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Our theatre department at our school has a tradition where the Seniors paint their names in the Scene Shop after they graduate. My friend Courtney and I went and did ours today. (:
(via filmismypassion)
Optimism is Not Insane
In which Hank talks about our cognitive bias toward bad news, how that affects us, and why there are, in fact, lots of reasons to be optimistic about the future of humanity on the Earth. All of this was inspired by the people I met in Seattle while helping launch this Kickstarter for a space telescope (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1…).
Also, one of the guys behind that project wrote a book that heavily inspired this video and it is really really good and very interesting. I suggest you buy and read it:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451…
Now I want to be clear that I don’t think humanity is safe, or that we’re not in the middle of a significant mass-extinction event, or that we’re royally screwing up the planet, or that future generations won’t be astounded by our arrogance…
I do, however, think that there is a very good chance that humanity will still be creating and solving problems thousands of years from now. Because creating and solving problems appears to be the two things we’re best at.
What’s Up with Start Ups
I’m just getting a little sick of the system that values aggregators of content more than creators of content, and presumes some kind of magical future where owning users free time results in lots of money.
Poetry Makes Nothing Happen: Thoughts on Ai Weiwei from the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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In which John visits the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where his wife is a curator, and thinks about the work of the artist and dissident Ai Weiwei while walking through “According to What,” his first major retrospective in the United States. If you live in or near Indianapolis, you should really see the show. It’s very special, and will be here until July 21st.
Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It’s Question Tuesday
In which John answers real questions from real nerdfighters about puppies, ferrets, dancing, the casting of the movie adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars, the ducks in the pond, and many other things.
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