Art by Richard Erdoes
Marmar Palace rooftop — in Tehran, Iran
"My friend, they will return. Everywhere on earth they are returning. Ancient Teachings of the Earth, Ancient Songs of the Earth. They return." - Quote from Crazy Horse, a leader of the Oglala Indians
Monument Paxmal, Walenstadt, Switzerland
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin
One of those days - by EndangeredComic
“Technology in the Present Tense” – Notes from a Weary Luddite
“Perceiving technology in ‘the present tense’ requires a rejection of the hope for how the technology can be changed in ’the future tense’ and forces a more grounded assessment of these technologies.”
“The future is not a blank page; and neither is it an open book.” – Lewis Mumford
Juyong Pass居庸关, one of the 3 greatest mountain passes of the Great Wall, suburb of Peking, 1923-27
Attempting to count the individual water drops in a river is a pointless, masochistic & insane activity. And yet, this is essentially what many fields of science & other forms of knowledge management are doing.
Cartoons by David Langdon (1914 - 2011)
Rocks and sand on Mars
“What would it be like to have life on easy mode?” You can try it right now: Keep reading this article, but see if you can do it with a feeling of relaxed effortlessness. Of ease & peace. You might relax your muscles, breathe deeply and smoothly, smile very slightly, and feel a sense of appreciation for being alive in this moment. What is that like for you? That’s the essence of life on easy mode.
"No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them." - Assata Shakur
"Reality Is What You Can Get Away With" - Robert Anton Wilson
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