Apparently over 260,000 of you have seen this and I didn’t even know it was there. Into the remix rabbit hole:

The NY Times has a silly article on Mindfulness Meditation, here’s the summary:

“Many researchers now worry that the enthusiasm for Buddhist practice will run so far ahead of the science that this promising psychological tool could turn into another fad.”

Yes, another 5,000 year old fad. Of course, western “psychotherapy” was around long before that… Whatever you want to believe. The article is particularly troubling for it’s use of the word Buddha and phrase Buddha-like as a synonym for about 5 completely unrelated concepts. The author even goes so far as to describe what “Buddhist meditation” is “useful” for, i.e. what it can treat. Yes, a prescription for meditation, but only until you feel better…

Reading Spiritual robots: Religion and our scientific view of the natural world by Robert M. Geraci

Reading Apocalyptic AI: Religion and the Promise of Artificial Intelligence by Robert M. Geraci

Reading Thoughts on the Status of the Cyborg: On Technological Socialization and Its Link to the Religious Function of Popular Culture by Brenda E. Brasher

White Walls of Decay - looks familiar…

They’re also here.

MOMA kills a sculpture.

This is one of the most responsive, interactive and informational web interfaces I’ve encountered:

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/

He’s the nominee - and he’s going to win in November. This is a good thing, times they are a changing. And even Miranda has endorsed him:

“And While We’re On The Topic, I Am Voting For Barack Obama.”

Spring, potential, art. Return to the beginnings.
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