Un progetto fotografico epico, decennale, che documenta culture (inglesi) che sopravvivono nonostante tutto e nonostante tutti. Un viaggio nei nostri immaginari culturali
Money quote: “‘Mod’ is an abbreviation for modernism, an umbrella term coined in the late 1950s to cover a set of intertwined subcultures – fashion, music, scooters, dancing – that carried an air of exclusivity. But it was also just a way for people to look like a million quid on the weekend, even if their bank balance didn’t necessarily reflect that”
http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/subcultures-mods-skins-lowriders-owen-harvey-photography/
Money quote: “‘Mod’ is an abbreviation for modernism, an umbrella term coined in the late 1950s to cover a set of intertwined subcultures – fashion, music, scooters, dancing – that carried an air of exclusivity. But it was also just a way for people to look like a million quid on the weekend, even if their bank balance didn’t necessarily reflect that”
http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/subcultures-mods-skins-lowriders-owen-harvey-photography/
Huck Magazine
The photographer documenting subcultures that refuse to die
Owen Harvey has been finding out why people are drawn to styles from a bygone era... developing some perspective on his own life in the process.
Letture domenicali: una delle ultime interviste a Zygmunt Bauman fatta da ElPais. Social media, politica, relazioni. Un capolavoro.
Money quote: “We could describe what is going on at the moment as a crisis of democracy, the collapse of trust: the belief that our leaders are not just corrupt or stupid, but inept. Action requires power, to be able to do things, and we need politics, which is the ability to decide what needs to be done. But that marriage between power and politics in the hands of the nation state has ended. Power has been globalized, but politics is as local as before. Politics has had its hands cut off. People no longer believe in the democratic system because it doesn’t keep its promises. We see this, for example, with the migration crisis: it’s a global phenomenon, but we still act parochially. Our democratic institutions were not designed for dealing with situations of interdependence. The current crisis of democracy is a crisis of democratic institutions.”
https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/19/inenglish/1453208692_424660.html
Money quote: “We could describe what is going on at the moment as a crisis of democracy, the collapse of trust: the belief that our leaders are not just corrupt or stupid, but inept. Action requires power, to be able to do things, and we need politics, which is the ability to decide what needs to be done. But that marriage between power and politics in the hands of the nation state has ended. Power has been globalized, but politics is as local as before. Politics has had its hands cut off. People no longer believe in the democratic system because it doesn’t keep its promises. We see this, for example, with the migration crisis: it’s a global phenomenon, but we still act parochially. Our democratic institutions were not designed for dealing with situations of interdependence. The current crisis of democracy is a crisis of democratic institutions.”
https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/19/inenglish/1453208692_424660.html
EL PAÍS
Zygmunt Bauman: “Social media are a trap”
The Polish-born sociologist is skeptical about the possibilities for political change
Recensione della batteria Anker 26800 PD con Usb-C, la migliore del momento - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/la-prova-della-batteria-anker-26800-pd-usb-c/
https://www.macitynet.it/la-prova-della-batteria-anker-26800-pd-usb-c/
Macitynet.it
Recensione della batteria Anker 26800 PD con Usb-C, la migliore del momento - Macitynet.it
Un monolite nero che ricarica due volte il MacBook, quattro volte l’iPad, otto volte l’iPhone. L’abbiamo provata per vedere se mantiene le promesse
Nei paesi anglosassoni il problema delle dinastie politiche, soprattutto a sinistra, sta diventando piuttosto serio per l'opinione pubblica
Money quote: “But there’s also another issue, and one that Hillary Clinton encountered. While sometimes name recognition helps when it comes to running for office, it can have the opposite effect. Fear and resentment of elites is increasingly prevalent as we enter a protracted stage of political instability. Clinton was rejected by many people on the right and left, as well as swing voters, for seeming to expect the presidency: as though she deserved it, and she viewed power as something handed between elites. Similarly, the selection of the sons and daughters of MPs can stick in the craw of many, seeming nepotistic and presumptuous, taking power and representation for granted”
http://www.huckmagazine.com/perspectives/opinion-perspectives/clinton-benn-kinnock-political-dynasties/
Money quote: “But there’s also another issue, and one that Hillary Clinton encountered. While sometimes name recognition helps when it comes to running for office, it can have the opposite effect. Fear and resentment of elites is increasingly prevalent as we enter a protracted stage of political instability. Clinton was rejected by many people on the right and left, as well as swing voters, for seeming to expect the presidency: as though she deserved it, and she viewed power as something handed between elites. Similarly, the selection of the sons and daughters of MPs can stick in the craw of many, seeming nepotistic and presumptuous, taking power and representation for granted”
http://www.huckmagazine.com/perspectives/opinion-perspectives/clinton-benn-kinnock-political-dynasties/
Huck Magazine
Why do political dynasties still dominate progressive parties?
From Clinton to Kinnock, Trudeau to Benn: keeping it in the family does little to persuade the public that politics isn’t a closed shop.
Ve lo ricordate Winamp? Morto e sepolto, ma ancora vitale: tra i vari porting quello più interessante è in Html5 e Javanoscript. Il player funziona nelal finestra del browser e, se ci si trascina sopra la musica, funziona come se fosse ancora ieri.
Hiptesr digitali
https://jordaneldredge.com/projects/winamp2-js/
Hiptesr digitali
https://jordaneldredge.com/projects/winamp2-js/
webamp.org
Webamp • Winamp in your browser
Winamp reimplemented in HTML5 and JavaScript
Se volete giuastarvi il lunedì, e il resto della settimana, e ci a voi la storia che racconta cosa sta per succedere. Dopo le fake news si prepara la “infocalypse”: teoria e tecnica degl assalti digitali.
Money quote: “Another scenario, which Ovadya dubs “polity simulation,” is a dystopian combination of political botnets and astroturfing, where political movements are manipulated by fake grassroots campaigns. In Ovadya’s envisioning, increasingly believable AI-powered bots will be able to effectively compete with real humans for legislator and regulator attention because it will be too difficult to tell the difference. Building upon previous iterations, where public discourse is manipulated, it may soon be possible to directly jam congressional switchboards with heartfelt, believable algorithmically-generated pleas. Similarly, Senators' inboxes could be flooded with messages from constituents that were cobbled together by machine-learning programs working off stitched-together content culled from text, audio, and social media profiles”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-terrifying-future-of-fake-news
Money quote: “Another scenario, which Ovadya dubs “polity simulation,” is a dystopian combination of political botnets and astroturfing, where political movements are manipulated by fake grassroots campaigns. In Ovadya’s envisioning, increasingly believable AI-powered bots will be able to effectively compete with real humans for legislator and regulator attention because it will be too difficult to tell the difference. Building upon previous iterations, where public discourse is manipulated, it may soon be possible to directly jam congressional switchboards with heartfelt, believable algorithmically-generated pleas. Similarly, Senators' inboxes could be flooded with messages from constituents that were cobbled together by machine-learning programs working off stitched-together content culled from text, audio, and social media profiles”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-terrifying-future-of-fake-news
BuzzFeed.News
Believable: The Terrifying Future Of Fake News
"What happens when anyone can make it appear as if anything has happened, regardless of whether or not it did?"
Mancano solo le caprette che fanno ciao ciao: il tono è quello. Però il viaggio psicoanalitico nella distruzione del proprio io digitale per recuperare la vita vera in questo momento storico è estremamente attraente: è diventato un pezzo importante del discorso sociale
Money quote: "Meanwhile, we’re finding out now that the gamification of social media — the likes, the comments, the hearts, the claps, the friends, the followers — makes it dangerously addictive and is destroying the fabric of society. It’s why everyone’s Instagram looks vaguely the same, and why now everyone visits the walls of restaurants instead of the restaurants themselves.
