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Category > Big Thoughts
A Nation of Suckers
Glen Beck’s hoedown (”Restoring Honor”; has it gone somewhere?) at the Lincoln Memorial this weekend puts me in mind of this film from the 50s. It’s a good lesson in the need for equality and how we all must work for it. Mr. Beck demonizes so many people to be “the” problem while right-thinking Americans [...]
Radiolab: Words
The NPR show Radiolab’s most recent episode is titled, “Words.” It contains several amazing stories:
It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without words. But in this hour of Radiolab, we try to do just that. We speak to a woman who taught a 27-year-old man the first words of his life, and we hear a [...]
What’s Wrong with Radio & The Music Industry
I wonder what is going to happen to the sale of commercial music. The paradigm of exploitation of the artist by big companies is going to end at some point.
The idea of music distribution by Internet subscription (Lala, Spotify and soon, iTunes) may mean the end of individuals “owning” recorded music in the physical form [...]
Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, gave this address to the 2005 graduating class at Stanford. In it he discusses the big moments of his life. The address is a very worthwhile bit of self-examination from a guy who never graduated from college.
Perspectives of Time
Want to know the difference in thinking between a northern European and a Central American? It’s about the way they see time. In this fascinating 10-minute presentation, Professor Philip Zimbardo describes the Secret Powers of Time and how they affect us as individuals and as nations. (Zimbardo became famous for conducting the Stanford Prison Experiment [...]