Here are the six rules (and their origin) I try to follow when writing:
1. Avoid the verb ‘to be’ and all its forms (is, am …). – Grade 10 English Teacher, Mr. Shannon
2. Write something once, then cross out the unnecessary words. – Yves Faguy
3. Avoid the use of “I” because it is stylistically poor [...]
While the west was already “developed” in the 1950s, we have become significantly more developed since then. Our society has more precise rules, more information, more security, more wealth, and more peace – all of which are reflections of the degree of development. We need more to be shocked – if at all possible – [...]
Hey buddy,
Here are some of the things I mentioned last night:
Abridged talk by Dawkins (there is a longer one, which I will try to dig up).
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/98
That book on physics:
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Physics-Ideas-You-Need-Know-Not-Available/9781847241481-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+%252750+physics+ideas%2527&sterm=50+physics+ideas+-+Books
A very good book on modern philosophy:
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Guide-Philosophy-Six-Hours-Fifteen-Witold-Gombrowicz/9780300123685-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+%2527gobrowicz%2527
Lisa Randall on Charlie Rose:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-45154219728824809&q=randall+rose&total=145&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
Enjoy!
China is losing so much, so we can fill up dollorama (and lift the poor out of poverty).
One of the best presentations I have ever seen. It is the future.
In a series of internal musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argued that Muslims avoid “physical labor” and wrote of the need to “keep elevating the threat,” “link Iraq to Iran” and develop “bumper sticker statements” to rally public support for an increasingly unpopular war.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103103095_pf.html
Hey Matt,
Hope all is well. I just read "A guide to philosophy in six hours andfifteen minutes." by Witold Gombrowicz. As you know, I am not a bigphilosophy guy, but I did really enjoy this book.
It runs through the main modern philosophers Kant, Shopenhauer,Nietzshe, Sartre, Marx and Hegel. Super quick, to the point and greatwriting.
I [...]
This is a fantastic lecture by by a professor at carnegie-mellon. He has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and will die in 6 months. Very inspirational.
Click on the original post button in facebook as the video will not show up.
A society is not measured by what it does best, but by what it does worst. The way we treat the sick, the poor, the innocent and the animals is the true measure of our advancement as a species.
Sign a petition for the recognition of animal rights.
http://www.wspaanimalsmatter.org/ca/?action=signup