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No setlist, no preconceived intentions: this concert was 100% improvised. My focus is on connecting classical music and spontaneous re-composition. I'm improvising on classical piano pieces - by coming from a free idea, not knowing which piece it will going to be later on. Then I'll be developing this idea, exploring its potential and try to find o... See more

Part of what's paralleling your work right now is the rise of sort of decentralized or federated social media platforms. In what ways does the kind of platform actually matter? Like how did the affordance of the platform, what they enable, what they constrain, what the incentivize shape the kind of conversations that people have,

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The potential to build community-curated knowledge networks remains largely untapped. There are reasons to be optimistic; the economic feasibility of paid communities, a renewed interest in curation, a slow move away from big social, and an improved understanding of platform incentives. All combined, this will lead to communities that are more sust... See more

I studied Classics in college. When I read Caro, I cannot help but think that his work is -- in terms of quality, significance, and longevity -- comparable to that of Thucydides, Tacitus, Suetonius. Truly one of a kind.

What are the major challenges we face?

Let’s go for global warming, peak oil and ubiquitous computing.

Ubiquitous computing?

Totally ubiquitous computing. One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we distinguish the digital from the real, the virtual from the real. In the future, that will become literally impossible

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But what if success didn't require sacrificing your sanity at the altar of productivity? Enter Type 2 Growth, courtesy of futurist Kevin Kelly, who might just be the anti-hustle prophet we've been waiting for. While Type 1 is busy tracking steps and biohacking their breakfast, Type 2 is about something radically simple: quality over quantity. As Ke... See more

Carl Jung proposed that phenomena like UFOs could be seen as a breakdown or manifestation of the collective unconscious. In his work Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky , Jung explored the idea that UFO sightings might not just be physical phenomena but could also reflect psychological or archetypal symbols from the collective u... See more

“And the second thing fiction does is to build empathy. When you watch TV or see a film, you are looking at things happening to other people. Prose fiction is something you build up from 26 letters and a handful of punctuation marks, and you, and you alone, using your imagination, create a world and people it and look out through other eyes. You ge... See more

Anthea often uses metaphors to develop and convey new conceptualizations. This approach is in keeping with studies about the significant role of metaphorical thinking in creative intellectual processes in science and beyond. In Clash of Paradigms: Actors and Analogies Shaping the Investment Treaty System, for instance, she likened the system to a p... See more