Weltanschauung

Emerson: The Ideal of America (Full Documentary)

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:57:43 -0400

Emerson: The Ideal of America (Full Documentary):

Synopsis: “Emerson: The Ideal in America” is the first video biography of the man who is still America’s most quoted author. Spanning most of the turbulent 19th century, Emerson’s life took him from a financially poor but intellectually rich childhood through an education at Harvard to early success as pastor of a prominent Boston Unitarian Church. But personal tragedy and his own doubts about organized religion set him on a journey of discovery that took him to Europe and deep into the philosophical traditions of the East as well as the West. Through his writings and lectures, he became one of the most influential figures of his time, inspiring presidents, other philosophers, and writers such as Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and Walt Whitman. His central message of “the infinitude of the private man” opened the eyes of countless men and women to their own unlimited potential.

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Very cool video involving ecological design. John Todd has a...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:29:11 -0400

Very cool video involving ecological design. John Todd has a great mind, and he thinks in a way that the world needs.

Plankton’s map to the brain from the Spongebob...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:15:50 -0400

Plankton’s map to the brain from the Spongebob episode Plankton! I just had to make one of these.

I think I’m going to make one of these one day, it’s so funny.

nicolausen: The World of Buckminster FullerAn 85-minute...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:55:57 -0400

nicolausen:

The World of Buckminster Fuller

An 85-minute documentary on one of the twentieth century’s Renaissance man, Buckminster Fuller who was an architect, inventor, scientist, teacher, writer and philosopher. He’s known for his inventions, like the geodesic domes, or the dymaxion car.

My favorite documentary

explore-blog: Bucky Fuller

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:54:21 -0400

explore-blog:

Bucky Fuller

explore-blog: Buckminster Fuller

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:42:29 -0400

explore-blog:

Buckminster Fuller

matthen: Möbius ship, based on the Möbius strip, a surface with...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:09:05 -0500

matthen:

Möbius ship, based on the Möbius strip, a surface with only one side.

One of my favorite books from one of my favorite thinkers. You...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:19:32 -0500

One of my favorite books from one of my favorite thinkers. You will learn so much from this book.

Marshall McLuhan and Buckminster Fuller Two of the greatest...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:18:12 -0500

Marshall McLuhan and Buckminster Fuller

Two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, and sadly two of the most under-appreciated.

This is a great article showcasing several letters written by Marshall McLuhan to his contemporaries, from Tom Wolfe to Buckminster Fuller. It is a fantastic read.

http://thisrecording.com/today/2011/10/27/in-which-we-know-nothing-of-his-work.html

The smell of earth after rain

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:00:48 -0500

holymoleculesbatman:

is called Petrichor, and it is caused by Geosmin.

Geosmin is an organic compound with the formula C₁₂H₂₂O. It’s produced by several classes of microbes, including cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and actinobacteria (especially Streptomyces), and released when these microbes die. The human nose is extremely sensitive to geosmin and is able to detect it at concentrations as low as 5 parts per trillion.

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explosionsoflife: Sometimes something really cute can be really...

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:09:01 -0500

explosionsoflife:

Sometimes something really cute can be really destructive. See what porcupines can do to wooden infrastructure if you don’t believe me. However, in this instance, I’m referring to the emerald ash borer beetle (Agrilus planipennis). The larvae of this beetle carve out tunnels in ash trees (as shown above) and the species ultimately ends up killing the entire tree. Since its introduction to the upper Midwest in 2002, the emerald ash borer has killed over 30 million ash trees. Almost all species of ash are susceptible to the emerald ash borer and once these beetles start their damage, there’s hardly any controlling it.

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myedol: Dyskograf by Avoka Dyskograf is a graphic disk reader...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:54:27 -0500

myedol:

Dyskograf by Avoka

Dyskograf is a graphic disk reader the affectively allows you to draw music on vinyl. Each disk is scribbled on by users with a felt tip pen and then the resulting drawing is translated into a musical sequence once detected by the camera located above the turntable. The turntable has a really nice aesthetic and it cleverly bridges the gap between the virtual instruments used in computer software and the tactile way of hand writing music with pen on paper. A video demonstration is embedded below and it is truly fascinating.

