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.
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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Emergence and Computation [separation and Mixing of Scales | Lumpability]
Fernando E. Rosas, Bernhard C. Geiger, Andrea I Luppi, Anil K. Seth, Daniel Polani, Michael Gastpar, Pedro A.M. Mediano, Software in the natural world: A... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Five Flowers, Four Kinds, for Tuesday [88°]
Posted on 18 June 2024
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
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Creativity Has Left the Chat [How Could It Be Otherwise? Alignment is Always...
Behnam Mohammadi, Creativity Has Left the Chat: The Price of Debiasing Language Models, arXiv:2406.05587 [cs.CL] Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings [Media Notes 129]
I saw The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars Motor Kings when it came out in 1976 and have been waiting to see it on TV or streaming ever since. I just watched... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Contrasting Visions of Order in the World
Posted on 17 June 2024
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Affective Technology @ 3QD
I’ve decided to do a three-part series at 3 Quarks Daily. The topic is affective technology, affective because it can transform how we feel, technology because... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Three Views of a Waffle: Before, During, and Mostly Gone
Posted on 16 June 2024
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Fatherhood Changes the Brain and Brings Meaning and Purpose
Darby Saxbe, Dad Brain Is Real, and It’s a Good Thing, NYTimes, June 15, 2024. The brain and hormonal changes we observe in new dads tell us that nature intende... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Sayesha Chowdhury TABLA WIZARD
From the YouTube page: A Tabla duet by Pt. Pandit Keshab Kanti Chowdhury Sayesha Chowdhury (grand daughter shishsya at age of 7) performing on the occasion... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Red Yellow White
Posted on 15 June 2024
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Read the Classics Guided by Experts Whose Voices and Ideas Have Been Cloned...
Steven Kurutz, Now You Can Read the Classics With A.I.-Powered Expert Guides, NYTimes, June 13, 2024. The article opens: For the past year, two philosophy... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Friday Fotos: Sinatra Drive and the Shipyard, Hoboken
Posted on 14 June 2024
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PHILOSOPHY,
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The N.B.A. in Africa
Tania Ganguli, The N.B.A. Sees Its Future in Africa, NYTimes, June 14, 2024. The N.B.A. has been promoting basketball in Africa for more than 20 years, pouring... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Noam Chomsky and Charles Hockett on the History of Linguistics
Julia S. Falk, Turn to the History of Linguistics: Noam Chomsky and Charles Hockett in the 1960s, Historiographia Linguistica, Volume 30, Issue 1-2, Jan 2003, p... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Thursday Flowers
Posted on 13 June 2024
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PHILOSOPHY,
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Will China Attack Taiwan? Probably Not, Says Velina Tchakarova
Tyler Cowen has just posted an interesting conversation with Velina Tchakarova, who "is a geopolitical strategist guiding businesses and organizations to... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Being in Space Changes Bodies and Minds
Kenneth Chang, 3 Days in Space Were Enough to Change 4 Astronauts’ Bodies and Minds, NYTimes, June 12, 2024. Space changes you, even during short trips off the... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Views from the Table Top
Posted on 13 June 2024
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A Virtual Rodent Predicts the Structure of Neural Activity Across Behaviors.
Aldarondo, D., Merel, J., Marshall, J.D. et al. A virtual rodent predicts the structure of neural activity across behaviors. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10. Read more
Posted on 13 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
On the Fusion of Black Culture and Japanese Animation
Sierriana Terry, Harmony Hues: Blerd Views on the Fusion of Black Culture and Japanese Animation, Ph. D. Dissertation, Department of Music, University of Nort... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY
