"It was Austro-Hungarian mistakes, backed by Germany, that caused the outbreak of the First World War" As the centenary of World War I's end approaches, historian @JonathanBoff talks us through some of the best modern research on World War I:
https://t.co/GqYw5fvuL3 @OUPHistory https://t.co/q260tO2VGH
Our philosophy interviews on Five Books are edited by the British philosopher, Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites).
You can see all the topics we've covered and people we've interviewed so far here: https://t.co/BI3LAdgzCE https://t.co/GmwlBXB0hj
"You must explain what it is for a life to have value: until you can do that your ethical theories are empty and void."
The best books on #Socrates, discussed by M.M. McCabe, emerita professor of ancient philosophy at @KingsCollegeLon
https://t.co/a3jh94DWwU
The human mind is subject to considerable contradiction, confusion and internal opposition due to various aspects of the being each serving up their demands or desire to be met, needs to be addressed, or insights and ideas to be adopted and implemented. Despite the tangle that this creates for any individual, there are certain broad principles or concepts which rule even the contradictions in detail. These overarching ideas are based on the way the human mind works; whichever side of an issue the mind accepts in a particular circumstance, it is governed generally by the framework thus imposed.
@naval Book recommendation: The Life Divine - Shri Aurobindo Ghosh. Should be right up your alley. Read parts of it while up in the Rocky mountains. Not sure whether it was the lack of oxygen or the blissful silence, but the essays they left an immense impression. I found 42.
https://twitter.com/vanSadhu/status/1054594866942857216?s=19
Plot twist: Machines are using humans to become more powerful. We are just playing into their hands.
https://twitter.com/vanSadhu/status/1007509423588196352?s=19
Total domination of our conventional consciousness. a.k.a we end up being the hosts in Westworld. 👻
consensus != convergence; decentralization != blockchain and more in...
CRDTs and the Quest for Distributed Consistency https://t.co/Y9T2uHOBgY via @InfoQ
Benedict Cumberbatch Meets Einstein in The Order of Time https://t.co/AWKSWAcPX0
We all experience time, but the more scientists learn about it, the more mysterious it appears. We think of it as uniform and universal, moving steadily from past to future, measured by clocks. Rovelli tears down these assumptions one by one, revealing a strange universe where, at the most fundamental level, time disappears. He explains how the theory of quantum gravity attempts to understand and give meaning to the resulting extreme landscape of this timeless world. Weaving together ideas from philosophy, science, and literature, he suggests that our perception of the flow of time depends on our perspective, better understood starting from the structure of our brain and emotions than from the physical universe.
Stephen Hawking epitomized the power of a conscious mind. One of the most inspirational personalities to have walked the planet.
Late R.K.Talwar ex-chairman of SBI was sacked by Indira Gandhi at age 54, for not toeing her line. He purchased a bicycle and spent his life in Aurobindo ashram, Pondicherry.
An ex-Chmn retired few yrs ago, joined as Dir. of many co., earned Rs. 3 cr p.a. as fees last year !
https://twitter.com/oldhandhyd/status/1054590914700566529?s=19
"I read it in the way you’d read a novel and its very rare for me to read philosophy like that. The brilliance of Nozick’s writing, the flashiness of it, the wit, the humour makes it a ‘page turner’."
@JoWolffBSG on Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia
https://t.co/6k2jpIGJsM https://t.co/MbNYjwbG1l
How accurate is what we think we know about the Romans? @holland_tom tells @five_books about the exercise of power, the staging of ceremony and the influence of religion in ancient Rome https://t.co/zHfCRgCaPM
"That’s what mathematics is about, pattern-searching": the best books on the beauty of maths, a #readinglist by @OxUniMaths Professor @MarcusduSautoy https://t.co/YYvzkO8Ur8
Evolutionary biologist @bonesandbugs tells us why it's impossible to clone a mammoth, and why we might want to. She discusses five books that discuss biodiversity, extinction, and genetics https://t.co/rzdez1vBkW
“Somebody complained Picasso’s picture of Gertrude Stein didn’t look like her, the response was ‘It will’.”
Philosopher Noël Carroll chooses the best books on the philosophical questions surrounding art | https://t.co/RWpEkAzcgD
“The big moments in the history of information are often seemingly small developments, such as the emergence of indexing, or of reference books.”
The best books on the History of Information, a #readinglist by @Harvard historian Ann Blair https://t.co/G6hp4RLW0K
This article is very interesting. It tells us about Subhash Bose, Sri Aurobindo's advice, Bengal Congress & temple control. Great article. https://t.co/APilV8BtuR
@raptor_fossil
Is Indian Culture Obsolete? https://t.co/DhYcX5rS97 via @Pragyata_
An attempt to show that the evolution of paleography of #Kannada might have been influenced by the knowledge of #geometry, spirals and curves to illustrate a phonetic sound in an alphabet https://t.co/ehOifjn4uZ
A fragment mentioning old H arts and trades: kAvya+AkhyAyika+AkhyAna-parij~nAnam; (gIta)-kushalatA-nR^itta-kushalatA vAdyeshv a...
shilpAny api karmAra-rajaka-takShaka-jatukaraka.[].kumbhak[].. lakShaNaM jyotiSham utpAtikam… i.e. theatrics, sculpture, washerman lac-worker etc https://t.co/dOei3TILST
https://twitter.com/blog_supplement/status/1054605236474707968?s=19
According to the psychiatric art division head of Saint-Anne, the “fine, delicate touch” marked by “sensitivity and simplicity” in the anonymous Indian’s paintings were probably too skilful for viewers looking for violent works expressing psychic torment. https://t.co/OI1bRdS4qd https://t.co/KrTr2Fn87s
Bharatiya Janata Party or Bharatiya Jumla Party ! https://t.co/ej7KaVTQDA https://t.co/thZLabniic
#EPWEditorial: #Migrant workers in India provide cheap labour and are also scapegoats blamed for all socio-economic ills.
https://t.co/LYnEa7xfWy
"He suddenly bent over to kiss me. I quickly turned away and he kissed my cheek, jawline and then my neck. I said ‘no’ and he replied ‘oh, why not? Just a little one’." https://t.co/HmLk7MhvBG
#MeToo #JatinDas
When a book on the media biggies is written someday,it'll be a bestseller featuring sex,debauchery,corruption,power broking & more. Fraternity stays tight-lipped about its own,but everyone knows the rot is deep. Ms.Prakash is brave.The knives will be out https://t.co/NCxCBaOS9R
https://twitter.com/smitabarooah/status/1054605878475808768?s=19
Composing a piece of writing on assault/harassment/another kind of violation is filled with choices. How much of our personal trauma do we share with a reader? Is it necessary to reveal everything? Am I re-traumatising myself by handing over the story?
https://twitter.com/genderlogindia/status/1054248742382125056?s=19
One reason I've personally refrained from or changed my mind about writing about certain painful experiences is bcos I've worked through them over the years. Writing about them lifts the lid on a journey I've already completed. Sharing it with the world would be deeply confusing.
Aside from the responses of strangers, writers who publish pieces around trauma must also contend with loved ones they haven't told learning about the experience. Busy Phillips told her family 4 months before her book came out something she hadn't shared with them for years.
I recognise that the perspectives/writers I'm sharing in this thread have differing views & experiences when it comes to writing about trauma. I want their voices to be heard in combination to acknowledge that there's innumerable ways in which a person and their trauma intersect.
Kalidas Jayaram done with his part in Jeethu Joseph directorial https://t.co/09NVm2C9jS
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