We’ve become distorted, homogenized, airbrushed, photoshopped, Instagrammed approximations of our ideal selves. Our real names and real pictures now stand in as avatars for a certain aesthetic. We’ve all become Human Highlight Films — and the better the highlights, the better the human."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/why-i-quit-social-media-4d97e9a81951
Money quote: "Meanwhile, we’re finding out now that the gamification of social media — the likes, the comments, the hearts, the claps, the friends, the followers — makes it dangerously addictive and is destroying the fabric of society. It’s why everyone’s Instagram looks vaguely the same, and why now everyone visits the walls of restaurants instead of the restaurants themselves.
We’ve become distorted, homogenized, airbrushed, photoshopped, Instagrammed approximations of our ideal selves. Our real names and real pictures now stand in as avatars for a certain aesthetic. We’ve all become Human Highlight Films — and the better the highlights, the better the human."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/why-i-quit-social-media-4d97e9a81951
Medium
Why I Quit Social Media
Sharing more by sharing less.
Anni fa, insegnando alla scuola di giornalismo della Cattolica di Milano, avevo una classe piuttosto reattiva. In particolare, uno studente, che aveva già fatto un master un Gran Bretagna, era polemico su varie cose tra le quali il fatto che, secondo lui, i giornalisti fossero più che autorizzati a fare interviste a tradimento (senza dire all’intervistato di essere giornalisti e che la conversazione sarebbe stata editata e pubblicata) e altre forme di “undercover journalism” come metodo normale di lavoro, neanche come metodo eccezionale.
Non ero d’accordo e non lo sono adesso: riguardo alla discussione piuttosto polemica con il mio studente di allora non penso sia una questione di chi ha ragione o chi no, però quando stamani ho trovato questo articolo, anni e anni dopo, mi ha fatto tornare in mente tutta la discussione.
Money quote: “All reputable news media – including the AP– agree that journalists should inform their sources of their real identity and avoid deceit in their reporting. In The Society of Professional Journalists Codes of Ethics, it states “Avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering information unless traditional, open methods will not yield information vital to the public.”
News is based on trust – which in the current media ecosystem is rare, fragile, and must be preserved for the future of journalism to thrive”
http://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/the-ethics-of-undercover-journalism-where-the-police-and-journalists-divide
Non ero d’accordo e non lo sono adesso: riguardo alla discussione piuttosto polemica con il mio studente di allora non penso sia una questione di chi ha ragione o chi no, però quando stamani ho trovato questo articolo, anni e anni dopo, mi ha fatto tornare in mente tutta la discussione.
Money quote: “All reputable news media – including the AP– agree that journalists should inform their sources of their real identity and avoid deceit in their reporting. In The Society of Professional Journalists Codes of Ethics, it states “Avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering information unless traditional, open methods will not yield information vital to the public.”
News is based on trust – which in the current media ecosystem is rare, fragile, and must be preserved for the future of journalism to thrive”
http://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/the-ethics-of-undercover-journalism-where-the-police-and-journalists-divide
Ethical Journalism Network
The Ethics of Undercover Journalism: Where the Police and Journalists Divide - Ethical Journalism Network
Journalism in the public interest can be a dodgy. Sometimes, when all else fails, to get their story reporters may have to use undercover techniques.
