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Astrology for People who don't like Astrology: The Fear & Greed Index
#SE #NeuroScience #Narrative #Culture #Magic #Economics #Comedy
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"The New Normal" is silly talk by fearful, half-alive people and completely misses the point..
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Yōkai: Evoluons in Image, Definion, and Media - Presentation by Lauren Inaba (PDF)
The uniqueness of yōkai, which can be defined as Japanese supernatural beings or monsters, lay not only in the numerous and diverse characters themselves, but also in the holistic impact of the concept of yōkaion Japanese popular culture. A historical survey of yōkai reveals that the meanings and categories of “yōkai" have changed according to the Japanese peoples’ perception of the unknown and of the supernatural world. Moreover, the yōkai 's image and the accompanying narrative evolved accordingly to cope with the unknown. Finally, this study attempts to gauge how the media has had a direct influence to how people visualize and narrate yōkai. These factors regarding yōkai's creation and evolution affect how we recognize them in today's pop culture.
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Today many seem to strongly believe this: God is Dead, Long Live Technology! And the more authoritarian and incomprehensible the technology is, the better. The same old story from the great monotheistic traditions, recycled.
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Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる) (1922 - 2015) was a true giant in his field and made enormously important contribution to the (none) human story.
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Kunio Yanagita (柳田 國男) (1875 - 1962) was a Japanese scholar and considered the father of Japanese native folkloristics, or minzokugaku.
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Kui is a polysemous figure in ancient Chinese mythology. Classic texts use this name for the legendary musician Kui who invented music and dancing; for the one-legged mountain demon or rain-god Kui variously said to resemble a Chinese dragon, a drum, or a monkey with a human face; and for the Kuiniu wild yak or buffalo.
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Formed from a single block of excavated stone, Kailasa temple is considered one of the most impressive cave temples in India. The enormous structure is one of 34 cave temples and monasteries that are collectively known as the Ellora Caves.
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Germany in a Nutshell
"Das Land der Dichter und Denker, der Richter und Henker." - Karl Kraus
(The land of poets and thinkers, judges and executioners)
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That Winston Churchill is still perceived as a hero by many today is truly peculiar
'I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.' - Winston Churchill
'I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favor of using gases against uncivilized tribes. The moral effect should be good... and it would spread a lively terror...' -Winston Churchill, Great Britain's then Colonial Secretary, referring to the Kurds in Iraq, in an official communication, 1921
