Bbenzon
Description
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.
MY BLOGS
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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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Destination: SPACE!
NYTimes oped: In recent years I have interviewed a wide array of people involved in the private space industry, including both pilots involved in the crash on... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The Doctor is In...class
Though just where and how is a bit curious. The doctor I have in mind isn’t Lucy Van Pelt, but rather is, you know, The Doctor, of TV fame: Doctor Who.... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
How Dynamic is Word Meaning?
3:AM Magazine interviews philosopher Peter Ludlow: 3:AM: In your forthcoming book Living Words: Meaning Underdetermination and the Dynamic Lexicon you’re... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Graffiti: Then and Now 2
October 25, 2006: October 7, 2014: There's not a great deal of change up on the bridges, which support an abandoned railroad track. Read more
Posted on 03 November 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Taking Notes, and Making Money from Them – as Old as the Lecture and as New as...
The New York Times, always a trendsetter, dontcha' know, has an interesting article on commercial none-taking; taking notes in a college course and selling them... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
In Memory of Bill Powers
Just yesterday I learned that Bill Powers had died on May 24, 2013. Powers was an independent scholar and investigator. He came from an engineering background,... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Hoboken Halloween Parade
Posted on 02 November 2014
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Same Old Same Old: Welcome to the New Mediocrity
While a new world awaits, the old one just vamps 'till ready. Vanessa Friedman, Mired in Mediocrity, The New York Times: WELCOME to the “new mediocre.” It’s... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
ADHD Explained?
Richard Friedman in the NYTimes: Recent neuroscience research shows that people with A.D.H.D. are actually hard-wired for novelty-seeking — a trait that had,... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Friday Fotos: Old Trix 3
By "old trix" I mean extensive photoshopping, something I experimented with some years ago, but then slacked off. Anyone how uses Photoshop really ought to... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Literary History, Temporal Orders, and Many Worlds
What, you might ask, does many worlds theory have to do with literary history? One is science while the other is, well, humanities I guess. And ne’er the twain... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Why is This Photo So Popular?
I posted it to Flickr on August 29th and it's gotten 1500 views so far. It's my fourth most popular photo. The most popular photo has 3,663 views and is from... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The Freedoniad: A Tale of Epic Adventure in Which Two BFFs Travel the Universe...
This is the story of Sparkychan and Gojochan and how they started in Jersey City, New Jersey, traveled the universe, and ended up in Dunkirk in upstate New York... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Graffiti: Then and Now
Graffiti is a curious activity. Existing at the edge of the law, it has to make its own laws. Perhaps the most important of those govern wall protocol: going... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Voices from the Beginning of the World
The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert, translated from the French by Nicholas Elliott and Alison Dundy Belknap... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Feminist Scholarship at the Leading Edge of Digital Tech
Signs@40: Feminist Scholarship through Four Decades: Forty years of Signs via topic modeling, editorial curation, and commentaries To celebrate it's 40th... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
On Not Dancing
There's this interesting and curious article over at Medium, Please respect my decision not to dance, by Henry Reich, though I don't think he's right in... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
FR8s: Tankers with Ethanol and Graffiti
Posted on 28 October 2014
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When Art Meets Science
Arthur I. Miller. Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science Is Redefining Contemporary Art. Norton: 2014. 352 pages. $29.95. From the review in the NYTimes: Dr. Read more
Posted on 28 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Autopilot and an Old Dutch Song
I’m playing trumpet in an ad hoc trio that’s supporting a local production, A Legend of Communipaw. We supply a variety of simple tunes and sound effects here... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2014 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY
