science Is Like Bad Religion

    In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings. My concern here is with the bigger picture. I have been a scientist for more than 40 years, having studied at Cambridge and Harvard.… Continue reading

  • Language Learning Service Verbling Launches Google Hangouts-Powered Classes, Adds Support For 9 New Tongues

    Always good to have access to cheap ways to learn languages. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20121127

        Accomplishing anything & doing something are two distinct, though not always independent, enterprises. Pay heed to which process you have given yourself over. Continue reading

    Textimony 20121127

  • Originally posted on Notes On Liberty: Recently the UN voted to make the Palestinian territories as a “non-member observer state,” rather than a “non-member observer entity.” The vote was 73% to 5% with 22% abstaining. As I’ve previously noted, I… Continue reading

  • The Constantly Rebooting Control-Jellyfish

    The Society of Control operates through constantly modulating networks which are interconnected by countless channels & circuits. A nice metaphor for the quasi-living structure that generates the Book of Life would be squids and jellyfish. …Perhaps the Economist should have… Continue reading

  • Survival of the biggest | The Economist

    Interesting cover for this week’s Economist. Survival of the biggest | The Economist. Continue reading

  • The subscriptionization of everything >> Pandodaily

    This brings up an interesting point: why do we need to expend resources printing & distributing things that are outdated very quickly? One factor is that people are becoming more comfortable with the idea of not owning something as long… Continue reading

  • Following up on a Pandodaily reblog I did last week. Paul Carr is totally right: The founder of MailChimp did send a response that should be the template for other founders/CEOs who deal with real critiques of their business. Continue reading

  • About Us | Open Culture

    I cannot sing the praises of this site enough. Go there and look around good friend of the Ether. What is Open Culture’s Mission? Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web… Continue reading

  • Adoration, Anniversary >> Becoming Integral

    Congrats to Sam over at Becoming Integral on his blog’s one year anniversary. I have known Sam for a decade. His posts on his blog have been real highlight’s for me this year. Keep up the Loving Struggle good brother!… Continue reading