L'autore di "Her Story" sta lavorando a un altro videogioco ispirato da "War Games". Devo dire la verità, leggendo quel che trapela della storia non è che mi sembri poi così fedele al film del 1983 con Matthew Broderick
Money quote "His next project is a reboot of the 1983 film WarGames, created in collaboration with interactive video studio Eko. And Barlow is again merging passive viewing and interactive play in fascinating ways. Like the original movie, WarGames will center around the concept of hacking. But instead of Matthew Broderick trying to stop World War III, it’s about a group of young people navigating the thorny world of hacker-led societal change, deciding how and when to use their skills for the betterment of society at large. For Barlow, it’s a chance to expand on what he built with Her Story, while pushing even harder towards the “watching” part of the spectrum."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/9/16992840/wargames-interactive-tv-show-sam-barlow
Money quote "His next project is a reboot of the 1983 film WarGames, created in collaboration with interactive video studio Eko. And Barlow is again merging passive viewing and interactive play in fascinating ways. Like the original movie, WarGames will center around the concept of hacking. But instead of Matthew Broderick trying to stop World War III, it’s about a group of young people navigating the thorny world of hacker-led societal change, deciding how and when to use their skills for the betterment of society at large. For Barlow, it’s a chance to expand on what he built with Her Story, while pushing even harder towards the “watching” part of the spectrum."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/9/16992840/wargames-interactive-tv-show-sam-barlow
The Verge
WarGames gets rebooted as an interactive hacking TV show
The creator of Her Story is back with a new take on interactive storytelling
Il punto è semplice: l'informatica è una cosa molto, molto diversa da quello che la gente comunemente pensa. E il cambiamento, il superamento del gap passa attraverso la formazione prima di tutto dei formatori, cioè dei docenti. Non attraverso l'insegnamento di un fantomatico linguaggio di programmazione come se fosse un'altra lingua tipo l'inglese o il francese. Magari, sarebbe tutto molto più facile.
Ogni tanto però anche da noi qualcuno dice cose sensate.
Money quote: "Se si sostiene questo, si sia coerenti e si dica che il succitato Aristotele è stato il campione dello svilimento dell’intelligenza, visto che la prima imponente parte della sua opera, il cosiddetto Organon, è un’informatica ante litteram e la fondazione della logica formale."
https://www.agendadigitale.eu/scuola-digitale/linformatica-va-insegnata-tre-equivoci-superare/
Ogni tanto però anche da noi qualcuno dice cose sensate.
Money quote: "Se si sostiene questo, si sia coerenti e si dica che il succitato Aristotele è stato il campione dello svilimento dell’intelligenza, visto che la prima imponente parte della sua opera, il cosiddetto Organon, è un’informatica ante litteram e la fondazione della logica formale."
https://www.agendadigitale.eu/scuola-digitale/linformatica-va-insegnata-tre-equivoci-superare/
Agenda Digitale
L’informatica a scuola, i tre equivoci da superare | Agenda Digitale
Nativi digitali? L'informatica è noiosa?Ppoco creativa? Equivoci frutto di antichi pregiudizi sull'informatica a Scuola. La proposta del CINI è un primo passo per andare oltre
Storia un po' sintetica ma molto sentita di Radio Popolare
Money quote: "Già, quarantenne, perché Radio Popolare e io siamo coetanei: ha cominciato a trasmettere nel 1976, nel pieno dell’incredibile periodo anarchico delle radio libere, sotto la guida di Piero Scaramucci, raccontando per tutto questo tempo ciò che succedeva nella sterminata galassia della sinistra italiana, e ovviamente nel resto del mondo, perché l’attenzione a ciò che succede fuori da casa nostra è sempre stata un elemento caratteristico, nella sua carta d’identità"
http://www.yanezmagazine.com/quarantanni-di-radio-popolare/
Money quote: "Già, quarantenne, perché Radio Popolare e io siamo coetanei: ha cominciato a trasmettere nel 1976, nel pieno dell’incredibile periodo anarchico delle radio libere, sotto la guida di Piero Scaramucci, raccontando per tutto questo tempo ciò che succedeva nella sterminata galassia della sinistra italiana, e ovviamente nel resto del mondo, perché l’attenzione a ciò che succede fuori da casa nostra è sempre stata un elemento caratteristico, nella sua carta d’identità"
http://www.yanezmagazine.com/quarantanni-di-radio-popolare/
Yanez Magazine
Quarant'anni di radio per il popolo - Yanez Magazine
Foto di Elettra Dotti I primi ricordi che mi legano a Radio Popolare risalgono all’incirca alla prima metà degli anni ’90: nel pieno dell’esplosione del grunge, mentre Tangentopoli si consumava in processi trasmessi in tivù e si tiravano monetine a Bettino…
Le maledette zanzare sono molto, molto meno sceme di quel che si potrebbe pensare. Adesso scopriamo che possono imparare e ricordare.
