Young adults have strong positive memories of the music their parents loved when they were the same age, a study finds. That flies in the face of the cultural stereotype that children reject their parents’ taste in music.
What do you mean [Cuts from the movies]
What do you mean, what do you mean?
An interview with THE MAN [Article]
Put this aside for the weekend if you have to, but read it now if you can. Especially if you are an employee.
I run a solid business, and I don’t think I’m going to run out of employees or customers any time soon, so I’ll spare you the company-spokesman runaround — no, I don’t take responsibility for the state of their lives and I don’t see why I should. Particularly when they don’t take much responsibility for their lives themselves.
This might be fiction, but it might not. Consider it, & make up your mind.
I forgot my phone [Video]
Poignant. Our connected devices are making us more disconnected. I forgot my phone.
Lenny Kravitz Overhears High School Kids Playing His Music and Surprises Them by Joining In [Video]
“One day Lenny Kravitz was sitting with some friends on a terrace in New Orleans when he heard a familiar sound. A group of high school students from a baptist church in Texas was performing Kravitz’s hit “Fly Away” on the steps across Decatur Street from Jackson Square in the French Quarter.
Kravitz decided he wanted to join in. One of his friends went down and asked the group’s director if that would be alright. He said yes, it would. So when the famous musician arrived, the group started playing the song again from the top. “
Our shared condition – consciousness: A talk by John Searle [Video]
Philosopher John Searle lays out the case for studying human consciousness — and systematically shoots down some of the common objections to taking it seriously. As we learn more about the brain processes that cause awareness, accepting that consciousness is a biological phenomenon is an important first step. And no, he says, consciousness is not a massive computer simulation. Worth a listen.
How to make perfect coffee [Article]
The coffee-holic in me was drawn to this article like a moth to a flame – and with possibly the same result 🙂 These guys explain the art of coffee making, & the chemistry involved with panache.
How musicians treat drummers sometimes [Video]
Another instrument, I guess.
Twitter’s conscience-in-residence moves on [Article]
Alex Macgillvray, the key figure responsible for Twitter’s aggressively pro-free speech position, has announced he is to leave the company. May be of interest to some.
Climate Name Change – the Video
This petition to name storms after climate change deniers, has a great video making their point. Top creative points.
Since 1954, the World Meteorological Organization has been naming extreme storms after people. As scientific evidence shows that climate change is creating increasingly frequent and devastating storms, and with climate scientists declaring these extreme weather events as the new normal, we propose a new naming system. A system that names extreme storms caused by climate change, after the policy makers who deny climate change and obstruct climate policy.