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Tag Archives: 21st Century
2017: Mural
Sam Rodriguez: Here & There (2017) “Recently, I completed the first of what I hope will be many projects here in my hometown of San Jose, California on 8th & Empire Streets….On this wall, there is a portrait of my … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Art, Children, Latino/as/x, Murals, Painting, Sam Rodriguez, USA
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2018: The Sky
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2015: Absence of Clarity
Susan R. Goldstein: Absence of Clarity (2015)
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2049: Las Vegas
Denis Villeneuve, director: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
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2017: Be a Resilient Cooperator
Do human beings act purely out of self-interest? The Prisoners’ Dilemma is a classic puzzle designed to test and explore this question: Two members of a criminal gang are arrested and imprisoned. Each prisoner is in solitary confinement with no … Continue reading
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2003: Seascape
Florian Maier-Aichen: Untitled (Seascape with Monument) (2003)
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2009: A Trade Union for Trees
Look at a single tall tree standing proud in the middle of an open area. Why is it so tall? Not to be closer to the sun! That long trunk could be shortened until the crown of the tree was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Books, Economics, Evolution, Great Britain, Richard Dawkins, Science, Socialism & Communism, Trees, Unions
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1666: Too Stars Fighting
In the same moneth [September, 1666] was seen a strange prodigy near us, Grace Butler my near neighbour that saw it told me of it, togather with several of James Brookesbankes family, it was too stars fighting, they struck violently … Continue reading
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44 BC: False Friends
When I was a student in Italy, a friend of mine once wanted to tell his host family that he liked the bread because it was made “without preservatives.” Not knowing the Italian for “preservative,” he took what seemed like … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Century BC, 21st Century, Art, Brutus, Italy, Language, Sculpture
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2018: The Sky
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