All posts tagged: culture

Toni Morrison (18 February 1931 – 5 August 2019)

August 7, 2019
by Nikodem Tomczak
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Toni Morrison, a Writer of Many Gifts Who Bent Language to Her Will Toni Morrison Was So Much More Than a Novelist Toni Morrison Reshaped the Landscape of Literature The Magnitude of Toni Morrison The Essential Toni Morrison Reader Beyond the Books: Toni Morrison’s Essays and Criticism Toni Morrison Dancing: Photos of the Author at Work and Play 12 of Toni Morrison’s Most Memorable Quotes “The very serious function of racism … is distraction. It […]

Assorted links for 08/06/2019

August 6, 2019
by Nikodem Tomczak
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1. How Mosquitoes Changed Everything by Brooke Jarvis They slaughtered our ancestors and derailed our history. And they’re not finished with us yet. 2. The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer by Myke Cole The myth of the mighty warrior-state has enchanted societies for thousands of years. Now it fuels a global fascist movement. (…) That the legend has little to do with the real Spartans would be an academic point, but this myth has […]

You 2.0: The Empathy Gym

August 1, 2019
by Nikodem Tomczak
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Hidden Brain is one of the best podcasts I am listening to right now (and prompted me to make a podcasts page). “Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world – and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.” ” Hidden Brain links research from psychology and neurobiology with findings from economics, anthropology, and sociology, among other fields. The goal of Hidden Brain isn’t merely to entertain, […]

Assorted links for 07/26/2019

July 26, 2019
by Nikodem Tomczak
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1. AI and the intellectual debt: The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking by Jonathan Zittrain 2. China has more companies on Fortune Global 500 list than the US (if you include Taiwan). Chinese companies, however, underperformed when it came to profitability 3. When, exactly, did the astronaut set foot on the moon? No one knows 4. Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks 5. Pop culture has fixated on the Manson […]