Anything Can Break, Pinaree Sanpitak, 2009 Installation
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50 greatest innovations since the wheel
The Atlantic asked a group of historians, scientists, and engineers to rank the 50 greatest innovations since the invention of the wheel. Here they are. 1. The printing press, 1430s The printing press was nominated by 10 of our 12 panelists, five of whom ranked it in their top three. Dyson described its invention as […]
Patience is not the ability to wait, but how you act while you’re waiting.
Hello Compost
A city like New York, with a population of over 8 million, generates a gargantuan amount of landfill waste. Of that throwaway mess, about 35% is organic matter. And while the city plans to roll out a new composting program this fall–albeit, a voluntary one–New York’s recycling and composting rates have long trailed behind smaller […]
Prayer of an Anonymous Solider of the Confereracy:
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve – I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for help that I might do greater things – I was given infirmity, that I might do better things. I asked for riches, that I might be happy – I was given […]