Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous. | | | | | Sean Astin in "Rudy" (1993) (TriStar Pictures) | | | | |  | “Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.”
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| | rantnrave:// We all think we know what we're interested in. We all have conscious and subconscious prejudices and they can lead to misunderstanding, ignorance and stunt personal growth. The idea behind REDEF came from the realization that I like to be put in uncomfortable situations so I can learn. Exposure to topics I'd normally dismiss so I can learn. Specifically reading, watching and listening to things I agree with and more importantly those I don't agree with to get the full range of discussion. So I can learn. The diversity of ideas shape my perspective and fuel my creativity. It's a quest, but never perfect. I can still be biased. As pointed out here over the many months of suffering the venom unearthed and catalyzed by the TRUMP campaign. It's not just about knowledge but also about pleasure. Music, food, movies, books, television. I want to make sure I don't get "taste freeze". REDEF's motto is "it's not enough to be smart, you have to be curious". My Mom always pushed me to ask "why?" And that's why we create these interest remixes for curious minds... I want a nation full of people like this little girl. Not the mean and nasty I'm seeing more of each day. You know who... I don't eat sushi a lot, but when I do I basically want to eat it 3 times a day for about a week. Reminds me of TONY SOPRANO's fixation... Founder/CEO frustrations: You are the catalyst, but can't be the only engine... I have lots of debates around live music experiences. Mostly related to the use of devices by fans. All those phones pointing at the stage so that you can share the experience and prove you were there. But are you "really" there? It's reality, no going back (or is it this). Some artists can't stand this. Does this PORTLANDIA episode imagine the future of concerts? The absentee concertgoer?... Happy Birthday to RYAN MCINTYRE, TOM CONRAD, ANDREW HEYWARD, ANDY FIXMER and ELISABETH AVNET MORSE. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | ESPN.com |
| If sports betting is legalized in the U.S., recreational bettors will have far more options, like gambling hedge funds. But they will also have increased competition. And not only from humans. | | |
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 | Vanity Fair |
| Former employees paint a picture of management issues, changing strategies, and existential questions. | | |
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 | Salon |
| Black Mirror — just a show or our new reality? Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones discuss the hit show's digital dystopia and how it mimics real life. | | |
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 | Chris Skinner's blog |
| I’ve blogged a lot about digital identities, but failed to cover an in-depth review of the largest identity program in the world: Aadhaar. It’s been very remiss of me, but I’ve been waiting for the right moment and now seems to be that moment. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Britain’s vote to leave the EU was the grand finale of a 25-year campaign by a lonely sect of true believers. Daniel Hannan wrote the script | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Some buttons, such as the door-close button on an elevator, are mere artifices - placebos that promote an illusion of control but in reality do not work. | | |
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 | Wired UK |
| WIRED travels to Montreal to talk to the female pioneers and newcomers of the electronic music scene | | |
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 | Harvard Business Review |
| Could the telecom giant accomplish the same thing with a contract? | | |
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 | Backchannel |
| This week had the rare circumstance of two aged-but-still-sprightly competitors unveiling products on successive days. | | |
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 | Coveteur |
| Fashion industry, listen up: He shared all his secrets with us. | | |
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
| In back rooms and think tanks, Republicans are already mourning their party-and plotting the fight over who’s going to be in it after Trump. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| It’s time to dismantle the far-right media machine that has been churning out bigoted garbage. | | |
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 | Slate |
| How Twitter could finally solve its abuse problem. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| How do Marco Chacon’s fake articles and ‘leaked memos’--which parody alt-right conspiracies--keep fooling the conservative press and Trump’s followers? | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Proponents say the statewide condom law would curb STD rates among performers, so why are so many porn stars against it? | | |
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 | WNYC |
| The co-host of 'On The Media' on what advertising taught him about politics, and where he gets his news. | | |
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 | Vocativ |
| Meet Dr. Armin Tehrany, a media-thirsty sports doctor who toes some fraught ethical lines. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Three years after the Rana Plaza disaster, work conditions are still substandard. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| In Guatemala, healers in the ancient tradition are being integrated into the public health care system. | | |
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 | Nautilus |
| Good solutions to biology’s problems are astonishingly plentiful. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| Is the problem less viewers or a much wider selection of platforms? | | |
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 | Motherboard |
| Following in the footsteps of the WWE Network, smaller pro wrestling companies are expanding their experimentation with streaming video. | | |
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