The new bike path down deMaisoneuve is open for business (with the exception of the stupid taxi stand near Concordia). It is amazing, biking downtown is so much better with this. We just need people to look both ways before crossing the path by foot or car (I almost killed an old Chinese couple [...]
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.
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Cool Video on our virus nature.http://www.threeleggedlegs.com/repertoire/humans/#
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
Why do people read their horoscopes? Comfort? Motivation? Is it dependent on personality types?
Recently I watched A Brave New World, based on the book by the same name written by Aldous Huxley in 1932. The (not so fictional) futuristic world has castes based on natural aptitudes, Alphas – the intelligent independent leaders, betas – the [...]
Sad, but good article on the dead children of Palestine in the year 5767
Also came across an article about a beautiful draft dodger in Israel. Despite what we see on the news, less wars are ocuring, and when they do, they are small. More and more people are seeing the futility of war.
No good wars, [...]