Exploring openness in radical video: Jason Silva at TEDGlobal2012 Photo: James Duncan Davidson Jason Silva is a “performance philosopher” driven by the concept of awe. Inspired by Buckminster Fuller and Timothy Leary, his background of film and philosophy has given him the tools to create movie trailers for ideas — what he calls “philosophical shots of espresso.” In his eyes: Awe is ecstatic rapture. In terms of his videos, their aesthetics, music and presentation all matter — because Jason believes we want to be transformed.
Struggling with quantum logic: Q&A with Aaron O’Connell On stage at TED2011, Aaron O’Connell talked about building the largest object ever put into a quantum mechanical state, a vibrating piece of metal (called a mechanical resonator) — work he completed in the lab of professors John Martinis and Andrew Cleland, and working closely with Max Hofheinz and many others. Now he’s interested in starting a science company with the potential for dramatic impact on the world. The TED Blog talked with him about his research, the nature of physics, and the differences between academia and the corporate world. You made an object that’s an enormous breakthrough in physics, and then you have a huge challenge to try to explain to non-physicists why it’s a big deal. Where does that disconnect come from? A lot of the impact of the experiment is that it forces you to change your perception of the world, and in such a way that you need to develop a new logic system. That’s a really tough concept. This is something we have no intuition for. No, actually I don’t.
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The Quantum Activist | Documentary film & DVD with Dr. Amit Goswami Overcoming Bias آلبوم Ænima از گروه موسیقی «تول» | مجله موسیقی ملودی آلبوم Ænima از گروه موسیقی «تول» (Tool) در ۱۷ سپتامبر ۱۹۹۶ به بازار موسیقی عرضه شد. این آلبوم در سبک‌های «آلترنیتیو متال» و «پراگرسیو متال» تهیه شده و دارای ۱۵ آهنگ به مدت ۷۷ دقیقه است. «آرش خرم» در رابطه با این آلبوم موسیقی، مقاله‌ی مفصلی را برای مجله‌ی موسیقی ملودی نوشته است که آن‌را با هم می‌خوانیم.آرش خرم: گروه موسیقی «تول» گروهی هستند بی‌بدیل در دنیای هنر که تفکر فلسفی و خط فکری برترشان نه خود آنها بلکه آثارشان را نیز در میان دوستداران هنر و ادبیات و نیز اهل فلسفه و منطق به درجه‌ی اعتبار بالایی رسانده است.آلبوم Ænima از این گروه که در اول اکتبر ۱۹۹۶ منتشر شده دارای ۱۵ ترانه است. این آلبوم به «بیل هیکس» طنزپرداز آمریکایی که دو سال و نیم پیش از انتشار آلبوم به‌دلیل بیماری سرطان لوزالمعده در سن ۳۲ سالگی درگذشت تقدیم شده است. در اواخر قرن ۱۹ نیز موضوع بحث به‌طور اساسی با مباحث انسان‌شناسی و روابط انسان و خدا در هم آمیخت. «ادام جونز» گیتاریست گروه برای طراحی استثنایی و بسیار زیبای کاور آلبوم، نامزد دریافت جایزه‌ی گرمی شد. آرش خرم / مجله‌ی موسیقی ملودی