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• Bookmark Whitechapel - Volatile Dispersal: Festival of Art Writing

  Saturday 21 November, 6pm Until 11pm Showcasing UK artists and writers, this parley-based event speculates on the materialisation and dematerialisation of art writing through newly commissioned works, together with readings drawn…

  November 21 2009, 4:43am | Comments

• Bookmark Overhyped Placebos of Doom?

  Let’s say a new drug appears to be effective in combating a condition like chronic anxiety and is the subject of popular news stories. When the drug enters clinical trials, patients…

  November 20 2009, 3:35am | Comments

• Bookmark IMG MGMT: Hubris/Nemesis/Whatever

  Another binary myth fundamental to Western culture is the eternally popular hubris/nemesis complex. According to this idea, those who transgress against the natural order always get their just desserts. Hubris is…

  November 13 2009, 4:22pm | Comments

• Portfolio 100% Magenta

  November 13 2009, 1:40am | Comments

• Portfolio The Unveiled Divide

  November 10 2009, 11:50am | Comments

• Portfolio Simulating Kim Jong Il

  November 6 2009, 9:28am | Comments

• Bookmark IMG MGMT: Teen Image

  IMG MGMT is an annual image-based artist essay series. Today’s invited artist, Seth Price presents an essay challenging the traditional photo essay format. Ritualized Unknowing People keep trying to get a…

  November 5 2009, 2:06am | Comments

• Writing from 3quarksdaily Mapping The Cracks: Thinking Subjects as Book Objects

  November 1 2009, 9:02pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Cosmopolitan Tongue: The Universality of English

  In depicting the emergence of the world’s languages as a curse of gibberish, the biblical tale of the Tower of Babel makes us moderns smile. Yet, considering the headache that 6,000…

  November 1 2009, 3:32am | Comments

• Bookmark Troubling new revelations about Arendt and Heidegger

  Will we ever be able to think of Hannah Arendt in the same way again? Two new and damning critiques, one of Arendt and one of her longtime Nazi-sycophant lover, the…

  October 30 2009, 6:20pm | Comments

• Ask Metafilter The alternate 'Testament of Doctor Mabuse' - Fritz Lang's German and French versions Having recently learned that Fritz Lang filmed an entirely different, French language, version of The Testament of Doctor Mabuse alongside the 'original' German version, I set out to find it. The only way to get hold of it seems to be via the…

  October 22 2009, 2:55am | Comments

• Bookmark Left vs Right | Information Is Beautiful

  A concept-map exploring the Left vs Right political spectrum. A collaboration between David McCandless and information artist Stefanie Posavec, taken from my book The Visual Miscellaneum (out Nov 10th). Of course,…

  October 21 2009, 3:28pm | Comments

• YouTube

  October 19 2009, 5:48am | Comments

• Wikipedia Petrichor Petrichor (pronounced /ˈpɛtrɨkər/; from Greek petros "stone" + ichor "the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology") is the name of the scent of rain on dry earth. The term was coined in 1964 by…

  October 15 2009, 3:36pm | Comments

• Vimeo

  October 13 2009, 2:59pm | Comments

• Bookmark On the Origin of Species: The Preservation of Favoured Traces

  We often think of scientific ideas, such as Darwin's theory of evolution, as fixed notions that are accepted as finished. In fact, Darwin's On the Origin of Species evolved over the…

  October 12 2009, 9:56am | Comments

• Writing from 3quarksdaily Mapping the Cracks: Art-Objects in Motion

  October 4 2009, 9:04pm | Comments

• Bookmark Altermodern: A Conversation with Nicholas Bourriaud

  Independent curator and critic Bartholomew Ryan interviews Nicholas Bourriaud, author of the seminal book Relational Aesthetics and curator of the fourth Tate Triennial, Altermodern, which remains on view in London at…

  October 3 2009, 8:36am | Comments

• Bookmark Fictional Stimulus

  Fictional Stimulus is a reading experience for people who like books and are curious about the future of literature in the digital world. It's an introductory taster for those new to…

  September 28 2009, 8:54am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter Offsetting sea level rise: An engineering idea of Biblical proportions | Ask Metafilter The seas are rising. Climate change has made it inevitable. I have a strange question... Assuming that world sea-level rises by 1 metre over the next hundred years - Would it be possible to cordon off a section of land, somewhere in the…

  September 18 2009, 8:12am | Comments

• Bookmark HOW TO: Write a Novel Using the Web

  Though you’ll still have to do your writing using the old fashioned method — one word at a time — web applications and social media have made the process of writing…

  September 17 2009, 12:27am | Comments

• Bookmark 3quarksdaily Philosophy Competition (Judged by Daniel Dennet)

