Archive for March, 2010

Mecca Diaries

Mecca Diaries
Hajj is the world’s largest annual pilgrimage that takes place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Last year VICE Founder Suroosh Alvi went with his family and shot footage with an old Handicam. His intention was never to make a VBS doc out of it, but lo and behold here it is…shaky camerawork and all. The next...
March 23rd, 2010 | Spirituality | Read More

The most isolated tribe in the world?

The most isolated tribe in the world?
In the days after the cataclysmic tsunami of 2004, as the full scale of the destruction and horror wreaked upon the islands of the Indian Ocean became apparent, the fate of the tribal peoples of the Andaman Islands remained a mystery. It seemed inconceivable, above all, that the Sentinelese islanders...
March 22nd, 2010 | Evolution | Read More

THE MACHINE STOPS

THE MACHINE STOPS
Anybody who uses the Internet should read E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops. It is a chilling, short story masterpiece about the role of technology in our lives. Written in 1909, it’s as relevant today as the day it was published. Forster has several prescient notions including instant messages...
March 22nd, 2010 | Arts | Read More

Is the Drug War legitimizing Racism?

Is the Drug War legitimizing Racism?
Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of office, pledging to serve the United States as its forty-fourth president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been celebrating our nation’s “triumph over race.” Obama’s election has been touted...
March 21st, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

10,000 Hours to Shine

10,000 Hours to Shine
Malcolm Gladwell says that if you want to shine, put in 10,000 hours The search for success has spawned a motivational industry worth millions of pounds and libraries full of self-improvement books. From the Times Online by Steven Swinford It is practice, however, that makes perfect, according to the...
March 19th, 2010 | Big Ideas | Read More

The Future of War

The Future of War
Cyber-war – the way of the future? Governments are increasingly preparing themselves for an internet-based attack on their essential service infrastructure, say security experts Jonathan Richards from the Times Online The prospect of inter-governmental cyber-war was something for which...
March 18th, 2010 | Science & Technology | Read More

How do we make Decisions?

How do we make Decisions?
Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness and the way humans make decisions — sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself.
March 18th, 2010 | Health & Happiness | Read More

Marijuana Use Triples Among Gary

Marijuana Use Triples Among Gary
COLUMBUS, OH—In an alarming trend that some are calling a failure of U.S. drug prevention policies, daily marijuana use increased nearly threefold this month among 26-year-old Gary. Researchers at the Department of Health and Human Services are attributing the spike in cannabis consumption to a number...
March 18th, 2010 | Drug Policy | Read More

EYE SPIRITS

EYE SPIRITS
It had been many years since I had last seen Don, one of my favourite college lecturers, so I was delighted to bump into him at a conference.  Back in the old college days he had been something of a Sean Connery look-a-like and was much admired by the girl students, so it was a shock to see him now...
March 18th, 2010 | Science of the Mind | Read More

Chief exorcist says Devil is in Vatican

Chief exorcist says Devil is in Vatican
The Devil is lurking in the very heart of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican’s chief exorcist claimed on Wednesday. Father Gabriele Amorth said people who are possessed by Satan vomit shards of glass and pieces of iron. By Nick Squires in Rome from The Telegraph He added that the assault on...
March 12th, 2010 | Big Ideas | Read More
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