iTunes | Download (mp3) | RSS | iPhone App The Drunken Taoist himself, Daniele Bolelli, returns to discuss his new book Create Your Own Religion: A How-To Book Without Instructions. The post DisinfoCast: 53: Daniele Bolelli – Create Your Own Religion: A How-To Book Without Instructions appeared first on disinformation. …read more
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So is it better to die old in obscurity or young in the limelight? From Reuters: The price of fame can be high with an international study on Thursday finding that people who enjoy successful entertainment or sporting careers tend to die younger. Researchers Richard Epstein and Catherine Epstein said the study, based on analysing 1,000 New York Times obituaries from 2009-2011, found film, music, stage performers and sports people died at an average age of 77.2 years. This compared...
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Paradoxically, in a sense, by doing nothing, says security theorizer Bruce Schneier, speaking to the Washington Post: What should policymakers do in the aftermath of this kind of event? Nothing. This is a singular event, and not something that should drive policy. Unfortunately, you can’t prevent this sort of thing 100 percent. By definition, news is something that almost never happens. The brain fools you into thinking the news is what’s important. So what should we be afraid of? Car...
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Via UbuWeb, avant-garde jazz great Don Cherry visually and aurally enacts a poem of Andre Breton, turning 1973 Paris into another realm altogether: Don Cherry, trumpet, illustrating an Andre Breton poem in various Paris locations. Breton poem read by Anthony Braxton. The post Don Cherry Illustrates Andre Breton’s Surrealist Poetry In Paris appeared first on disinformation. …read more
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Khannea Suntzu writes: A few years ago I argued that rampant disparity in terms of affluence and poverty (or opportunity versus marginalization) in the world might be interpreted as an existential risk. In other words, a very large number of human beings might literally be pushed in to premature death by the combination of (a) disparity and (b) accelerating technologies. My point in 2007 was that technology is increasingly something that more rich people “purchase” (or invest in), and reap...
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I love outsider art and creative détournement, and so when something as innovative and unsettling as ‘data-moshing‘ and ‘glitch art‘ grew, I took notice. It may have been the inevitable combination of remix culture, hacking/programming, and the new aesthetic, but it definitely makes for some some interestingly (and intentionally) bad art. Not every artistic endeavor gets recuperated by the mainstream (it sometimes feels as though they are randomly selected), but rather than kvetch about it when they do, it’s interesting...
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At a charity event for Sting, Luke Rudkowski interviewed comedian Russell Peters about his thoughts on Obama’s drone policy. The conversation led to Russell Peter’s doubt in the government’s official story of 9/11 and the Bilderberg Group. Via WeAreChange The post Comedian Russell Peters on 9/11 and Bilderberg appeared first on disinformation. …read more
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Bill Moyers interviews American Indian author Sherman Alexie: The post Sherman Alexie on Living Outside Cultural Borders appeared first on disinformation. …read more
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After the bombings that killed and maimed so horribly at the Boston Marathon, our country’s politics and mass media are awash in heartfelt compassion — and reflexive “doublethink,” which George Orwell described as willingness “to forget any fact that has become inconvenient.” In sync with media outlets across the country, the New York Times put a chilling headline on Wednesday’s front page: “Boston Bombs Were Loaded to Maim, Officials Say.” The story reported that nails and ball bearings were stuffed into pressure cookers,...
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The Mars One website lists necessary traits to be eligible, including mid-range height, blood pressure below 140/90, and a curious, resilient personality. The New York Daily News explains: Mars One, the private company that hopes to land a person on the surface of the red planet by 2023, will begin accepting videos made by prospective astronauts along with a $25 application fee that will go toward funding the ambitious colonization project. “We expect a million applications with 1-minute videos,” said...
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