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10/8 Destination: Chiar Khota, Bolivia
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Kauai Travel Itinerary: The Best Place in Hawaii?
A New York Times article, complete with a 36-hour itinerary, argues that Kauai — a lesser known island paradise in Hawaii — feels like the “world’s most stunning backwater.” “These days,” it argues, “Kauai sits firmly on the tourist radar, an indisputable rival of its famous neighbors, Oahu and Maui. But upon first glance at its unspoiled […]
Musk, Branson, “star” in new Khan Academy classes
A big theme of this LP week has been learning. We have pushed our minds to learn more and more about “material.” It’s interesting trying to balance an Eckhart Tolle approach of Presence, and disconnecting our minds from a “physical, material” world, with “turning on” our minds and pushing ourselves to learn more of what […]
How Commerce Expands Culture
http://theumlaut.com/2013/05/07/how-commerce-expands-culture/ “Take our friend Beethoven. His stellar musical rise was fueled by the productive powers of capitalism. The commercialization of the printing press allowed the Maestro to sell sheet music directly to middle class families and make a cozy artistic freelance living. Businessmen eager to peddle instruments to a growing middle class improved production and […]