Reads tagged with “history”

Carl Sagan’s Message to Mars Explorers, with a Gentle Warning

“Whatever the reason you’re on Mars is, I’m glad you’re there. And I wish I was with you.”

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29-Year-Old Patti Smith’s Poetic and Irreverent Monologue on Women and the Universe

“If you’re not into transforming stuff into art / Don’t worry about it / Just keep doing it and keep doing…”

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The Wisdom of Crowds

“Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them.”

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The Calendar as a Meme: A Brief History of Timekeeping

“To be human is to be aware of the passage of time; no concept lies closer to the core of our consciousness.”

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The Father of Modern Meteorology Pays Homage to Jonathan Swift in a Scientific Verse, 1920

Literature and science converge in a playful riff on a riff on a riff.

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Creative Evolution: French Philosopher Henri Bergson on Intuition vs. the Intellect

“That which is instinctive in instinct cannot be expressed in terms of intelligence, nor, consequently, can it be analyzed.”

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Henry Miller on the Beautiful Balance of Giving and Receiving

“It’s only when we demand that we are hurt.”

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Is It Dirty: A Love Letter to New York’s Grit from Frank O’Hara, 1964

“…you don’t refuse to breathe do you…”

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Anaïs Nin on Paris vs. New York, 1939

“The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty.”

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Henry Miller on Reading, the Life of the Mind, and How to Fix Education

“Our whole theory of education is based on the absurd notion that we must learn to swim on land before tackling the water. It applies to the pursuit of the arts as well as to the pursuit of knowledge.”

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Reads tagged with “history”

“Whatever the reason you’re on Mars is, I’m glad you’re there. And I wish I was with you.”

“If you’re not into transforming stuff into art / Don’t worry about it / Just keep doing it and keep doing…”

“Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them.”

“To be human is to be aware of the passage of time; no concept lies closer to the core of our consciousness.”

Literature and science converge in a playful riff on a riff on a riff.

“That which is instinctive in instinct cannot be expressed in terms of intelligence, nor, consequently, can it be analyzed.”

“It’s only when we demand that we are hurt.”

“…you don’t refuse to breathe do you…”

“The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty.”

“Our whole theory of education is based on the absurd notion that we must learn to swim on land before tackling the water. It applies to the pursuit of the arts as well as to the pursuit of knowledge.”

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