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 ( 7814 )
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Why the Lag Between Malthus’ Concern About Population and Science Fiction? [Why...
That’s a question Adam Robert’s posed recently: The prospect of a hugely over-crowded, hyperpopulated future was one raised, famously, by Malthus in his 1798... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Let's Get Closer, and Closer
Posted on 10 January 2024
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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A Systematic Review and New Analyses of the Gender-Equality Paradox
Herlitz, A., Hönig, I., Hedebrant, K., Asperholm, M. (2024). A Systematic Review and New Analyses of the Gender-Equality Paradox. Perspectives on Psychologica... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Musical Notation, Its Varieties and Its Problems
This is a very interesting video on musical notation. If you aren't a musician, the topic probably seems, shall we say, empty. Read more
Posted on 09 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Inner Speech
2,477,708 views Jul 22, 2020 Do you always have an inner monologue? Can you imagine not having one? Or maybe you've never had an inner monologue and wondered... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
First Bacon and First Tip of 2024
Posted on 09 January 2024
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PHILOSOPHY,
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How Dan Dan O'Neill "The Air Pirates" Went After Mickey Mouse
Posted at YouTube: This is the untold story of Dan O'Neill and his underground comic collective "The Air Pirates" which would take on the brass at Disney in a... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
First Waffle of 2024
Posted on 08 January 2024
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Developmental Changes in Exploration Resemble Stochastic Optimization
Giron, A.P., Ciranka, S., Schulz, E. et al. Developmental changes in exploration resemble stochastic optimization. Nat Hum Behav 7, 1955–1967 (2023).... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
It Was Raining on the Morning of Jan 1st
Posted on 07 January 2024
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
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Rick Beato Interviews Béla Fleck [+Rhapsody in Blue(rrass)]
About Fleck (from YouTube_) Béla Fleck is a renowned American banjo player, often considered one of the most innovative and banjo players of all time. Read more
Posted on 07 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Compare and Contrast: School of Rock, Maestro [Media Notes 106]
I’ve been posting about Maestro (2023) since the last week of December, which isn’t what I had in mind when I made that first post. I thought that would be it,... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Spotted in the Hallway
Posted on 07 January 2024
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Eric Jang: AI is Good For You [interview at The Gradient]
The Gradient has an interesting interview with Eric Jang, a roboticist formerly with Google, now Vice President of AI, 1X Technologies. Read more
Posted on 06 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
The Holidays Are Gone but the Decorations Still Linger
Posted on 06 January 2024
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Meditation, Psychedelics, Computers, and the Mind
Early in the millennium I had an idea for a book, tentatively entitled, Mind Hacks R Us: Computing Tripping to the Millennium's End, and I wrote a formal... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Increasing Living Standards in the Early Modern Period May Have Contributed to...
Mauricio de Jesus Dias Martins, Nicolas Baumard, Reproductive Strategies and Romantic Love in Early Modern Europe, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 22 November 2023... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Friday Fotos: Art on Washington St. [Hoboken]
Posted on 05 January 2024
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An Interesting, and Negative, Review of "Maestro"
Maestro Movie Review today! Beyond The Trailer host Grace Randolph's reaction review of the 2023 movie from Bradley Cooper about Leonard Bernstein! Will it wi... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Red Nucleus
The brainstem’s red nucleus was evolutionarily upgraded to support goal-directed action (https://t.co/G2CpMwTIHI) ... Originally for quadrupedal locomotion, it... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2024 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY
