February 2012
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
“In the guise of a book about translation this is a richly original cultural history … A book for anyone interested in words, language and cultural anthropology. Mr Bellos’s fascination with his subject is itself endlessly fascinating.” —The Economist
September 2011
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August 2011
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The Illusions of Life →
Everyone should check out this website and read it. Go and read it! All of it! You’ll feel and think and maybe act differently towards this earth, towards fellow human beings, towards your life.
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March 2011
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Kickstarter - The Wormworld Saga App →
October 2010
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“You have to know the past to understand the present.”
– Dr Carl Sagan
Emily Dickinson
Me from Myself - to banish - Had I Art - Impregnable my Fortress Unto All Heart - But since Myself - assault Me - How have I peace Except by subjugating Consciousness? And since We’re mutual Monarch How this be Except by Abdication - Me - of Me?
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July 2010
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Mila's daydreams. →
Quite original!
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June 2010
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Exobrain →
Everything we create becomes a de facto data storage device and brain accessory. A wall can be a physical storage device for land survey data, it can be a reminder of history, and it can be a trigger of personal memories.
When you design a flower garden, its main purpose is to influence people’s minds in a positive and peaceful fashion. A flower garden is a brain reprogramming tool. It...
Celine: Yeah.
Jesse: OK, well this was my thought: 50,000 years ago, there are not even a million people on the planet. 10,000 years ago, there's, like, two million people on the planet. Now there's between five and six billion people on the planet, right? Now, if we all have our own, like, individual, unique soul, right, where do they all come from? You know, are modern souls only a fraction of the original souls? 'Cause if they are, that represents a 5,000 to 1 split of each soul in the last 50,000 years, which is, like, a blip in the Earth's time. You know, so at best we're like these tiny fractions of people, you know, walking... I mean, is that why we're so scattered? You know, is that why we're all so specialized?
Celine: I don't know. Wait a minute, I'm not sure... I don't...
Jesse: Yeah, hang on, hang on. It's a, it's a totally scattered thought. It... which is kind of why it makes sense.
Däitsch-Sinn an Humor-hunn mussen net inkompatibel... →