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Inequality (and Irrationality) in the Face

by Pier Marton | Aug 18, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Food, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Now, Politics, Quotes, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars, Women

If you want to avoid civil war, you must become imperialists. Cecil Rhodes 1895 Land of the free, home of the poor on the PBS Newshour. Summary: Financial gains over the last decade in the United States have been mostly made at the “tippy-top” of the economic food...

Dr. Yuval Neria ???? ????

by Pier Marton | Aug 9, 2011 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Books, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Health, Hispanic, History, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Now, Racism, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Wars, Women

The author of the novel “Esh/Fire,” a clinical psychologist (and one of the founders of Peace Now/???? ?????) speaks about PTSD for Tisha b’Av, 9/11, etc… On Vox Tablet (20 min.) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on...

ITVS is 20: Free Docs until Sept. 22!

by Pier Marton | Jul 31, 2011 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, Food, Health, Hispanic, Ideas, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Video, Wars, Women

Previous posting had linking problems. Run to ITVS’s screening room… Daughter from Danang by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco A Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter are joyously reunited after 22 years, but their illusions are quickly shattered when the reality...

For Music Addicts

by Pier Marton | Jul 28, 2011 | Afri, Asia, France, Future Tech, Hispanic, iOS, iPhone, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Music, Software

Hard to resist Spotify’s lure… Here is David Pogue’s tease from the NYTimes. The direct link to the pusher… (you will get invited in as soon as you knock). Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...

A Sample of One of the Best World Music Stations

by Pier Marton | Jul 27, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Hispanic, iOS, iPhone, Jewish, Magyar, Music

[Update: These talented programmers are unfortunately NO longer with SR] SR Världen with Lennart Wretlind & Tatiana Rucinska Available also through an iPhone app (Sveriges Radio). UPDATE: Lennart Wretlind is now on Spotify! Click to email a link to a friend (Opens...

Sam Braun et la Légende Hindoue du Dieu Caché (Hindu Legend of the Hidden God)

by Pier Marton | Jul 26, 2011 | Asia, France, Health, Human Rights, Humor, Idées, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Shoah, Teach, Time, Wars, Women

Un jour, mon épouse m’a apporté la photocopie d’une légende hindoue qu’elle avait lue dans le salon d’attente d’un médecin. En prenant connaissance de cette légende, brusquement, un voile s’est déchiré et j’ai eu la sensation de découvrir qu’elle était écrite depuis...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus