The (Human) World
The Physical Universe. Earth.
Table of Contents
Articles (8)
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A reminder that sexual violence is prevalent in the human realm, even among the educated, upper classes.
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One thing we can be certain of is that capitalism will end.
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In which the hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous meatspace of three continents, acquainting himself with the customs and dialects of previously unknown and unchronicled folk … and other material pertaining to the business and technology of Undersea Fiber-Optic Cables, as well as an account of the laying of the longest wire on Earth
Audio/Video (12)
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It regards our planet and the life upon it. It stands outside of historical time. To another race, it would communicate: This is what you would see if you came here.
~ From Roger Ebert’s review
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We’re already geo-engineering the planet, we’re just doing it accidentally and badly
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poets do not get this kind of attention
Canonical Works (6)
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Insofar as it disintegrates, it is called the ‘world.’
Essays (7)
Monographs (15)
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…and maybe because of the boiling April sun, he thought about water and ice. Water and ice were made of the same thing. He thought most people were made of the same thing, too. He himself was probably a little different from the corrupt people around him. Ice was distinct from—and in his view, better than—what it was made of. He wanted to be better than what he was made of. In Mumbai’s dirty water, he wanted to be ice.
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
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the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions.
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Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.
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a book about people trying to solve problems created by people trying to solve problems