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I like to discover new music, but I don't like the algorithmic approach that calculates suggestions and tends to make us listen to whatever most people listen to. Yes, online music listening services tell us that they let us "discover" new music, but I miss something essential. I miss the romantic idea of discovering by coincident. Of course, I can ...
Carried Away By No Photo
Here's the scandal: My baby is three weeks old and the photo of my baby is still not all over the Internet, despite the fact that the most common reaction is -"Congratulations! Photos?" Of course as a healthy-grumpy-cynical philosopher I recognize how mindless this reflex is, and how we as members of a predominantly visual ...
June 30. Delving in old aphorisms.
"This is America, you are supposed to be in charge of your brain."-"What do you mean?""I mean guns are allowed in this country but drugs is not that's what I mean."-"I don't get it?""You are allowed to carry the means to hurt somebody, but you are not allowed to experiment with possible causes."-"So?""In the Netherlands ...