Amazing Japanese motorcycle production figures
Motorcycle production figures [for Japan] before 1930 are not available, but in that year a total of 1,350 were made in Japan. The 2,000 mark… Read More »Amazing Japanese motorcycle production figures
What does your program (try to) compensate for?
The work of nonprofits gets framed in different ways, but fundamentally they all address a lack of something.* This might be a lack of resources… Read More »What does your program (try to) compensate for?
Recommendation: Paul Fussell (and Shakespeare) on Real War
KING HENRY V (unrecognised): …methinks I could not die any where so contented as in the king’s company; his cause being just and his quarrel… Read More »Recommendation: Paul Fussell (and Shakespeare) on Real War
Technique: Autofeed solder method from Richard Langner
I’ve got soul but I’m not a solderer You may find this short video from Richard Langner helpful if you solder from time to time,… Read More »Technique: Autofeed solder method from Richard Langner
Unreal City: T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland Jukebox feat. Dall-E [known to be the wisest woman in Europe]
She smoothes her hair with automatic hand,And puts a record on the gramophone. I. Chaucer Chopped Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,The droghte of… Read More »Unreal City: T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland Jukebox feat. Dall-E [known to be the wisest woman in Europe]
Edmund Burke on learning’s purpose and reward
This is a short and interesting early piece on “philosophy and learning,” and the benefits of reading widely. It turns out Burke and Marx agreed… Read More »Edmund Burke on learning’s purpose and reward
Aristocracy / Meritocracy; or, Beda Kumis*
Aristocracy originally meant “the rule of the best”, with connotations of virtue and competence. It sounds like a good way to run a society, depending… Read More »Aristocracy / