The problem with videoconferencing is videoGoing off camera to get on task
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The Right to Say Nothing"Repressive forces don’t stop people expressing themselves but rather force them to express themselves." - Gilles Deleuze
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Would Mowgli have a "purpose in life?"Thought experiment. Suppose you grew up as a feral child in the wild, marooned on some deserted island and raised by another species of benevole…
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What's the Problem Represented to Be?The power to push an agenda rests in the power to define the problem.
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Is it even possible for humans to sit still?What if everything we pursue is an unconscious diversion from the insurmountable problem of death?
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The story of anything involves the story of everything elseAnd the story of racism is everywhere.
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What does “less is more” mean to you?Tracing back the origin of the phrase invites new perspectives on the concept.
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Pirsig on high vistas and elevated thoughtAnother perspective on the metaphor of the mountaintop.
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Who am I when I am not telling people who I am?Humans generate mountains of data as we describe ourselves to one another, but who are we when we are not describing ourselves?
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What if originality is a farce?To be a human being is to have a mind enmeshed in the zeitgeist of society and language, not transcendent of it.
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On the temporary suspension of serendipityAll is managed and coordinated in the world of synchronous remote activity.
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Vitruvius and “form and function”In today’s revisionist history thought experiment: Vitruvius prefigures the “form versus function” debate.
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