- ARCHIVE / 2006-05
- Hermann Hesse: Siddhartha
Ein junger Mann, sozusagen aus bestem Hause, eine Freude seiner Eltern, intelligent, fromm, äusserst vielversprechend zu jedermanns Staunen und Zufriedenheit, ist selbst doch nicht zufrieden, sieht dass alles unzureichend und ihm nicht genügt. Daher verlässt er die Familie, versucht den …
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: In The Elder Days Of Art
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- Harry G. Frankfurt: On Bullshit
A small book with an essay of Harry Frankfurt from 1986 – newly published in 2005, where he analyses what bullshit means, how it is dissimilar from bluffing and lies. It comes to the point only in the later part …
- Ken Dychtwald: The Consequences Of Human Life Extension
Another great seminar from the Longnow seminar series.
Ken Dychtwald discusses not the technologies or breakthroughs which might lead to longer life, but considers that the longevity revolution is already taking place now – … - Brian Eno: The Long Now
This is lecture given in the series of seminars of the LongNow foundation.
It contains Brians perspective of the Long Now (and the Big Here), some discussion about his music and especially also his studies for a bell for the …
- What If All In Life Were Free
Very pointed article in Wired 14.04: Geekonomics – Why abundance sucks.Looking at the development of multiplayer games, one can observe the move from utopian worlds where all is free – and therefore …
