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No bright, bleeding edge technology can by itself inspire us to see beyond the limitations that bind us to solutions posed by old minds, gurus and mentors with rigid ways, and coaches still running ancient plays. The revolution cannot be … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, cyhydedd naw ban, peace, poetic forms, revolution, technology, tools, war, Welsh verse forms
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Generation Gap
You call yourselves Creatives, seekers of some brave new world where the light of tomorrow shines and everyone is free, constructing some great paradigm connecting one and all across the universe and time through some technology. You call yourselves Inventors, … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, gratitude, invention, marketing, modernism, reform, technology
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On Tools
What future use will be our tools for building greater monuments, technologies to reach beyond our yesterday capacity, if all that drives tomorrow’s will is to create for their own sake more grand machines to take the place of what … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, education, history, legacies, science, technology, tools
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The Wheels of Progress
When ground to standstill, mired, besmirched, their cog-end mesh begun to rust, the wheels of progress can but lurch. Their motion barely moves the dust; and each gear’s inch assaults the ear with tortured squeaks and sudden stalls. Behind all … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, daily poems, failure, legacies, progress, technology
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Critical Path
July is gone, and the pecans have now begun to set on the old tree along the bayou; sometimes, we forget the simple things that mark the seasons. We’ve no need of clocks or calendars. Whatever reasons we invent to … Continue reading
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Tagged Buckminister Fuller, Critical Path, Indian summer, seasons, technology, time
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The Blackout
The streets are filled with idle, itching hands, their owners on the prowl in vain pursuit of some pastime to fill the vacant hours in darkened rooms enswamped with summer heat. Without their cellphones, TV sets and games, and fast-food … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, daily poems, fear, hurricanes, New Orleans, power, storms, technology
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So Much for Science
The art of living well, some pundits quip, is equal parts audacity and luck; while others posit a stiff upper lip and careful breeding lift us from the muck. The hedonist claims pleasure is the thing; his polar opposite, the … Continue reading
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Tagged chimpanzees, futility, hypocrisy, intelligence, progress, science, technology
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