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Philosophy

$50 Million Dollars In Your Basement

by Baz AndersonMarch 4, 2009

photo credit: Cyron
As technology advances, information grows like a great mythic tree. Ever expanding. Its branches and roots reaching every dark corner. It’s seemingly unstoppable push into every area of our lives affecting everything. It has been said that the humble icon pictures that we download by the hundreds and thousands are each roughly [...]

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Anticipation

by Baz AndersonFebruary 25, 2009

photo credit: euzesio
“What are you looking forward to?” my friend asked me. I gave her an answer about some upcoming event, but the truth was I was looking forward to a time when I wasn’t spending all my time looking forward.
I’ve talked recently about thinking about the past. I want to talk about focusing [...]

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Salt Is Cheap

by Baz AndersonJanuary 14, 2009

photo credit: kevindooley
I used to have a media ethics teacher who insisted that the word “media” was plural because there was no single “media”; there was no giant, monolithic group sitting in one room deciding what would be news and what would not.
Technically he was correct. If I use the term media here in [...]

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The Optical Illusion Illusion

by Baz AndersonNovember 12, 2008

photo credit: LungCookie
One of the most pernicious ideas I find popping up again and again in popular culture is the idea of not being able to trust one’s senses. One of the most common ways of demonstrating this is the optical illusion argument. The argument goes something like this: a picture of an optical [...]

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The Lost Art of Re-creation

by Baz AndersonNovember 10, 2008

photo credit: iboy_daniel
What you desire or want is what you need. You need to experience the things you desire. A person given only what they need, but not what they want will survive, but not prosper. They will be alive but not able to flourish. Cut yourself off from your desires long enough and [...]

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