Apple recently brought the issue of creativity in the modern technology era to a head with its tone-deaf Crush Ad. If you haven’t seen it, the viewer is treated to the slow-motion destruction of all manner of artistic media, from instruments to paints to cameras. The hydraulic press lowers inch by steady inch until the…
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. — Leo Tolstoy We live in a world of unparalleled wonder. We may not stop and look at it often enough, but the technological progress of the last 100 years is astonishing Let’s run through some numbers. Global Poverty has been on the decline for…
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