Artists: | Website | Blog | [via: Everyday Listening]

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fairy-wren: golden pheasant (photos by uncle phooey and...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:35:43 -0500

fairy-wren:

golden pheasant

(photos by uncle phooey and michl_007)

blindmen6: One of the greatest paeans to recursion occurs in...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:21:26 -0500

blindmen6:

One of the greatest paeans to recursion occurs in T.S. Eliot’s monumental Four Quartets where at the end of this long, challenging group of poems, wherein he has created a veritable universe of ideas and images, and throughout which the end becomes the beginning and things constantly repeat, Eliot summarily states - - - with the utmost conviction but no finality - - -

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, unremembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always—
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.

The entire Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot can be found online here.

jtotheizzoe: Klimt’s Scientific Influence While I was reading...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:18:32 -0500

jtotheizzoe:

Klimt’s Scientific Influence

While I was reading about the influence of golden-age Vienna on modern medicine and painters like Gustav Klimt, I discovered that Klimt’s trademark patterns (the “blobs” and orbs you see above, from Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I) were influenced by early studies of cells under the microscope.

Carl von Rokitansky founded the Second Vienna School of Medicine and eventually befriended Klimt. Rokitansky was a huge influence in the early days of modern science-based medicine, and allowed Klimt to view some of the tissue and bacterial slides from the medical school. It’s a fascinating story, check out more in this interview between Eric Kandel and Jonah Lehrer.

We can talk at length about the similarities of science and art, but this is one of the finest examples of where each feeds from the other. To quote Eric Kandel again, in a note to paste on your wall:

“…[artists] have insight into the human mind that often precedes the insight that scientists have, because scientists need to design experiments, and then carry them out in order to do it. They cannot do it by intuition, alone, as can writers and painters.”

feminerds: Totally in love with this image.

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:14:49 -0500

feminerds:

Totally in love with this image.

carelfransen: buckminster fuller, 1943 dymaxion air ocean world...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:13:51 -0500

carelfransen:

buckminster fuller, 1943

dymaxion air ocean world map

The making of a tree ring print! <3

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:57:47 -0500

The making of a tree ring print! <3

jtotheizzoe: You guys want to see something terrifying? Behold...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:55:26 -0500

jtotheizzoe:

You guys want to see something terrifying? Behold the bizarre alien creature that is the human vocal cords.

This is a technique called laryngoscopy. Check out the link above for some background, if you can stomach it. If you’re especially brave, check out this Reddit thread with even more video examples of vibrating vocal folds in all their freaky glory.

fyeahcutebugs: Megalopygidae opercularis <3 I just want to...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:52:11 -0500

fyeahcutebugs:

Megalopygidae opercularis <3

I just want to snuggle it!

Via: http://fr.academic.ru/dic.nsf/frwiki/1144985

Weltanschauung

Emerson: The Ideal of America (Full Documentary)

Very cool video involving ecological design. John Todd has a...

Plankton’s map to the brain from the Spongebob...

nicolausen: The World of Buckminster FullerAn 85-minute...

The World of Buckminster FullerAn 85-minute documentary on one of the twentieth century’s Renaissance man, Buckminster Fuller who was an architect, inventor, scientist, teacher, writer and philosopher. He’s known for his inventions, like the geodesic domes, or the dymaxion car.

explore-blog: Bucky Fuller

explore-blog: Buckminster Fuller

matthen: Möbius ship, based on the Möbius strip, a surface with...

One of my favorite books from one of my favorite thinkers. You...

Marshall McLuhan and Buckminster Fuller Two of the greatest...

The smell of earth after rain

explosionsoflife: Sometimes something really cute can be really...

myedol: Dyskograf by Avoka Dyskograf is a graphic disk reader...

fairy-wren: golden pheasant (photos by uncle phooey and...

blindmen6: One of the greatest paeans to recursion occurs in...

jtotheizzoe: Klimt’s Scientific Influence While I was reading...

Klimt’s Scientific Influence

feminerds: Totally in love with this image.

carelfransen: buckminster fuller, 1943 dymaxion air ocean world...

The making of a tree ring print! <3

jtotheizzoe: You guys want to see something terrifying? Behold...

fyeahcutebugs: Megalopygidae opercularis <3 I just want to...

The World of Buckminster Fuller

An 85-minute documentary on one of the twentieth century’s Renaissance man, Buckminster Fuller who was an architect, inventor, scientist, teacher, writer and philosopher. He’s known for his inventions, like the geodesic domes, or the dymaxion car.