April 5th
23:45
23:45
"Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."
— Dale Carnegie
"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself."
— Neil Gaiman
"It is not the job of artists to give the audience what they want. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience. They’d be the artists."
— Alan Moore
— Pablo Neruda
August 30th
12:35
12:35
August 18th
19:10
19:10
"Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion, it is not the desire to mate every second minute of the day, it is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every cranny of your body. No, don’t blush, I am telling you some truths. That is just being “in love”, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident."
— Louis de Bernières
16:28
The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
…“Secret Life,” NOVA’s Emmy-nominated web series. Watch videos and get to know dozens of scientists and engineers with surprising secret lives.
August 17th
14:20
14:20
The Transformation of Michele Bachmann
Bachmann belongs to a generation of Christian conservatives whose views have been shaped by institutions, tracts, and leaders not commonly known to secular Americans, or even to most Christians. Her campaign is going to be a conversation about a set of beliefs more extreme than those of any American politician of her stature, including Sarah Palin, to whom she is inevitably compared. Bachmann said in 2004 that being gay is “personal enslavement,” and that, if same-sex marriage were legalized, “little children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and that perhaps they should try it.” Speaking about gay-rights activists, that same year, she said, “It is our children that is the prize for this community.” She believes that evolution is a theory that has “never been proven,” and that intelligent design should be taught in schools.
“Common stock investments have helped to make our country prosperous and powerful. Owning a share in American industry is like owning a share in the future of our nation.”
A 1952 propaganda cartoon produced by the New York Stock Exchange promotes the stock market.
16:37
Reflections on Public Service by Vivek Kundera
Former U.S. Chief Information Officer in President Obama’s Administration. New fellow at the Berkman Center.
The information technology gap between the public and private sectors makes the Federal Government less productive and less effective at providing basic services to its citizens. Closing this gap is the key to making government work better for the American people – the ultimate goal.
August 10th
17:54
17:54
Where Children Sleep
As much as the project is about the quirkiness of childhood, it is, more strikingly, a commentary on class and on poverty. But the diversity also provides a sense of togetherness.
Everybody sleeps. And eventually, everybody grows up.
July 15th
14:06
14:06
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