Money quote: “Getting inside the minds of these insects, the authors argue, will help scientists come up with new ways to control them. And that’s important, because mosquitoes are among the deadliest animals on the planet, infecting hundreds of millions of people annually around the globe, and killing hundreds of thousands. (The urban-dwelling Aedes aegypti is a particularly difficult species to eradicate.)”
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/01/study-swat-zika-mosquito-it-could-remember-you-for-days/
Money quote: “Getting inside the minds of these insects, the authors argue, will help scientists come up with new ways to control them. And that’s important, because mosquitoes are among the deadliest animals on the planet, infecting hundreds of millions of people annually around the globe, and killing hundreds of thousands. (The urban-dwelling Aedes aegypti is a particularly difficult species to eradicate.)”
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/01/study-swat-zika-mosquito-it-could-remember-you-for-days/
Mother Jones
Swat at a Mosquito and It Could Remember You for Days
The insect's memory functions like "a really strong repellent," says the co-author of a new study.
Quelli che credono nelle teorie del complotto e nella pericolosità dei vaccini, sono sempre gli stessi, cioè tendono a credere a tutto il pacchetto.
Money quote: "People who believe Princess Diana was murdered or that John F. Kennedy’s assassination was an elaborate plot are more likely to think that vaccines are unsafe, despite scientific evidence to the contrary, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
“Vaccinations are one of society’s greatest achievements and one of the main reasons that people live about 30 years longer than a century ago,” said lead researcher Matthew Hornsey, PhD, of the University of Queensland. “Therefore, it is fascinating to learn about why some people are so fearful of them.”"
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2018/02/vaccine-skepticism.aspx
Qui il paper: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/hea-hea0000586.pdf
Money quote: "People who believe Princess Diana was murdered or that John F. Kennedy’s assassination was an elaborate plot are more likely to think that vaccines are unsafe, despite scientific evidence to the contrary, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
“Vaccinations are one of society’s greatest achievements and one of the main reasons that people live about 30 years longer than a century ago,” said lead researcher Matthew Hornsey, PhD, of the University of Queensland. “Therefore, it is fascinating to learn about why some people are so fearful of them.”"
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2018/02/vaccine-skepticism.aspx
Qui il paper: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/hea-hea0000586.pdf
Sharp: siamo primi nella rivoluzione dell’8K - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/02/13/tecnologia/news/sharp-siamo-primi-nella-rivoluzione-dellk-MidVdEnpPzRxmtLIGOO66I/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/02/13/tecnologia/news/sharp-siamo-primi-nella-rivoluzione-dellk-MidVdEnpPzRxmtLIGOO66I/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Sharp: siamo primi nella rivoluzione dell’8K
L’altissima risoluzione video è il fiore all’occhiello dell’azienda giapponese. Ma dietro l’angolo c’è di più: dall’intelligenza artificiale all’innovazione condivisa (pensata in Italia)
Fenomenologia dei grandi collezionisti d’arte. E pure di quelli più piccoli. Gente che vuol far vedere di essere gente di mondo, anzi di classe. Non è un tema nuovo, ma fa parte degli intramontabili sketch della commedia umana.
