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Qui êtes vous?
I don't know. But I love French movies of the 60s. This one is a rare and beautiful example.
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My problem with storytelling
You only hear he/she is a good storyteller. So what? Stories are for kids. They are so black and white, they are so limiting. Don’t get me wrong, I like some stories but for me, first of all, there must be idea in a book. The storyline is absolutely secondary. In fact, it’s not even necessary. If you think of it, you need to cut a lot of corners ( Read more... ) -
the other side of things
another brilliant short talk @ TED about the other side of things
[and where the streets have no names]
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Красная Книга Карла Юнга
The Holy Grail of the Unconscious One of Jung’s clients recalls his advice for processing what went on in the deeper and sometimes frightening parts of her mind. “I should advise you to put it all down as beautifully as you can - in some beautifully bound book,” Jung instructed. “It will seem as if you were making the visions banal - but then you ( Read more... ) -
mango
The sudden impulse to clean the dishes or the desire to keep your kitchen in immaculate condition is just an indication that something is wrong with the balance of your soul; the sterile look of a kitchen is particularly worrisome since it might be an indication of a chronic problem ( Read more... ) -
out-of-body experiences
article in NS, part of a series about mind ( Read more... ) -
Re: On Bullshit
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В свое время статья Гарри Франкфурта “On Bullshit”, изданная отдельной книжечкой спустя двадцать лет после оригинального выхода, вызвала немалый фурор, что видимо обязано в немалой степени двум факторам: названию и тому, что автор является профессиональным аналитическим философом. Статья небольшая, увлекательная и рекомендуется к ( Read more... ) -
маленькие радости жизни
что может сравниться с запахом свежераспечатанной пачки post-it -
3 things about French
French is the language to talk nonsense and get away with it (provided you do it grammatically correctly; e.g., half of Sartre, the whole of Foucault and Derrida which are neither true nor false ( Read more... )