February 2012
26 posts
What is Kriya Yoga? The Science of Happiness |... →
“Kriya Yoga is an instrument through which human evolution can be quickened,” Sri Yukteswar explained to his students. “The ancient yogis discovered that the secret of cosmic consciousness is intimately linked with breath mastery. This is India’s unique and deathless contribution to the world’s treasury of knowledge. The life force,...
What Frank Herbert's Dune Can Teach Us About the... →
You probably know that Frank Herbert’s Dune teaches that “fear is the mind-killer.” But what else can you learn from Dune about the power of using your mind and avoiding negative thoughts? Psychologist and blogger Maria Konnikova delves into the real-life neuroscience that Paul Atreides taps into.
Human Waste-Powered Robots May Be Future of... →
Today’s robots that fly, jump or roll around must refuel or recharge as does any gadget that runs out of energy. Tomorrow’s new generation of self-sustaining robots might keep going nearly forever by grazing on dead insects, rotting plant matter or even human waste.
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The Invention Of The Heterosexual - Salon →
The history of straightness is much shorter than you’d think. An expert explains its origins.
Your Chemical Romance: On musical subcultures and... →
“People born during a dip in the birth rate grow up consuming a lot of culture that’s aimed at someone older than them. People born during a boom do not do cultural apprenticeship, because everything is quickly aimed at them; they watch the things that appeal to their age group bloom and succeed, whether anyone else is interested in it or not.”
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A CYBORG MANIFESTO →
Full text of Donna Harraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century
A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction. Social reality is lived social relations, our most important political construction, a world-changing fiction....
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