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spore: the sim-everything from will wright

3 October, 2008 (12:15) | games |

The concept surrounding this title posed some interesting questions not many explore. Origins, self-awareness, and the evolution of social organizations from bestial necessity to cosmic exploration find themselves under the macroscope. The game in no small way entertains the viewpoints between intelligent design and evolution. To some degree I think it plays a [...]

kardashev scale: civilizations type 1, 2, and 3

29 August, 2008 (08:55) | culture, science, technology |

In totality as a civilization, how do we rank on a cosmic level in energy processing and efficiency? Haha, apparently dudes like Carl Sagan put us low on the scale. It’s interesting to think if we even hope to ascend to a point where one could travel from one star system to another, [...]

the library of alexandria: then and now

25 August, 2008 (12:15) | culture |

The Royal library of Alexandria in Egypt was once the largest of its kind in the ancient world. The story behind its foundation in the 3rd century BC, destruction, and eventual rebuilding is shown below.  If indeed the original library was met with destruction on several occasions, it leaves one wondering what ancient knowledge [...]

amazon tribes in near-isolation threatened

30 May, 2008 (12:20) | culture, science |

Brazil’s government agreed to release stunning photos of Amazon Indians firing arrows at an airplane so that the world can better understand the threats facing one of the few tribes still living in near-total isolation from civilization, officials said Friday.
Anthropologists have known about the group for some 20 years but released the images now to [...]

pearl jam: do the evolution

14 April, 2008 (12:15) | animation, music |

What a great video that poses interesting questions that are relevant to our times and the cyclical nature of civilization. History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme.

When speaking about the song, Eddie Vedder stated, “That song is all about someone who’s drunk with technology, who thinks they’re the controlling living being on this planet. [...]

cambodian culture and photography

7 April, 2008 (08:57) | culture, politics / economics |

These are some fantastic pictures of Cambodia from National Geographic. I was always intrigued by this part of the world. The way their temple architecture intertwines surrounding foliage looks like a future civilization where environment has integrated with structure. Cambodia has an interesting political history, with social revolution and many changes fertile [...]