Bbenzon
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Humankind got its start on the African savannas some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ago. At various times in our cultural history we’ve moved to distinctly new cultural ground, as it were. And so we are moving now, and have been for the past half century. This blog is how I see that move. Intellectually, I'm broadly interested in culture and the brain. Within that compass, anything could show up here. Literature and films (including animation), certainly, music as well, and graffiti. But, other things may show up as well. It's a blog, don't you know, it moves.
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New Savanna
http://new-savanna.blogspot.com/
Humankind got its start on the African savannas some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ago. At various times in our cultural history we’ve moved to distinctly new cultural ground, as it were. And so we are moving now, and have been for the past half century. This blog is how I see that move. I'm broadly interested in culture and the brain. Within that compass, anything could show up here. Literature and films (including animation), certainly, music as well, and graffiti. But, other things may show up as well. It's a blog, don't you know, it moves.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 7356 )
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Friday Fotos: Hoboken at Night
Posted on 26 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Religion on the Ground, Sunday Service
I'm bumping this to the top of the queue on general principle. It's from October 2011 and I need to keep it in mind as I think about the future. Read more
Posted on 25 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Some Strange Things for a Thursday Afternoon [from Madam Wayquay's House of...
Posted on 25 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Beyond Linear Regression: Mapping Models in Cognitive Neuroscience Should Align...
In short, if you plan to train an encoding/decoding model of the brain, you should determine which properties of your mapping are essential to your research... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Three Views of a Barge Going Up-river
Posted on 24 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Three Diverse Irises
Posted on 24 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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The Deciine of the Humanities in College Majors
Here's the raw size of all the fields (just BAs). The downtick in cultural, ethnic, and gender studies is notable--those had been the only fields *not* to get... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Coming and Going on 11th Street [Hoboken]
Posted on 23 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Which Comes First, AGI Or New Systems of Thought? [Further Thoughts on the...
Long-time readers of New Savanna know that David Hays and I have a model of cultural evolution built on the idea of cognitive rank, systems of thought embedded... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Orange Flower, Light Blue Ribbon
Posted on 22 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Brilliant Sun [basking Days]
Posted on 21 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Willie Nelson Listened to a Lot of Music When He Was Young, Even Picked Cotton...
Jody Rosen has an interesting article about Willie Nelson, who is approaching 90: Willie Nelson's Long Encore (NYTimes, Aug 17, 2022). Read more
Posted on 21 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
City of Shades [Manhattan]
Posted on 20 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Consciousness, Reorganization and Polyviscosity, Part 4: Glia
Early on in my reading and studying neuroscience I read about the glia, brain cells between the neurons. Not much was known about them at the time and they... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Friday Fotos: Take It to the Streets [Hoboken Arts & Music, May 2022]
Posted on 19 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Input-dependent Segregation of Visual and Somatosensory Circuits in the Mouse...
Thrilled to share our new paper published today in @ScienceMagazine! Huge congrats to @T_Guillamon and all the coauthors for the great work 👏... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Consciousness, Reorganization and Polyviscosity, Part 3: Substrate...
In Part 1 I connected polyviscosity with the account of consciousness and reorganization offered by William Powers in Behavior: The Control of Perception (1973). Read more
Posted on 19 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Predicting the Neural Information That Supports Human Cognitive Behavior
How is #cognitive task behavior generated by #BrainNetwork interactions? @RaviMill @TheColeLab co apply a novel network modeling approach to source #EEG data,... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Strange Intimacy in Cyberspace [personal Discussion of Polyamory on YouTube]
I feel a bit stange posting this YouTube slip. Heck, I felt a bit strange watching it. Why? Because a couple was discussing an intimate aspect of their private... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Trees, Man, Pier, Skyline
Posted on 18 August 2022
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
