[monochrom] Humanity and the Future of Smartness
Seventy-four thousand years ago, humanity nearly went extinct. A super-volcano at what's now Lake Toba, in Sumatra, erupted with a strength more than a thousand times that of Mount St. Helens in 1980. Some 800 cubic kilometers of ash filled the skies of the Northern Hemisphere, lowering global temperatures and pushing a climate already on the verge of an ice age over the edge. Some scientists speculate that as the Earth went into a deep freeze, the population of Homo sapiens may have dropped to as low as a few thousand families. The Mount Toba incident, although unprecedented in magnitude, was part of a broad pattern. For a period of 2 million years, ending with the last ice age around 10,000 B.C., the Earth experienced a series of convulsive glacial events. This rapid-fire climate change meant that humans couldn't rely on consistent patterns to know which animals to hunt, which plants to gather, or even which predators might be waiting around the corner. How did we cope? By getting smarter. The neuroÂphysiÂolÂogist William Calvin argues persuasively that modern human cognitionincluding sophisticated language and the capacity to plaan aheadevolved in response to the demands of this long age of turbbulence. According to Calvin, the reason we survived is that our brains changed to meet the challenge: we transformed the ability to target a moving animal with a thrown rock into a capability for foresight and long-term planning. In the process, we may have developed syntax and formal structure from our simple language. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200907/intelligenceLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/07/humanity-and-future-of-smartness.htmmonochrom at 7/22/2009 01:37:00 PM
[monochrom] Foster And Koolhaas To Plan Hong Kong's New Cultural District
Foster + Partners has been given a second chance to masterplan the $2.7 billion West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong The British starchitect, together with Rem Koolhaas and local designer Rocco Yim Sen-kee, make up the three-strong team named as consultants on the conceptual plans for the cultural and artistic hub. http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/foster-and-koolhaas-selected-for-hong-kong-project/5205357.articleLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/07/foster-and-koolhaas-to-plan-hong-kongs.htmmonochrom at 7/22/2009 01:40:00 PM
Re: [monochrom] shit on klaus (was: piss on pattie)
als alter patti smith fan stelle ich mich auf die seite der erbosten fans, auch wenn ich mich damit jetzt als ultrabeknackt oute. die generation google kann ja bei der jeweils aktuellen tussen-kombo aus der jeweils aktuellen casting show bleiben, das gibt mehr her fürs aug'. FS Klaus Walter hat einen guten Text über das Frankfurter Pattie-Smith-Konzert FS geschrieben copypaste syndrom ? sie heißt immer noch PATTI smith (kein e) ... FS Wer hingegen wissen möchte, wie weit auf den Hund gekommen deutsche FS MedienbenutzerInnen aktuell sind, dem/der empfehle ich die ultrabeknackten FS Kommentare von erbosten Fans ... anscheinend hast du die ultrabeknackten kommentare selbst nicht gelesen, denn das hat dort Stefan schon angemerkt. oder es war dir wurscht. FS http://www.taz.de/1/leben/musik/artikel/1/raus-aus-der-piss-factory/ -- Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure. (Eric Allman) --
Re: [monochrom] puke on correct spelling of names (was: shit on klaus (was: piss on pattie))
ach übrigens: ich will neue rechtschreibung für die rechtschreibprüfung von word 2003 -Original Message- From: Bene b...@zenbe.com To: BAGASCH@LISTS.MONOCHROM.AT Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:35:33 +0200 Subject: Re: [monochrom] puke on correct spelling of names (was: shit on klaus (was: piss on pattie)) die generation google kann ja bei der jeweils aktuellen tussen-kombo aus der jeweils aktuellen casting show bleiben, das gibt mehr her fürs aug'. Klaus Walter und Frank Apunkt sind jetzt Generation Google? :D Und die Generation Word-Rechtschreibprüfung findet den Text doof ...
