“Oddly enough, it seems no one in academe has really looked at the subtle non-verbal cues that indicate we’re going to exchange blows. Until now.”
Tag: 07.25.13
Why Did Ghosts Start Appearing in 19th-Century New York State?
“For some reason, the spirits started appearing in the middle of the 19th century and mostly around Seneca Lake in western New York.” By the 1870s, towns like Auburn and Moravia were meccas of the Spiritualist movement.
2000 Years Of The History Of Philosophy In Two (Enormous) Diagrams
“Ohio State professor of philosophy Kevin Scharp is a Linnaean taxonomist of thought, compiling charts, ‘Information Boxes,’ and hand-drawn diagrams of the ‘Sociology of Philosophy'” into two 4′ x 44’ charts, one from 600 BC to 600 AD and the other from 600 to 1935.
Think Launching A Netflix Original Series Is Easy?
Think again – as you consider the “Orange Is the New Black” Netflix war room.
Can The Overwhelming Social Context Of ‘Fruitvale Station’ Mask Its Weak Art?
“The film arrives in the moment after the predicted rage turned out to be something a lot stranger and more profound than flashes of fury.”
Want To Know More About Your Favorite Writer? Prepare For Disappointment
“How could the kind prophet whose lengthy passages I’d copied into my teenage diary be a selfish, sycophantic, womanizing rat?”
Trying To Store – And Restore & Sell – A Semi-Famous Mural: Not Easy
“The hitch: The 10-by-16-foot plastered together mural, made on a hollow brick wall that was plastered and primed with casein, weighed 3,000 pounds. Mr. Muth quickly borrowed several thousand dollars from family members to fund its removal.”
In Praise Of Being Dumb
“I am dumb. Dumb is an ill-prepared slacker, riding on hunches and intuition. Willfully amnesiac–History, what’s that?–dumb is a tabula rasa, full of emptiness.”
How The Digital Music Revolution Killed High-End Audio
“The industry’s very raison d’être — the nitpicky pursuit of superb sound reproduction, no matter the cost or complexity — is irrelevant to many music listeners today.”
Study: Music Reinforces Cultural Differences
“According to this analysis, people unconsciously grasp for the sense of meaning the odd sounds fail to provide–and often find it by affirming their allegiance to their own social group.”