Mittwoch, 4. Oktober 2017
Schekman
How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science
Ist schon ein bißchen älter und ich habs nicht geleesen. Dito.

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Dienstag, 26. September 2017
Teotihuacan
Lakes of mercury and human sacrifices – after 1,800 years, Teotihuacan reveals its treasures
"When archaeologists found a tunnel under Mexico’s ‘birthplace of the gods’, they could only dream of the riches they would discover. Now its wonders – from jewel-eyed figures to necklaces of human teeth – are being revealed to the world"

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Samstag, 23. September 2017
Law & Lawrence
Ich habe ja nie viel Computer gespielt, finde sie aber trotzdem spannend. Deswegen die folgende Meldung:
law professor Lawrence Lessig will design the politics in online game Seed.
"Lawrence Lessig has spent his career studying constitutional law, and he has been helping new democracies to form the legal frameworks for governance. Now he is lending his expertise to Berlin-based independent game developer Klang to build the political framework for the upcoming massively multiplayer online game Seed."

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Dienstag, 19. September 2017
conferenzi
Busy in our glorious conference.
How about yourself?

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Montag, 18. September 2017
Gucci Gate
Björk: The Gate
"The Icelandic singer-songwriter’s mesmerizing new video, made in collaboration with Gucci’s Alessandro Michele and artist Andrew Thomas Huang"

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The Protege Truth
Somewhere I found this blog post about what the writer calls the The Genius Fallacy.
I would like to add one thing, namely that one needs to be a protégé(e). Often enough one can see that colleagues achieving something do so, because of more or less heavy support - in particular behind the scenes. And maybe what the author describes influences how the 'mentor' chooses his or her protégé(e).
A somehow related, recent article was about the stories behind a CV. Somehow there seems to be a trend among academics to admit how hard and struggling career is.

Btw: the author also wrote about the structured procrastination trap (which I did not reead).

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Samstag, 16. September 2017
Grant Hart
More links to contributions about Grant Hart:
- Bob Mould on fb
- In Memoriam — The 10 Greatest Songs By Grant Hart
- Drummer Jon Wurster Remembers Grant Hart: 'The Center of the Sonic Hurricane'
- Grant Hart, Of Husker Du, Remembered As Innovator

Nachtrag (17.9.2017):
- Keith Camerin Remembering Grant Hart
- Our critic's tribute to Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart: 'One of my greatest music heroes'

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Montag, 11. September 2017
random post 15
The Dinosaur Jr. Guide to Western Massachusetts

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Donnerstag, 7. September 2017
drain
Why is Bulgaria's population falling off a cliff?
"Bulgaria is projected to have the fastest-shrinking population in the world. It's already lost a fifth of its population since the 1990s. But what does this mean for those who remain?"

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fame
You’ll Never Be Famous — And That’s O.K.
"Today’s college students desperately want to change the world, but too many think that living a meaningful life requires doing something extraordinary and attention-grabbing like becoming an Instagram celebrity, starting a wildly successful company or ending a humanitarian crisis."

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