Money quote: “Debates about why people collect art date back at least to the first century CE. The Roman rhetorician Quintilian claimed that those who professed to admire what he considered to be the primitive works of the painter Polygnotus were motivated by ‘an ostentatious desire to seem persons of superior taste’. Quintilian’s view still finds many supporters.”
https://aeon.co/essays/what-drives-art-collectors-to-buy-and-display-their-finds
Money quote: “Debates about why people collect art date back at least to the first century CE. The Roman rhetorician Quintilian claimed that those who professed to admire what he considered to be the primitive works of the painter Polygnotus were motivated by ‘an ostentatious desire to seem persons of superior taste’. Quintilian’s view still finds many supporters.”
https://aeon.co/essays/what-drives-art-collectors-to-buy-and-display-their-finds
Aeon
Why people collect art
Collectors drive the art world, but what drives art collectors? It’s less about aesthetics than self-identification
“Black Panther”, il film esce domani: la mia recensione (senza spoiler)
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/02/black-panther-recensione-film-marvel/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/02/black-panther-recensione-film-marvel/
Fumettologica
"Black Panther", la recensione. Andiamo tutti a Wakanda, per sempre
La recensione di Black Panther, il nuovo film dei Marvel Studios, in distribuzione nei cinema italiani dal prossimo 14 febbraio.
È una scena cult della televisione americana. Adesso il libro che raccoglie la storia orale di ‘The Wire’ permette di apprezzare l’idea alla base e la preparazione necessaria per girare la famosa ‘Fuck’ Scene. Un monumento. Leggete un po’ e poi godetevi il video.
Money quote: “In a storyline that recalled Press’s killing, Jimmy McNulty and Bunk Moreland visit the apartment of a murdered young woman in Episode 4. They quickly discover that the previous detective bungled the investigation, and they slowly and methodically retrace the murder and link it to Avon Barksdale’s conspirators. Television had never seen anything quite like it. McNulty and Bunk conversed in the nearly five-minute scene by using only iterations of the word fuck”
http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/the-wire-oral-history-fuck-scene.html
Money quote: “In a storyline that recalled Press’s killing, Jimmy McNulty and Bunk Moreland visit the apartment of a murdered young woman in Episode 4. They quickly discover that the previous detective bungled the investigation, and they slowly and methodically retrace the murder and link it to Avon Barksdale’s conspirators. Television had never seen anything quite like it. McNulty and Bunk conversed in the nearly five-minute scene by using only iterations of the word fuck”
http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/the-wire-oral-history-fuck-scene.html
VULTURE
An Oral History of The Wire’s Unforgettable 5-Minute ‘F*ck’ Scene
An excerpt from Jonathan Abrams’s new book ‘All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of the Wire’ about HBO’s groundbreaking series starring Dominic West and Wendell Pierce.
Nelle galere americane, per rilassarsi, si giocano i giochi di ruolo da tavolo (Dubgeon and dragons). Però spesso sono vietati i dadi...
Money quote: “Even in states where RPGs are allowed, restriction on the use of dice can complicate gameplay. In an effort to crack down on gambling, most correctional facilities in America don't allow offenders to use or create dice.“
Da noi tanto tempo fa ci si raccontava il Milione...
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/padk7z/how-inmates-play-tabletop-rpgs-in-prisons-where-dice-are-contraband
Money quote: “Even in states where RPGs are allowed, restriction on the use of dice can complicate gameplay. In an effort to crack down on gambling, most correctional facilities in America don't allow offenders to use or create dice.“
Da noi tanto tempo fa ci si raccontava il Milione...
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/padk7z/how-inmates-play-tabletop-rpgs-in-prisons-where-dice-are-contraband
Vice
How Inmates Play Tabletop RPGs in Prisons Where Dice Are Contraband
In correctional facilities across America, inmates cluster around tables in the common room to play games like Dungeons & Dragons. And they do it without dice.
Idea fantastica! Dovremmo farlo anche noi!
