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The Technium: The Futurist’s Dilemma
In this 1964 clip from the BBC Horizon show, Arthur C. Clarke makes a fairly precise prediction, but one that is only half right. “We’ll no longer commute in cities,” he says, “we’ll communicate instead.” He also says, “I am perfectly serious when…
Dresden’s Museum of Military History redesigned by Architect Daniel Libeskind
Dresden’s, eastern Germany, Museum of Military History that is to be reopened after a dramatic redesign by American architect Daniel Libeskind. Libeskind added a massive five-story wedge of glass, concrete and steel that rips through the former ar…
Vintage photos of Moscow, 1909
Murray Howe travelled around Europe in 1909 and these photos of Moscow uploaded to Flickr by his great grandson. Howe was arrested and detained several times in Russia and Germany for taking unauthorized photographs but still managed to bring his …
Creative Cultures: MailChimp Grants Employees “Permission To Be Creative” | Fast Company
5 Rules for a Creative Culture By Ben Chestnut 1. Avoid rules. Avoid order. Don’t just embrace chaos, but create a little bit of it. Constant change, from the top-down, keeps people nimble and flexible (and shows that you want constant change). 2….
As Europe marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet collapse, Bulgaria opens museum of socialist art
A communist symbol, a huge ruby-red five pointed star is seen at the entrance of the new Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. A new art museum opening in Sofia symbolizes Bulgaria’s long and painful farewell with its totalit…
Like No Other View On Earth
NASA’s landmark photo providing the first glimpse of our home planet from deep space occurred 45 years ago. You think your vacation pictures are impressive? Try to imagine what it was like 45 years ago as scientists and engineers produced the very…
Atoms On Wheels!
In 1958 the Ford Motor Car Company, not satisfied with the success of the Edsel, put forth the idea of bringing radiation into the American home … or, at least, the garage, with the Nucleon: a family car with an on-board reactor: (images via 1, …
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