Cavities, Spaces, Pigeon Holes and the Tunnel-Vision through the Channels in Between Work and Life

This week, I’m living (and working) according to a little bit different time schedule than most weeks. Just a few days ago, I had a marathon movie viewing bout — I think I watched 4 movies in an 8-hour time frame. They were all very different, and one of them I chose mainly based on… Continue reading Cavities, Spaces, Pigeon Holes and the Tunnel-Vision through the Channels in Between Work and Life

Spoken vs. Written Language

Writing this week’s blog post has been difficult, because I have experienced significant trauma related to the topic of this post. In graduate school, I wrote an essay on the differences between written and spoken languages in a course called “diachronic linguistics”, in which I came to the conclusion that it is impossible to study… Continue reading Spoken vs. Written Language

Are You Experienced?

I’m a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix — I guess he must have been rather funny. This title of his (“Are You Experienced?” was the so-called “title track” song from his debut album) was obviously meant to be provocative, at least to people who are open to actually hearing and listening to the words …… Continue reading Are You Experienced?

Scaling Time

Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist https://www.wittgensteinproject.org/w/index.php/Logisch-philosophische_Abhandlung#1 When I turn on the radio, I usually expect to be entertained more than I expect to be informed — and my expectations seem to be confirmed time after time. This morning was no exception. This morning I heard that something had happened in Vancouver (Canada)… Continue reading Scaling Time

Mainstream Milieus

I guess about a decade ago I became aware of a new trend in the music industry, referred to as the “mashup”. A mashup was a combination of two songs — and these songs could be quite different. The result was (I guess) a new piece, and one of the most prominent examples and in… Continue reading Mainstream Milieus

Human Brain Conditioner: Human Nature is a Top Secret Affair

Over the past several weeks, I have focused on the quasi “post-mortem dump” of the so-called media‘s election coverage in the United States. I no longer usually pay much attention to the junk that has increasingly become known as “mainstream media” — I prefer to focus more on the distinction between “rational media and “irrational… Continue reading Human Brain Conditioner: Human Nature is a Top Secret Affair

Human Brain Conditioner: Super Bowl Edition

Today I would like to consider the Super Bowl — and similar “global” sports events. In gerneral, I stopped watching TV many decades ago — I had become aware (at a quite early age) how such machinery (and “programming”) is made in order to manipulate people. I have not missed it at all, and I… Continue reading Human Brain Conditioner: Super Bowl Edition

Self-Made World

I want to describe a storyline that I notice is used time and again … indeed, so much that it seems as if it were repetitive enough to come across as suspicious … . This is the myth of the “self-made man” (or woman? why not person? probably because it lacks the alliteration 😉 ).… Continue reading Self-Made World

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