The concept of prestige in social learning can be difficult to address, and even more-so in the context of scientific practice. But a rumination of The Prestige as presented in Christopher Nolan's film brings some resolution to conceptual tensions and inspires some real magic worthy of the term.
Read MoreLife in nature is full of systems that we can learn from. Systems like the poison-frogs and their signals. We can observe life responding to the laws of nature to learn how systems work. The principles that we learn can guide our understanding of other systems.
Read MoreYour feelings and the emotions they inspire are constructed by your brain. But the circuitry allows you to make changes. You can gain mastery of your emotional reality.
Read MoreThe Society of the Spectacle is an intimidating treatise on media and society. Here is my attempt to condense it to one page.
Read MoreIt is inevitable that we will face massive and unpredictable change in the coming century. We need to update our understanding of the world if we are to make the best of it, and this movie is a flawed but important attempt to fill that gap.
Read MoreEverything that you experience is part of an elaborate psychic simulation.
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