by Pier Marton | Oct 16, 2011 | Care, Dance, Humor, Ideas, Music, Mystery, Sci/Nat, Teach
“We can’t define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into that paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers… one saying to the other: “you don’t know what you are talking about!”. The second one says: ‘what do you mean...
by Pier Marton | Oct 16, 2011 | Books, Care, Future Tech, Health, Human Rights, Politics, Quotes, Spectacle
“Two tests are specified for recognition of the asshole: 1. After encountering the person, do people feel oppressed, humiliated or otherwise worse about themselves? 2. Does the person target people who are less powerful than he?” 17 Things I Believe by...
by Pier Marton | Oct 12, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Dance, Death, Eco, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Native, Poet, Politics, Spectacle, Tech, TED, Theater, Wars, Women
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by Pier Marton | Oct 8, 2011 | Art, Asia, Care, Dance, Death, Doc, Eco, Ego, Film, Highlights, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, KeyFilm, Mystery, Objects, Poet, Politics, Review, Sound, STL, Teach, Time, Video
– more about non-violent media – PEACE My short review: Are you familiar with Barthes’ “Degree Zero of Writing,” Lévinas’s philosophy of caress* or Ozu’s elliptical cinema? For the viewer of this astounding film these came to...
by Pier Marton | Oct 5, 2011 | Art, Books, Care, Death, Eco, Future Tech, Health, Humor, Ideas, Idées, iOS, iPhone, Mac, Middle-East, Quotes, Software
Steve Jobs was so taken by a typography class in college that no detail was ever irrelevant (cf. below). Apple ended up being one of those companies, like Trader Joe’s, Southwest Airlines and R.E.I., that keeps reminding customers that they are always...
by Pier Marton | Oct 3, 2011 | Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Future Tech, Human Rights, Politics, Spectacle, Women
An important documentary about contemporary China. Its website. EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...