  So, here it is, the final list that I am sending to Professor Dan Dennett, who will select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners: (in alphabetical order by blog name)…

  September 13 2009, 8:37am | Comments

• Writing from 3quarksdaily On Being in Japan and Elsewhere

  September 6 2009, 9:05pm | Comments

• Bookmark If zombies actually existed

  If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively. That is the conclusion of a mathematical exercise carried out…

  August 22 2009, 7:03am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter Cheapest way from Tokyo to Kumamoto? Last minute Japan travel: after making an error with timing I need to arrange one-way travel from Tokyo to Kumamoto quite quickly. What are the cheapest options? I have looked into flights and trains (for the 17th of August) and both seem expensive…

  August 11 2009, 4:09am | Comments

• Wikipedia Postliterate Society A postliterate society is a hypothetical society wherein multimedia technology has advanced to the point where literacy, the ability to read written words, is no longer necessary. Many advanced science-fiction societies are postliterate, for example in Dan Simmons' 2003 novel Ilium. Postliterate is…

  August 6 2009, 1:34pm | Comments

• Wikipedia Postliterate Society A postliterate society is a hypothetical society wherein multimedia technology has advanced to the point where literacy, the ability to read written words, is no longer necessary. Many advanced science-fiction societies are postliterate, for example in Dan Simmons' 2003 novel Ilium. Postliterate is…

  August 6 2009, 1:34pm | Comments

• Bibliography Critical Play

  August 6 2009, 1:28pm | Comments

• Bookmark Jorge Luis Borges: The Mirror Man

  Directed by Philippe Molins - Although honors came late in life to Jorge Luis Borges, his unique worldview had begun to emerge even as a child. This program examines the life…

  August 6 2009, 1:23pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Higher Arithmetic - How to count to a Zillion

  Last year the National Debt Clock in New York City ran out of digits. The billboard-size electronic counter, mounted on a wall near Times Square, overflowed when the public debt reached…

  August 5 2009, 3:32am | Comments

• Bookmark Is Star Trek A Religion?

  Star Trek has long been described as a cult phenomenon…but is it an actual cult? Some anthropologists think so. Following the example of anthropologist Margaret Mead, they lived among the natives…

  July 30 2009, 1:22pm | Comments

• Bookmark Kindle and the future of reading, Nicholson Baker

  I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was…

  July 27 2009, 5:43pm | Comments

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• Bookmark Whitechapel - Volatile Dispersal: Festival of Art Writing

  Saturday 21 November, 6pm Until 11pm Showcasing UK artists and writers, this parley-based event speculates on the materialisation and dematerialisation of art writing through newly commissioned works, together with readings drawn…

  November 21 2009, 4:43am | Comments

• Bookmark Overhyped Placebos of Doom?

  Let’s say a new drug appears to be effective in combating a condition like chronic anxiety and is the subject of popular news stories. When the drug enters clinical trials, patients…

  November 20 2009, 3:35am | Comments

• Bookmark IMG MGMT: Hubris/Nemesis/Whatever

  Another binary myth fundamental to Western culture is the eternally popular hubris/nemesis complex. According to this idea, those who transgress against the natural order always get their just desserts. Hubris is…

  November 13 2009, 4:22pm | Comments

• Portfolio 100% Magenta

  November 13 2009, 1:40am | Comments

• Portfolio The Unveiled Divide

  November 10 2009, 11:50am | Comments

• Portfolio Simulating Kim Jong Il

  November 6 2009, 9:28am | Comments

• Bookmark IMG MGMT: Teen Image

  IMG MGMT is an annual image-based artist essay series. Today’s invited artist, Seth Price presents an essay challenging the traditional photo essay format. Ritualized Unknowing People keep trying to get a…

  November 5 2009, 2:06am | Comments

• Writing from 3quarksdaily Mapping The Cracks: Thinking Subjects as Book Objects

  November 1 2009, 9:02pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Cosmopolitan Tongue: The Universality of English

  In depicting the emergence of the world’s languages as a curse of gibberish, the biblical tale of the Tower of Babel makes us moderns smile. Yet, considering the headache that 6,000…

  November 1 2009, 3:32am | Comments

• Bookmark Troubling new revelations about Arendt and Heidegger

  Will we ever be able to think of Hannah Arendt in the same way again? Two new and damning critiques, one of Arendt and one of her longtime Nazi-sycophant lover, the…

  October 30 2009, 6:20pm | Comments

• Ask Metafilter The alternate 'Testament of Doctor Mabuse' - Fritz Lang's German and French versions Having recently learned that Fritz Lang filmed an entirely different, French language, version of The Testament of Doctor Mabuse alongside the 'original' German version, I set out to find it. The only way to get hold of it seems to be via the…

  October 22 2009, 2:55am | Comments

• Bookmark Left vs Right | Information Is Beautiful

  A concept-map exploring the Left vs Right political spectrum. A collaboration between David McCandless and information artist Stefanie Posavec, taken from my book The Visual Miscellaneum (out Nov 10th). Of course,…

  October 21 2009, 3:28pm | Comments

• YouTube

  October 19 2009, 5:48am | Comments

• Wikipedia Petrichor Petrichor (pronounced /ˈpɛtrɨkər/; from Greek petros "stone" + ichor "the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology") is the name of the scent of rain on dry earth. The term was coined in 1964 by…

  October 15 2009, 3:36pm | Comments

• Vimeo

  October 13 2009, 2:59pm | Comments

• Bookmark On the Origin of Species: The Preservation of Favoured Traces

  We often think of scientific ideas, such as Darwin's theory of evolution, as fixed notions that are accepted as finished. In fact, Darwin's On the Origin of Species evolved over the…

  October 12 2009, 9:56am | Comments

• Writing from 3quarksdaily Mapping the Cracks: Art-Objects in Motion

  October 4 2009, 9:04pm | Comments

• Bookmark Altermodern: A Conversation with Nicholas Bourriaud

  Independent curator and critic Bartholomew Ryan interviews Nicholas Bourriaud, author of the seminal book Relational Aesthetics and curator of the fourth Tate Triennial, Altermodern, which remains on view in London at…

  October 3 2009, 8:36am | Comments

• Bookmark Fictional Stimulus

  Fictional Stimulus is a reading experience for people who like books and are curious about the future of literature in the digital world. It's an introductory taster for those new to…

  September 28 2009, 8:54am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter Offsetting sea level rise: An engineering idea of Biblical proportions | Ask Metafilter The seas are rising. Climate change has made it inevitable. I have a strange question... Assuming that world sea-level rises by 1 metre over the next hundred years - Would it be possible to cordon off a section of land, somewhere in the…

  September 18 2009, 8:12am | Comments

• Bookmark HOW TO: Write a Novel Using the Web

  Though you’ll still have to do your writing using the old fashioned method — one word at a time — web applications and social media have made the process of writing…

  September 17 2009, 12:27am | Comments

• Bookmark 3quarksdaily Philosophy Competition (Judged by Daniel Dennet)

  So, here it is, the final list that I am sending to Professor Dan Dennett, who will select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners: (in alphabetical order by blog name)…

  September 13 2009, 8:37am | Comments

• Writing from 3quarksdaily On Being in Japan and Elsewhere

  September 6 2009, 9:05pm | Comments

• Bookmark If zombies actually existed

  If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively. That is the conclusion of a mathematical exercise carried out…

  August 22 2009, 7:03am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter Cheapest way from Tokyo to Kumamoto? Last minute Japan travel: after making an error with timing I need to arrange one-way travel from Tokyo to Kumamoto quite quickly. What are the cheapest options? I have looked into flights and trains (for the 17th of August) and both seem expensive…

  August 11 2009, 4:09am | Comments

• Wikipedia Postliterate Society A postliterate society is a hypothetical society wherein multimedia technology has advanced to the point where literacy, the ability to read written words, is no longer necessary. Many advanced science-fiction societies are postliterate, for example in Dan Simmons' 2003 novel Ilium. Postliterate is…

  August 6 2009, 1:34pm | Comments

• Wikipedia Postliterate Society A postliterate society is a hypothetical society wherein multimedia technology has advanced to the point where literacy, the ability to read written words, is no longer necessary. Many advanced science-fiction societies are postliterate, for example in Dan Simmons' 2003 novel Ilium. Postliterate is…

  August 6 2009, 1:34pm | Comments

• Bibliography Critical Play

  August 6 2009, 1:28pm | Comments

• Bookmark Jorge Luis Borges: The Mirror Man

  Directed by Philippe Molins - Although honors came late in life to Jorge Luis Borges, his unique worldview had begun to emerge even as a child. This program examines the life…

  August 6 2009, 1:23pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Higher Arithmetic - How to count to a Zillion

  Last year the National Debt Clock in New York City ran out of digits. The billboard-size electronic counter, mounted on a wall near Times Square, overflowed when the public debt reached…

  August 5 2009, 3:32am | Comments

• Bookmark Is Star Trek A Religion?

  Star Trek has long been described as a cult phenomenon…but is it an actual cult? Some anthropologists think so. Following the example of anthropologist Margaret Mead, they lived among the natives…

  July 30 2009, 1:22pm | Comments

• Bookmark Kindle and the future of reading, Nicholson Baker

  I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was…

  July 27 2009, 5:43pm | Comments

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