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It follows that what appears here may seem somewhat eclectic, obscure, specialist and occasionally contradictory.
But that's life. This is what I share with you.
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2001 field recording from Addis Ababa. Unknown artists rehearsing in a metal shipping container. with night time and morning sounds.
In the December 16, 1951 issue of the New York Times, British philosopher/logician/ mathematician/historian (a quadruple thought leader threat) Bertrand Russell shared his ten commandments of teaching.
- Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
- Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
- Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
- When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
- Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
- Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.
- Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
- Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
- Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
- Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
”Freedom is an application that locks you out of your internet connection for a set time, and the only way to circumvent it is to reboot your computer. Anti-Social is similar except it blocks distracting websites like social networks…”“Social media is all about obligation -…
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Declaration of the Occupation of New York, 2011, Rachel Schragis (links to interview)
Artist Rachel Schragis created the Flow Chart of the Declaration of the Occupation. The media…