Money quote: “In Italia i Qr code non sono mai diventati popolari. In Cina invece trovano diverse applicazioni. Se non l’ultima, una delle più curiose e originali arriva da Pechino. Le carrozze delle linee 4 e 10 della metropolitana sono state trasformate in librerie digitali. Una volta a bordo i viaggiatori possono fotografare con il proprio smartphone il Qr code e accedere a una serie di audiolibri. Da ascoltare fino a destinazione…”
http://www.east-media.net/qr-code-pechino-metropolitana-app-libri/
Money quote: “In Italia i Qr code non sono mai diventati popolari. In Cina invece trovano diverse applicazioni. Se non l’ultima, una delle più curiose e originali arriva da Pechino. Le carrozze delle linee 4 e 10 della metropolitana sono state trasformate in librerie digitali. Una volta a bordo i viaggiatori possono fotografare con il proprio smartphone il Qr code e accedere a una serie di audiolibri. Da ascoltare fino a destinazione…”
http://www.east-media.net/qr-code-pechino-metropolitana-app-libri/
East Media
Con i Qr code la metropolitana di Pechino si trasforma in una libreria
Fotografando un Qr code sulla metropolitana di Pechino si possono ascoltare degli audio-libri mentre si è in viaggio. Scopri di più...
Chuck ama scrivere articoli di colore. Peccato non gli vegano sempre bene. La storia olimpionica del tongano Pita Taufatofua, mr torace, però è carina.
Money quote: “At that exceedingly rare event in life known loosely as the “Tongan cross-country skiing news conference,” Pita Taufatofua wore a ski jacket and maybe even another layer beneath and proved evocative, witty, a fine storyteller, self-effacing but non-farcical, ricocheting skillfully between the serious and the funny. By contrast, the body that got him the platform even came to seem kind of . . . blasé.
What an upset.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/who-knew-a-tongan-cross-country-skier-could-be-so-engaging-with-his-shirt-on/2018/02/14/c051a408-115f-11e8-9570-29c9830535e5_story.html
Money quote: “At that exceedingly rare event in life known loosely as the “Tongan cross-country skiing news conference,” Pita Taufatofua wore a ski jacket and maybe even another layer beneath and proved evocative, witty, a fine storyteller, self-effacing but non-farcical, ricocheting skillfully between the serious and the funny. By contrast, the body that got him the platform even came to seem kind of . . . blasé.
What an upset.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/who-knew-a-tongan-cross-country-skier-could-be-so-engaging-with-his-shirt-on/2018/02/14/c051a408-115f-11e8-9570-29c9830535e5_story.html
Washington Post
Who knew a Tongan cross-country skier could be so engaging with his shirt on?
Pita Taufatofua, star of consecutive Opening Ceremonies, is funny and charming and understands the Olympic spirit as well as any athlete in PyeongChang.
Lento ma a un certo punto efficace pamphlet per dire che la scuola fa male ai bambini perché blocca il modo naturale con il quale l’energia viene utilizzata per crescere diventando altro da sé. Quelli che sono stati male a scuola probabilmente ci si ritroveranno.
Money quote: ““There are very few children who do not feel, during most of the time they are in school, an amount of fear, anxiety, and tension that most adults would find intolerable. It is no coincidence at all that in many of their worst nightmares adults find themselves back in school. I was a successful student, yet now and then I have such nightmares myself.”
Instead of being drawn into self-development by self-oriented fun and fascination, the child is now prodded into it by other-oriented fear and guilt. This kind of motivation is unsteady, because the child naturally resents and rebels against it.”
https://medium.com/the-mission/get-your-flow-back-to-make-work-feel-like-play-8207d745c3d4
Money quote: ““There are very few children who do not feel, during most of the time they are in school, an amount of fear, anxiety, and tension that most adults would find intolerable. It is no coincidence at all that in many of their worst nightmares adults find themselves back in school. I was a successful student, yet now and then I have such nightmares myself.”
Instead of being drawn into self-development by self-oriented fun and fascination, the child is now prodded into it by other-oriented fear and guilt. This kind of motivation is unsteady, because the child naturally resents and rebels against it.”
https://medium.com/the-mission/get-your-flow-back-to-make-work-feel-like-play-8207d745c3d4
Medium
How School Stole Your Flow
And how to get it back.