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Zhuangzi Explained: Legendary Chinese Parables for freedom, spontaneity & joy
Zhuangzi was one of China’s greatest thinkers. His ancient parables are legendary, designed to free you from society’s damaging constraints and recover your natural spontaneity. Sounds great, but can Zhuangzi’s ancient stories help us find freedom in our modern, complex … Continue reading
Japan’s Hidden Listening Bars: SHeLTeR | Resident Advisor x Asahi Super Dry
Yoshio Nojima has been refining the soundsystem at SHeLTeR, an audiophile venue on the quiet outskirts of Tokyo, for 30 years. It’s a never-ending quest in the pursuit of one humble goal: to share special musical experiences with friends. Produced … Continue reading
Arte Sem Fronteiras (@artesemfronteiras) no Instagram: “Artist : AQI Luciano (mural)
Jan 2, 2020 – 1,279 curtidas, 13 comentários – Arte Sem Fronteiras (@artesemfronteiras) no Instagram: “Artist : AQI Luciano (mural) Instagram : @aqiluciano Matéria sobre AQI Luciano. / Article about…” Source: 1,279 curtidas, 13 comentários – Arte Sem Fronteiras (@artesemfronteiras) … Continue reading
These Incredible Creative Works Are Entering the Public Domain in 2020
The new year means a new selection of art, music, literature, and films that are now copyright free. January 1 is a time to start fresh and look forward to the coming year full of possibilities. And for art and … Continue reading
This genius photo experiment shows we are all just sheeple in the consumer matrix
Images from the same exact spot for two hours at a time Perhaps since we started wearing clothing, it has been the primary way that people assert individual and tribal identity in public. From subculture uniforms to indigenous garments, … Continue reading
Against metrics: how measuring performance by numbers backfires
More and more companies, government agencies, educational institutions and philanthropic organisations are today in the grip of a new phenomenon. I’ve termed it ‘metric fixation’. The key components of metric fixation are the belief that it is possible – and … Continue reading
Australia, we need to talk | Cally Jetta | TEDxPerth
Is reconciliation between Australia’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples possible? Cally Jetta maintains that it is not. Instead, she proposes that to build a harmonious future, we need to think differently and address our nation’s history honestly. Cally Jetta is passionate … Continue reading
The Art of Forgetting, Australians and their History | David Hunt | TEDxSydney
David Hunt is an historian, writer and satirist. David’s first book, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia won the 2014 Indie Award for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards and New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards. … Continue reading
A real history of Aboriginal Australians, the first agriculturalists | Bruce Pascoe | TEDxSydney
Indigenous writer and anthologist Bruce Pascoe draws on first-hand accounts from colonial journals to dispel the myth that Aboriginal people were hunters and gatherers and “did nothing with the land that resembled agriculture”. In this powerful talk, Pascoe demonstrates a … Continue reading
1, 2, 3, 4 Stories About Math
From geometry to personal finance, there is one common denominator that links the stories in this reel—they are all about math.
