Tag Archives: culture
links for 2007-12-11: inshallah
The American Scholar – Inshallah – By Cullen Murphy “The phrase ‘inshallah,’ or ‘God willing,’ has permeated all ranks of the Army. When you talk to U.S. soldiers about the possible success of ‘the surge,’ you’d be surprised how many … more…
links for 2007-11-01: censored news, digitization
Project Censored 25 most under-reported news stories of 2007 It’s that time of year again, already. Overview: USA striding purposefully towards fascism at home, plunder and piracy abroad… (tags: censorship media politics war) Future Reading: Digitization and its discontents Anthony … more…
links for 2007-01-19: techno-progressive vocabulary
Sentient Developments: Must-know terms for the 21st Century intellectual: Redux Transhumanist and technoprogressive perspectives on science, philosophy, ethics, and the future of intelligent life (tags: concepts ai culture technology singularity future)
These chimps are fishing for ants…
…but does this ritual make them cultured? A large and growing body of research shows that chimpanzees have quite a rich and varied culture, which carries implications, so they say, for conservation policy. It’s another step in a slow awakening; … more…