This morn­ing, I crossed paths with my 139 mil­lionth cousin.

That we end up being mis­led by our sens­es is a wide­ly-accept­ed tru­ism, as most humans mis­take the lim­its of their per­cep­tion for the lim­its of the world itself.

The Ques­tion Of Per­cep­tion

How did Chopin’s phys­i­cal frailty shape his cre­ative choic­es?

Paths of Glo­ry (1957) ★ ★ ★ ★. Anoth­er Stan­ley Kubrick mas­ter­piece. Hard to believe he only was 28 years old at the time. You would expect this kind of crafts­man­ship only of very expe­ri­enced and more senior direc­tors.

“Socrates Wants You to Tidy Up, Too”

Socrates Wants You to Tidy Up, Too

“The head­line sto­ry is that it’s not so much about the nature of dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy as about a new mutant form of cap­i­tal­ism that has found a way to use tech for its pur­pos­es.” ‘The goal is to auto­mate us’: wel­come to the age of sur­veil­lance cap­i­tal­ism

The Deer Hunter (1978) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘Brex­it refugee’ Euro­pean Robin giv­en warm recep­tion in Bei­jing