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• Thorstein Veblen's Economics of Wealth and Leisure

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.It has been more than a century since Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class shook the foundation of America’s elite... Read more

  The 16 February 2014 by   Realizingresonance
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• Don't Be Afraid to Help

  

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  The 17 February 2014 by   Jessicanunemaker
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• Gojira, What's Hidden from the Audience, and Why

  

  Note: This post assumes some familiarity with Gojira. If you aren’t familiar with the film, this post should give you the necessary background.For every story... Read more

  The 24 February 2014 by   Bbenzon
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• Tsunami Spirits

  

  Japan has had more than its fair share of epic disasters, the most recent of which came on March 11, 2011, when the earth shifted and ocean waved. Within... Read more

  The 15 February 2014 by   Cris
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• Journey to 3Tops: Indiana SLuGS and the Land That Time Forgot

  

  Here's a piece from several years ago. The graffiti 'landscape" has changed since then, and I've made some notations about that. Read more

  The 22 February 2014 by   Bbenzon
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• Space-Time Constructions

  

  When someone claims that “life is a braid in spacetime,” you can expect some crazy talk. In this wonderfully reductionist piece by MIT physicist Max Tegmark,... Read more

  The 02 February 2014 by   Cris
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• Links on Jane Austen's Moral Philosophy

  

  Thomas Rodham on Austen as a moral philosopher. (Here's Rodham's earlier post on Austen at his blog, Philosopher's Beard.)Rose Woodhouse responds to Rodham's... Read more

  The 09 February 2014 by   Praymont
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• What Miming a Steering Wheel Tells Us About What We Learn

  

  Pro-tip - keep your eyes open while doing thisOne of my favourite podcasts is '99% Invisible' by Roman Mars. It's about design, and about the consequences for... Read more

  The 18 February 2014 by   Andrew D Wilson
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• “Primitive” Japanese Discourse

  

  While not watching the Super Bowl last night, I watched White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is a powerful documentary that... Read more

  The 03 February 2014 by   Cris
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• Roundup on Recent English Translations

  

  A shot from Carol Reed's The Third Man.From John Gray's review of a new translation of Curzio Malaparte's The Skin:If you want a vividly realistic picture of th... Read more

  The 09 February 2014 by   Praymont
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