Up a steep trail into the deep forest until you reach a tree thousands of years old. If it sounds like a fairy tale or fantasy, it's not. Take a walk in the ancient forest of Yakushima with filmmaker Steve Atkins's short video. Who knows, maybe you will spot kodama - the spirit of the … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Walking With Forest Spirit
Spreading the Word: All Intelligence Is Collective
"All intelligence is collective intelligence" according to the developmental biologist Michael Levin. Listen to this short video where he explains more. Enjoy! "It's never a question of: Is something physics and chemistry, or is it cognitive? The question is: What kind of cognition, and how much?"Michael Levin from the video Link to the video: The … Continue reading Spreading the Word: All Intelligence Is Collective
Spreading the Word: Toxic Productivity Culture
Are you doing your best to be productive and to improve your productivity? Trying to work as efficiently as possible? Many of us are, and why shouldn't we, productivity is a good thing, isn't it? Paradoxically, all these efforts to maximise our productivity can sometimes turn out to be... counterproductive. For example, we may come … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Toxic Productivity Culture
Spreading the Word: Connecting Art and Science
What connects art, science, education, and nature? Watch this video where a visual artist, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, and an educator discuss what I would call the human experience. Perhaps unsurprisingly, communication in its various forms is at the heart of our meaning-making. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R11FofCPoQ4 Keeping up the "Spreading the Word" tradition, I hope to … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Connecting Art and Science
Spreading the Word: Frankl’s Quotes on Meaning
In this short video, you will hear some of what Viktor Frankl had to say about our need for meaning. Given his severe and bitter personal experience (Nazi camps survivor), I find his thoughtful words particularly inspiring and motivating. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HUtKHLHeAY Keeping up the "Spreading the Word" tradition, every weekend, I hope to share an … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Frankl’s Quotes on Meaning
Spreading the Word: What is Phenomenology?
Phenomenology represents a crucial turn in the Western philosophical thinking. Tracing its roots to the 18th-century Enlightenment thinker Immanuel Kant, phenomenology takes human experience of phenomena as its central object and method of study. Although a large and complex topic, I found the following short video to offer an informative introduction and overview of what … Continue reading Spreading the Word: What is Phenomenology?
Spreading the Word: Scientific Revolution
This week I am finishing up the topic of the history of the Scientific Revolution. After having offered my philosophical take on it in the last two articles, I share with you this fun short video from the same YouTube channel that brought you last week's Plato and Aristotle - the CrashCourse. I especially appreciate … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Scientific Revolution
Spreading the Word: Philosophical Duo – Plato and Aristotle
On Monday, I published the first part of a 2-part article on the history of the Scientific Revolution. My take on its philosophical history, to be precise. In that post, I talk a lot about Aristotle and the centrality of his ideas to the formation of modern science. Today I thought I would give a … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Philosophical Duo – Plato and Aristotle
Spreading the Word: Boring Billion Years
Did you know there was a period in our planet's past that is sometimes referred to as the Boring Billion? Billion years of not much anything?! Have a look and listen to this deep dive into Earth's history to explore how boring that billion really was. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sbwUeTyDb0 Keeping up the "Spreading the Word" tradition, … Continue reading Spreading the Word: Boring Billion Years
Special Post: Volunteers Helping Ukraine
This is a very special post. I share with you a video made by one Ukrainian travel video blogger who has a very popular YouTube channel. Ever since the war in Ukraine started, he put all his travel videos on pause and has devoted his separate English-language channel to posting regular updates about the current … Continue reading Special Post: Volunteers Helping Ukraine
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