Mister Rogers on Vulnerability and Trust from Ken Arneson
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Vimeo: 45 Years Ago – On May 1, 1969 Fred Rogers Addressed Congress
2015.02.28 – 17:12
45 Years Ago – On May 1, 1969 Fred Rogers Addressed Congress The Fred Rogers Company
Vimeo: Fred Rogers Message to those who grew up with the Neighborhood
2015.02.28 – 17:12
Fred Rogers Message to those who grew up with the Neighborhood The Fred Rogers Company
How science made an honest man of God – Dallas G Denery II – Aeon
2015.02.27 – 00:50
How science made an honest man of God – Dallas G Denery II – Aeon “Seventeenth century natural philosophers needed to prohibit the very possibility of divine deception and this prohibition is a forgotten source of the gap that today exists between science and religion. They all believed that God was both their salvation and […]
Tweet by kottke
2015.02.26 – 11:26
After feeding crows in her garden, a Seattle girl started getting gifts back from them http://t.co/pfJiZEcdQ8 — kottke.org (@kottke) February 26, 2015 via https://twitter.com/kottke
“Stranger Danger” to children vastly overstated
2015.02.26 – 09:55
“Stranger Danger” to children vastly overstated ‘She calls the current attitude “worst first thinking”: thinking up the worst-case scenario as the knee-jerk response to any situation, rather than a reasonable evaluation of the actual risk. “We’re not allowed to make any distinctions between likely and unlikely.”‘
Tweet by llimllib
2015.02.26 – 09:48
A wonderful, long meditation on morality and justice: http://t.co/BSPdLdUXTs by @kenarneson via @dturkenk . Worth your time and attention. — Bill Mill (@llimllib) February 26, 2015 via https://twitter.com/llimllib
Karl Ove Knausgaard Travels Through North America
2015.02.26 – 07:41
Karl Ove Knausgaard Travels Through North America “So your idea is to drive across America and write about it without talking to a single American?” “Yes,” I said.
Allen Institute’s Christof Koch on Computer Consciousness
2015.02.25 – 22:46
Allen Institute’s Christof Koch on Computer Consciousness ‘The question Turing asked is “Can machines think?” But ultimately it’s an operational test for intelligence, not for consciousness. If you have a clever conversation with some guy in another room and after half an hour you can’t decide if it is a computer or a human, well, […]
Tweet by justarobert
2015.02.25 – 22:25
So many things in @kenarneson's latest: tech, religion, justice, parenting…or maybe just one thing. I enjoyed it. http://t.co/eHx0F7Oh1o — Robert (@justarobert) February 26, 2015 via https://twitter.com/justarobert
Tweet by joestump
2015.02.25 – 21:23
Customer service complaint from 1750BC. pic.twitter.com/LYtvsiPQsd — Joe Stump (@joestump) February 25, 2015 via https://twitter.com/joestump
Tweet by abatalion
2015.02.25 – 16:24
What are your 3 hobbies? h/t @photomatt pic.twitter.com/ldC00ZeozR — Aaron Batalion (@abatalion) February 25, 2015 via https://twitter.com/abatalion
How Crazy Am I to Think I Know Where MH370 Is?
2015.02.25 – 13:14
How Crazy Am I to Think I Know Where MH370 Is? “Still, it occurred to me that, for all the passion I had for my theory, I might be the only person in the world who felt this way. Neurobiologist Robert A. Burton points out in his book On Being Certain that the sensation of […]
Tweet by nextyeardc
2015.02.25 – 11:43
This post from @kenarneson is probably the best thing I've ever read. Forty-two Boxes: http://t.co/rWDru4J9x4 — James O'Hara (@nextyeardc) February 25, 2015 via https://twitter.com/nextyeardc
Tweet by AlexBelth
2015.02.25 – 10:18
Brilliant post about storytelling by my pal Ken Arneson: http://t.co/IIpwGm0kuj — Alex Belth (@AlexBelth) February 25, 2015 via https://twitter.com/AlexBelth
Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What Makes The Human Brain Unique?
2015.02.24 – 23:17
Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What Makes The Human Brain Unique? “Why does our brain burn so much energy? And what she found is that it’s not about how many neurons we have, but where those neurons are located. Sixteen of our 86 billion neurons are clustered in a part of the brain known as the cerebral cortex.”
YouTube: “God Told Nicodemus” (1941)- The Golden Gate Quartet
2015.02.24 – 07:36
“God Told Nicodemus” (1941)- The Golden Gate Quartet JayEm86
Rebecca Saxe: How Do We Know What Other People Are Thinking? : NPR
2015.02.24 – 07:13
Rebecca Saxe: How Do We Know What Other People Are Thinking? : NPR “Your average 3-year-old can’t quite process the idea that another person can think different thoughts, but a 5-year-old can. And although we know that something happens between the ages of 3 and 5 in that little patch of brain that Rebecca studies, […]