the hyperpicture

Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier

2011-04-07T21:31:00.000+02:00

Jørgen Leth (born 1937)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jørgen_Leth
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jørgen_Leth

Blog: http://jorgenleth.blogspot.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfect_Human
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_perfekte_menneske

Lars von Trier (born 1956)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_von_Trier
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_von_Trier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95

The Five Obstructions / De fem benspænd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Obstructions

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Nietzsche, Heidegger and Sartre

2011-03-31T19:10:00.006+02:00

Human, All Too Human a three-part 1999 documentary television series produced by the BBC that follows the lives of Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre.

1. Beyond Good and Evil: Friedrich Nietzsche
2. Thinking the Unthinkable: Martin Heidegger
3. The Road to Freedom: Jean-Paul Sartre

About this documentary: Human, All Too Human
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human,_All_Too_Human_(TV_series)

1. Beyond Good and Evil: Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche

- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/

About the book, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits (1878)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human,_All_Too_Human

Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world

2010-07-08T02:15:00.001+02:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7ZpWecIS8

Clay Shirky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Shirky

Cognitive Surplus: The Great Spare-Time Revolution
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_pink_shirky/

Ushahidi - Crowdsourcing Crisis Information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushahidi
http://www.ushahidi.com

Thomas Szasz

2010-04-08T16:02:00.001+02:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQegsqYhuZE

Drapetomania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapetomania

CCHR Co-Founder Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz

The Myth of Mental Illness, book by Szasz (1961)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Mental_Illness

An Interview with Thomas Szasz, MD. Online article on mental illness and psychotherapy for psychotherapists.
http://www.psychotherapy.net/interview/Thomas_Szasz

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR): What We Believe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ufOUHeS-ZY&feature=related

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)
http://www.cchrint.org/
http://www.cchrint.org/about-us/declaration-of-human-rights/

Harold Pinter - Nobel Prize For Literature Speech - Art, Truth & Politics

2010-04-08T13:31:00.004+02:00

Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Pinter
http://www.haroldpinter.org

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005: "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms"

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/index.html

Nobel Lecture Art, Truth & Politics

Video: http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=620

Text: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/pinter-lecture-e.html

How Wikileaks shone light on world's darkest secrets

2010-04-08T12:52:00.000+02:00

"How does a website run by just five full-time staff generate so many scoops? Archie Bland investigates"

Thursday, 8 April 2010

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/how-wikileaks-shone-light-on-worlds-darkest-secrets-1938729.html

Revealed: the mechanism that allows birds of a feather to flock together

2010-04-08T12:49:00.000+02:00

"Pigeons loaded with GPS backpacks show the secrets of co-ordinated flight control"

"Scientists have discovered that pigeon flocks are governed by a kind of "democratic hierarchy" that makes sure everyone flies in the same direction."

Thursday, 8 April 2010

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/revealed-the-mechanism-that-allows-birds-of-a-feather-to-flock-together-1938692.html

The Century of the Self

2010-04-07T23:35:00.004+02:00

Herbert Marcuse

2010-04-07T23:23:00.000+02:00

Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marcuse

Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution ...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5311625903124176509

Herbert's Hippopotamus: A Story about Revolution in Paradise

http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/soundvideo/herbhippo.htm

The Essential Marcuse 60 min

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFbypIr4RmQ

Herbert Marcuse Official Homepage

http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/

Reason and Revolution (1941)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_and_Revolution

Eros and Civilization (1955)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_and_Civilization

One-Dimensional Man (1964)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Dimensional_Man

Full text on-line at marcuse.org

http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/64onedim/odmcontents.html

Repressive Tolerance (1965)

http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/60spubs/65repressivetolerance.htm

Wilhelm Reich

2010-04-07T23:06:00.001+02:00

Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich

READ THIS BOOK THAT HIGHLIGTH THE IDEA OF THE NORMAL:
Listen, Little Man! (1945)
http://www.listenlittleman.com/

Listen, Little Man! is a famous essay by Wilhelm Reich.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen,_Little_Man!

