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Nobody is against empathy. Nonetheless, it’s insufficient. These days empathy has become a shortcut. It has become a way to experience delicious moral emotions without confronting the weaknesses in our nature that prevent us from actually acting upon them. It has become a way to experience the illusion of moral progress without having to do the nasty work of making moral judgments. In a culture that is inarticulate about moral categories and touchy about giving offense, teaching empathy is a safe way for schools and other institutions to seem virtuous without risking controversy or hurting anybody’s feelings. — David Brooks (via ayjay)
pulmonaire:
Descend (by Hengki Koentjoro)
No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection. — from The Wise Man’s Fear
Sometime it’s good to get a little clarification on these things. ;)
Animated GIF’s taken to a whole new level. Match a little high-speed photography with photo-masking, and you can get some really neat effects.
(via Rick, via fromme-toyou)
Did Netflix screw up? I don’t think so.
Ghostery keeps places like Facebook and Google from tracking you
Want, in the right order. — yours truly
livejamie:
This is a live mash-up from French boy genius Madeon called “Pop Culture.” It’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen done.
I have only a moderate understanding of what I’m seeing here, but I’d love for someone to explain it all to me one day. Neat. :)