Keith “Maggie” Brown
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Article: Scientists love to hate greens, because what greens say matters
…many scientists suggest that human progress, understood in such a way, cannot reach ever greater heights. Indeed, the impacts of environmental shocks, food shortages, or technological developments may cause civilisation to break down. Martin Rees’s Our Final Century, Jared Diamond’s Collapse and Stephen… Continue reading
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Neuromorphics: Engineering the Shape of Thinking
ANALOGIES change. Once, it was fashionable to describe the brain as being like the hydraulic systems employed to create pleasing fountains for 17th-century aristocrats’ gardens. As technology moved on, first the telegraph network and then the telephone exchange became the… Continue reading
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I Love My Job (Animated) | Action Figure Therapy – YouTube
Okay… NSFW, but hilarious! Thanks to Ronnie P. for pointing me in the direction of this great bunch of videos. Action Figure Therapy’s Jungle explains why he loves his job so much. And he also describes an intimate encounter with… Continue reading
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Socrates was Right – Part 2
And so was the laughing Buddha! A piece from the Atlantic sent to me by my good brother Griffen R. This is a companion piece to two other reblogs: Obviously it expands on the shorter Economist article I reblogged early this… Continue reading
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Socrates was Right
THE Greek founders of philosophy constantly debated how best to live the good life. Some contended that personal pleasure is the key. Others pointed out that serving society and finding purpose is vital. Socrates was in the latter camp, fiercely… Continue reading
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Wolverine: A Film By Woody Allen – YouTube
In the trailer for Woody Allen‘s new X-Men blockbuster, Wolverine, we meet Logan Singer a mutant-writer who is in love with Rogue – a woman he can never kiss. He’s indestructible but totally crippled by his insecurities. Related articles ‘The… Continue reading
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Dinosaurs developed bird brains before they could fly – Telegraph
Analysis of the skulls of feathered but flightless dinosaurs shows they developed bigger brains that may have paved the way for them to take to the air. Scientists have found that the reptiles’ brains were much more like that of… Continue reading
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12 Absolutely Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories
More than a few of these 12 Absolutely Terrifying Two Sentence Horror Stories.made me cringe… one even made me look over my shoulder and check the dark room behind me. You can read them all at the above link. To whet… Continue reading
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Clarity vs Popularity – A word called “Sustainability”
Originally posted on Linking Sustainability: GUEST POST by Ideas Roadshow A friend of mine has long argued that there is an inverse relationship between the popularity of a word and its meaning. The trendier a word has become, he says,… Continue reading
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How Saturn’s tiger moon got its stripes | New Scientist
Here is the story of how Saturn’s geyser moon got its stripes. Once upon a time, in the blackness of space, there lived a giant gas ball known for his vanity. Unlike most of the other denizens of the solar… Continue reading
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“I’m not a businessman: I’m a business, man.”
…“A big part of entrepreneurship is the ability to learn from mistakes,” said Anthony Frasier, founder of The Phat Startup. “When you hear rappers rap about their upbringing, you can learn a lot because they always sprinkle lessons of things… Continue reading
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Summer To Do List: Tank The Economy | Esquire
As I have noted again and again, op/eds and reporting at Esquire are so far beyond the majority of what is found at major networks and a good portion of newspapers. What are you doing for the rest of the summer?… Continue reading
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Spectacular landscapes in HQ | memolition
Earth is a spectacularly beautiful, diverse place: filled to the brim with millions of species of plants and animals, mindblowing features that seem to defy the laws of nature and a numerous number of unique locations. Unfortunately, only a small… Continue reading
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The Hole in Our Collective Memory: How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish – Rebecca J. Rosen – The Atlantic
…Last year I wrote about some very interesting research being done by Paul J. Heald at the University of Illinois, based on software that crawled Amazon for a random selection of books. At the time, his results were only preliminary,… Continue reading
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Libertarian Populism Isn’t Populist | Business Insider
…a slash-the-federal-entitlement-state view also just isn’t populist. Federal entitlements protect the masses against problems like unemployment, retirement insecurity, and poverty. Seeking to dismantle them is the opposite of defending mass interests against elites. You can frame your desire to shrink… Continue reading
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