The Mass Psychology of Fascism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mass_Psychology_of_Fascism

The Mass Psychology of Fascism
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/archivos_pdf/masspsychology_fascism.pdf

Orgone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone

The Wilhelm Reich Museum
http://www.wilhelmreichmuseum.org

Pandora's Box – A fable from the age of science

2010-04-07T22:50:00.000+02:00

Documentary in six episodes produced by Adam Curtis 1992

Examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism.

Pandora's Box (television documentary series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora's_Box_(television_documentary_series)

Pandora in Greek mythology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora

Pandora's box in Greek mythology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_box

1. The Engineer's Plot

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8639026381197734332#

2. To The Brink of Eternity

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1341195904328574735#

3. The League of Gentlemen

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378502245261130859#

4. Goodbye Mrs Ant

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8992996773895395024#

5. Black Power

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6271849785012587578#

6. A is For Atom

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6904524736774008710#

So far....

Jerry Pournelle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/

Larry Niven
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Niven

The Living Dead – Three Films About the Power of the Past

2010-04-07T22:31:00.000+02:00

Documentary in three episodes produced by Adam Curtis 1995

The Living Dead investigated the way that history and memory (both national and individual) have been used by politicians and others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Living_Dead_(television_documentary_series)

1. On the Desperate Edge of Now

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1758338679527790685

2. You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8179092243297154729

3. The Attic

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-314906531328011893

Anti-psychiatry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-psychiatry

R. D. Laing (1927-1989)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._D._Laing

Rosenhan experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

2010-04-07T22:16:00.002+02:00

The Power of Nightmares - The Rise of the Politics of Fear

2010-04-07T21:58:00.000+02:00

Documentary in three episodes produced by Adam Curtis 2004

The Power of Nightmares – The Rise of the Politics of Fear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

1. Baby It's Cold Outside

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2798679275960015727#

Official page, BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm

2. The Phantom Victory

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2798679275960015727#docid=-5273485016205166417

Official page, BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3951615.stm

3. The Shadows in the Cave

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2812837329122746952#

Official page, BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3970901.stm

Culture of fear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_fear

Adam Curtis

2010-04-07T21:34:00.002+02:00

Adam Curtis, Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis

Adam Curtis's blog on bbc.co.uk, Launched June 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/

Documentaries by Adam Curtis on The Hyperpicture

1992: Pandora's Box - A fable from the age of science
Examination of the dangers of technocratic and political rationality.

1995: The Living Dead - Three Films About the Power of the Past
Investigation of the way that history and memory (both national and individual) have been used by politicians and others.

2002: The Century of the Self

2004: The Power of Nightmares - The Rise of the Politics of Fear

2007: The Trap - What Happened to our Dream of Freedom

Dangerous Knowledge

2010-04-07T21:15:00.003+02:00

Dangerous Knowledge: 1:29:01
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5122859998068380459

BBC Two: “In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/dangerous-knowledge.shtml

Georg Cantor (1845-1918)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Cantor

Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Boltzmann

Kurt Gödel (1906-1978)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Gödel

Alan Turing (1912-1954)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

The KLF - Kopyright Liberation Front

2010-04-07T20:19:00.002+02:00

KLF - Justified & Ancient, Stand by the Jams (1991)

KLF Communications
http://www.klf-communications.net/
http://www.youtube.com/user/klfcommunicationsnet

Justified & Ancient
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justified_&_Ancient

Bill Drummond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Drummond

Jimmy Cauty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cauty

The KLF - Kopyright Liberation Front
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF

Discordianism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism

Surrealism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism

André Breton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Breton

Surrealist Manifesto
http://wikilivres.info/wiki/Surrealist_Manifesto

Dada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada

Manfred Lütz: The Problem Is The Normal

2010-04-05T16:53:00.004+02:00

Only in German and Swedish

Manfred Lütz
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_L%C3%BCtz

Jakten på normalitet gör samhället sjukt
SvD, Under strecket, av Ylva Herholz, 4 april 2010
I en tysk bästsäljare varnar psykiatern Manfred Lütz för att vårt samhälle blivit så normalfixerat att det behandlar fel individer.
http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/understrecket/jakten-pa-normalitet-gor-samhallet-sjukt_4516575.svd

