Monthly Archives: October 2012

Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life – Richard Dawkins

Oh, I stumbled on this little gem recently. It’s a BBC doc by Richard Dawkins, essentially about what Nietzsche was talking about in The Parable of the Madman: Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in … Continue reading

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Walt Whitman and Right Hemispheric Thinking

Breaking Bad has taken over my life. Besides that, it also introduced me to a fun poem by Walt Whitman: 180. When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer WHEN I heard the learn’d astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged … Continue reading

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The History of the Bike

Very fun and quick doc about the history of the bike from BBC. Lots of cool info on how bikes helped shape society, especially those in the lower class.

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