Link: "Gospel of Judas" Surfaces After 1,700 Years "...the Gospel of Judas identifies him as Christ's favourite disciple and depicts his betrayal as the fulfilment of a divine mission to enable the crucifixion - and thus the foundation of … [Read more...]
Show Me The Mystery
From Geekonomics via GenerationSit.org: What if everything in life were free? You'd think we'd be happier. But game designers know better: We'd be bored. It's interesting that virtual worlds also demonstrate absolute/relative truth. To me, … [Read more...]
Integral Copyright
Copyright (from Wikipedia): It appears publishers, rather than authors, were the first to seek restrictions on copying printed works. Given that publishers now obtain the copyright from the authors as a condition of mass reproduction of a work, … [Read more...]
Science As Practice
From The Future Of Science: Kevin Kelly has some fascinating ideas about where science as a practice is going in the next 50 years. Just the topic headings make for crunchy, futurismic reading: compiled negative results, triple blind experiments, … [Read more...]
Creative Commons Victory
I was talking to my roommate about starting a blog yesterday and the subject of copyright came up. I told him about the Creative Commons license. As a serendipitous example of morphogenetic fields, these posts showed up in my newsreader: A CC First … [Read more...]
Understanding Iraq On The Third Anniversary
As a practice of taking multiple perspectives, I thought it would be a good idea to try to understand the situation in Iraq by reading the opinions of Iraqis. This blog seems like a good place to start. … [Read more...]
A Myth Is Not A Lie
Just watched Joseph Campbell: The Hero's Journey [tag]God[/tag] is a [tag]metaphor[/tag] for a [tag]mystery[/tag] that absolutely transcends all human categories of thought. Even the categories of being and non-being. … [Read more...]
South Park Scientology Battle Rages On
NEW YORK - "South Park" has declared war on Scientology. Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist Tom … [Read more...]
Flamers Threaten The State Of The Blogosphere
A nasty war has been flaming around Dave Winer. It's sad to watch. I have to admit that since I've been reading Dave's blog for a long time now, I find he has a neurotic attachment to being the victim from time to time. He is only human. It's nothing … [Read more...]
Copyright Rant
Great Copyright rant from The Head Lemur: Protecting stuff comes from fear. Believing that someone is out to take it, raises the question of what led you to the conclusion that whatever it is has such a potential for destroying your way of life? And … [Read more...]
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