Mass Slaughter Is a Systemic Problem of the Modern World

2009-10-08T19:06:00.005+02:00

SPIEGEL Interview with Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

"The political scientist Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has never been one to shy away from controversy. In his new book, he argues that state leaders who propagate genocide should be killed outright. SPIEGEL spoke with him about the political tool of mass murder, Germany's reaction to his first book about the Holocaust, and the bankruptcy of international law."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,653938,00.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Goldhagen
http://www.goldhagen.com

Gilbert and George: 'Jack Freak Pictures’

2009-07-06T04:06:00.002+02:00

"After 40 years of producing pictures together, Gilbert and George are about to show one of their largest exhibitions ever. Alastair Sooke visits their East End studio for a special preview."

By Alastair Sooke, 06 Jul 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/5709377/Gilbert-and-George-Jack-Freak-Pictures.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_George

Humans prefer cockiness to expertise

2009-06-10T03:53:00.001+02:00

"EVER wondered why the pundits who failed to predict the current economic crisis are still being paid for their opinions? It's a consequence of the way human psychology works in a free market, according to a study of how people's self-confidence affects the way others respond to their advice."

10 June 2009 by Peter Aldhous

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227115.500

Men Live Better Where Women Are In Charge

2009-05-28T03:38:00.003+02:00

The Mosuo Matriarchy

How does a matriarchy really work? Argentinian writer Ricardo Coler decided to find out and spent two months with the Mosuo in southern China. "Women have a different way of dominating," the researcher told SPIEGEL ONLINE.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,627363,00.html

Thousands raped and abused in Catholic schools in Ireland

2009-05-20T21:13:00.002+02:00

"The shocking scale of sexual and physical abuse in educational institutions in Ireland run by the Catholic church was revealed today in a report describing how thousands of boys and girls were raped, abused and exploited by the religious brothers and nuns who were supposed to look after them."

• Report details 60 years of terror by priests and nuns

• Victims say failure to seek prosecutions is a disgrace

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/20/child-abuse-catholic-schools-ireland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_violence

Daydreaming? You're actually solving complex problems

2009-05-14T03:59:00.001+02:00

"Scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have provided vital scientific justification for staring vacantly from behind your desk: What your boss believes is bone idleness is actually your brain indulging in "complex problem solving"."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/14/daydreaming/

Nils Christie - Reflections on Deviance and Social Control 2009

2009-04-30T20:20:00.001+02:00

Nils Christie, Norsk Wikipedia

Institutt for kriminologi og rettssosiologi

- Nils Christie, English version

- Nils Christie, Norsk versjon

Part 1:6

Part 2:6

Part 3:6

Part 4:6

Part 5:6

Part 6:6

Om och med Nils Christie

Alltför mycket har blivit kriminellt, Understreckare Svenska Dagbladet, Henrik Tham, 10 juli 2005

http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/understrecket/artikel_437693.svd

"Läroböcker är djävulens uppfinning" Om skolan inte fanns, Dagens Nyheter, Nisse Larsson, 2002-09-23

http://www.dn.se/insidan/lat-barnen-vara-en-del-av-samhallet-1.115527

Nils Christie - en minimalist som vill ha så lite straff som möjligt

Brottsförebyggande rådet, 2006-05-16

http://www.bra.se/extra/news/?module_instance=7&id=206

Poverty Goes Straight to the Brain

2009-03-30T04:14:00.005+02:00

"Growing up poor isn’t merely hard on kids. It might also be bad for their brains. A long-term study of cognitive development in lower- and middle-class students found strong links between childhood poverty, physiological stress and adult memory."

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/poordevelopment/

Noam Chomsky

2009-03-20T20:29:00.002+01:00

Manufacturing Consent Trailer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

http://www.chomsky.info/

Manufacturing Consent from Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) in Public Opinion (1922).

The Myth of the Liberal Media:
The Propaganda Model of News

Symmetrical bodies wow the opposite sex

2008-08-18T03:07:00.010+02:00

We may subconsciously gauge a person's reproductive fitness from the symmetry of their bodies
James Randerson, science correspondent

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/18/sexual.selection.body.symmetry

Organizing the World in the Age of DNA

2007-05-23T03:43:00.006+02:00

http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2007/05/hanken_qanda