People who do not please themselves…
… are hard to please.
Vision
Lesslie Newbigin on man’s contradictions
Lesslie Newbigin lived and worked in South India from 1936 to 1974, and originally wrote this in Tamil. Wherever and whenever we look at man,… Read More »Lesslie Newbigin on man’s contradictions
James Carse on culture as art
Not necessarily entirely true, but generative. Since culture is itself a poiesis, all of its participants are poietai—inventors, makers, artists, storytellers, mythologists. They are not,… Read More »James Carse on culture as art
The Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night
The Heroic Vision Over shadowy spires and gleaming towers lay the ghostly darkness and silence that runs before dawn. Into a dim alley, one of… Read More »The Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night
Recommendation: 3Blue1Brown explains Bayes’ Theorem via geometry
Excellent. Assumes no prior knowledge.
Donella Meadows on systems thinking: elements, interconnections, purposes
You can understand the relative importance of a system’s elements, interconnections, and purposes by imagining them changed one by one. Changing elements usually has the… Read More »Donella Meadows on systems thinking: elements, interconnections, purposes
David Fincher on the labour of direction
Despite being one of the most renowned and distinctive film-makers in the business, Fincher is not comfortable with being described as an “auteur”, or even… Read More »David Fincher on the labour of direction
Competition
Compete From Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’. OED I offer this… Read More »Competition
Loving the plateau (2)
George Leonard reminds us that the majority of the time we spend doing anything will be spent on the plateau rather than on the peaks… Read More »Loving the plateau (2)
Werner Herzog vs cinéma vérité : director as sting
Alex Gibney: In a panel I was on with you, you said that a film-maker should not be a “fly on the wall”. Rather, a… Read More »Werner Herzog vs cinéma vérité : director as sting