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the ghost in the machine
Immortality through science? Can our ethical and emotional intelligence keep up with technology? Its a highly ambiguous issue. We seem to be on the cusp of a major, and final break from the industrial age; a potential for vastly increased … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Alan Turing, B.F. Skinner, Bill gates, Charles Darwin, cyborgs, Dr. Brandt Eugenics, eugenics, gilbert ryle, hugh loebner, kevin warwick, Lady Gaga, Lev Grossman, raymond kurzweil, Rene Descartes, robotic technology, the singularity, transhumanism, transhumanist clubs, W.B. Yeats
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connectivity through form
Guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax.Parallax: exploring the architecture of human perception Tai Carmen: “There is a special ratio that can be used to describe the proportions of everything from nature’s smallest building blocks, such as atoms, to the … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged bruce rawles, carl friedrich gauss, Carl Jung, cubism golden mean, divine proportion, divine ratio, fibonacci sequence, justin kuepper, Leonardo Da Vinci, Salvador dali, stan gris, tai carmen, tai carmen parallax, the golden mean, The Golden Ratio, Vermeer, Voltaire
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the masks we wear
Guest blog by Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax: exploring the architecture of human imagination. Tai Carmen: A mask of gold hides all deformities.” Thomas Dekker “Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.” John Dryden “Pride is the mask we … Continue reading
doppleganger effect: second selves and ghostly doubles
A guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax: exploring the architecture of human perception Tai Carmen: Though pop references to “doppelgangers” (a German word translating to “double-walker”) are often used to describe people who resemble one another, the word … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, astral planes, astral projection, bilocation, claude swanson MIT physicist, claude swanson the synchronized universe, doppleganger effect, ellen rogers, father alonso de benavides, Florine Stettheimer, john donne, Lincoln assassination, mary desaulniers, out of body experience OBE, paramahansa yogananda, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Rene Magritte, st. alphonsus liguori, teleportation
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The Death and Resurrection Show: the shaman industry?
A guest blog by Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax:Exploring the architecture of human perception.The word parallax is a scientific term denoting a shift in perception upon movement of the perceiver rather than the perceived. Bang a gong, get it on…. … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged Bertrand Russell, beyonce, Carl Jung, Carlo Ginzburg, daniel pinchbeck, Dionysus, Greil Marcus, James Frazer, james frazer the golden bough, James Hillman, jeremy narby, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Ken Kesey, Lady Gaga, mercea eliade, rogan taylor, stanley booth, tai carmen, tai carmen parallax, Titian
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stardust contemplating stardust
Stardust memories. Inner space and the science of illumination.Guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax: Exploring the Architecture of Human Perception Tai Carmen: The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” Ferdinand Foch From the … Continue reading
finding your flow: conquering your fear
Guest blog from Tai Carmen of Parallax: Exploring the architecture of human perception. We all know what joy feels like. It feels good. By the same token, we all know the visceral grip of fear, anxiety and dread. The search … Continue reading
totem and taboo: the mythology of conformity
A guest blog by Tai Carmen at Parallax (Parallax: Exploring the Architecture of Human Perception) Tai Carmen: The story goes like a joke: five monkeys and a banana. Or a parable: under the banana there was a ladder, and every … Continue reading