Monday, October 26, 2020

Kirby addresses Wanderers @ Pauling House


From many years ago. 

 You can sync it to the timeline w/r to the James Bond movie I yak about.

Saturday, October 24, 2020

School of Tomorrow Project


As a wandering pilgrim from Python World, I'm not a JavaScript master, yet I'm admiring of all the toolery. 

In this video, I fantasize about Projects I'd be working on if I already had the skills.  The emphasis is on 3D geometry (or "4D" if familiar with the current namespace).

Friday, October 23, 2020

Positive Developments (School of Tomorrow)


The 52 Living Ideas channel, anchored by Shrikant, is NYC-based.  In the video, I link it to Philadelphia, which it is through CJ, one of the Philadelphians co-appearing with Shrikant on overlapping channels.

Quoting CJ: 
Shrikant operates out of New York City. I've only met him via telephone and video conference. His 52 Living Ideas group has world around participation. During COVID, there is no local: it's a global pandemic: we're all in it together.

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Countering Overspecialization


Aldous Huxley takes a speculative tone, thinking aloud about how we might maximize our potential. He's not interested in physical breeding, so much as in creating learning environments optimized for human subjects. "Increasing awareness" is an ethical goal for Huxley, a matter of faith for him, and shared with Bucky Fuller.

He recommends training the body however, especially its senses.  I can see him advising students to take some mind enhancing substance and diving in to educational computer games.  Have fun.  Enjoy.

Friday, October 16, 2020

Hanging By a Thread


The "hypertoons" we yak about in this blog have their roots in reveries around the Concentric Hierarchy of Polyhedrons, which includes:
  • nesting them
  • spinning them
  • folding and unfolding them
  • Jitterbug Transformation
  • turning inside-out
  • chirality
... and so on.

Happy Halloween (it's getting close).