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 Saturday, 12 February 2005
. .< 11:01:48 PM >
Revenge of the Right Brain
"As the forces of Asia, automation, and abundance strengthen and accelerate, the curtain is rising on a new era, the Conceptual Age. If the Industrial Age was built on people's backs, and the Information Age on people's left hemispheres, the Conceptual Age is being built on people's right hemispheres. We've progressed from a society of farmers to a society of factory workers to a society of knowledge workers. And now we're progressing yet again - to a society of creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers, and meaning makers."
I like most of what the author is saying. But his US-American-centric view of the world makes me uncomfortable. Too many traces of xenophobia.
. .< 6:56:30 PM >
22 Feb 2005 - Bob Ludwig, Mastering for Stereo and Surround
| Event |
Mastering for Stereo and Surround |
| Presented by |
Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering |
| Date |
Tues 22 Feb 2005 |
| Time |
7:30 pm |
| Location |
Eaton Lecture Theatre, Ryerson University [campus map]
Parking |
| Address |
80 Gould Street, Toronto
Corner of Gould and Church, One block east of Yonge Street [Dundas Subway] |
| Pre-Meeting "Dutch Treat" dinner |
5:30 pm at the Pickle Barrel (corner of Edward and Yonge in the Atrium) |
| Complete Bulletin |
Download Bulletin [pdf] |
. .< 12:37:48 AM >
Labour rules out Wal-Mart boycott...
Organized labour in Quebec has announced a series of moves to fight Wal-Mart's closure of its first unionized store in the province, but those moves, for now at least, stop short of a boycott.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
. .< 12:37:27 AM >
Tsunami woman found after 45 days
An 18-year-old woman is rescued from India's Andaman islands after surviving for 45 days on fruit.
[Via BBC News | World | UK Edition]
. .< 12:26:29 AM >
U.S. playwright Arthur Miller dies...
American playwright Arthur Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Death of a Salesman, has died at age 89.
FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]
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