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 ( 7846 )
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9,981 and Counting. How Long Before New Savanna Has 10,000 Posts?
I have published 9,981 posts at New Savanna since it first went live in April of 2010. Some of those are long-form articles I have written, 1000 to three or fou... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Morales, Birds of Paradise | Indiana University Trumpet Ensemble
When I was in high school in the 1960s there were 15 or 17 trumpet players, I forget exactly how many, in the marching and concert bands. Only two of them were... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Why Snow Days Are Good for Kids
Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, What kids lose without snow days, Vox, Feb. 24, 2024. With the proliferation of virtual learning, do kids even get to enjoy the magi... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The Use of ChatGPT in Data Analysis [crushing Things]
I've been following the Hydraulic Press Channel for the last several years, I suppose, to satisfy my inner 8-year-old's interest in crushing things, any thing,... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
John McLaughlin Plays the Blues, "Straight No Chaser"
258,440 views Premiered May 7, 2021 Guitar icon releases exclusive video to raise awareness and funds for COVID relief in India, asking all to donate to... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Inside the Community Room at 1301
Posted on 24 February 2024
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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The Great Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson
See these posts: Tell me about the blues: Trane,Ornette, Hannibal, Hannibal Lokumbe: "The most sacred place I've ever heard music performed in is a cotton... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Keeping Score of My Online Action
It’s a lazy Friday afternoon, but then recently all Friday afternoons have seemed lazy. I’ve spent much the day doing this and that and taking stock, getting... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
We're BACK on the Moon, Sorta'
A camera aboard Odysseus, the Intuitive Machines lunar lander, took a photograph of the Bel’kovich K crater on the moon on Wednesday before it landed in the... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Does AI Understand Things? | Robert Wright & Gary Marcus
Information: Subscribe to The Nonzero Newsletter at https://nonzero.substack.com Bob's piece on Searle's "Chinese Room" argument. 0:00 Gary’s background and... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Friday Fotos: Electric Tree
Posted on 23 February 2024
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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The Role of Philosophical Thinking in Understanding Large Language Models:...
Let’s start with some conception of what philosophy is. On that I like an essay by Peter Godfrey-Smith, a philosopher of science with a particular interest in... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Dream Flowers
Posted on 22 February 2024
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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ChatGPT Interprets Two Short Texts by Coleridge
I present ChatGPT with two short texts by Coleridge: 1) a fragment from the collection, Anima Poetae, edited by his grandson, Ernest Hartley Coleridge, and 2)... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The Synthesizing Mind: Steve Pinker Interviews Howard Gardner
From the YouTube page: With Howard Gardner's memoir "A Synthesizing Mind" as a point of departure, Steven Pinker will ask Gardner to review his varied... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
My Use of ChatGPT in My Intellectual Work
I recently posted this note to an online community, Brainstorms, hosted by Howard Rheingold (whom I address in the final paragraph):I've spent a LOT of time... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
As Goes Harvard, So Goes the American University System?
Anemona Hartocollis, At Harvard, Some Wonder What It Will Take to Stop the Spiral, NYTimes, Feb. 20, 2024. Opening paragraphs: When 70 university presidents... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Cabbage
I originally posted this in 2012. I'm bumping it to the top both on general principle and to change things up. The photo above (somewhat photoshopped),... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Dance is Effective in Relieving Depression and Anxiety
Barnish MS, Nelson-Horne RV. Group-based active artistic interventions for adults with primary anxiety and depression: a systematic review. BMJ Open... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
For What It’s Worth [How Culture Works]
“For What It’s Worth” was released in December of 1966. I don’t know when I first heard it, but probably soon after it was release. It was an important song, an... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY
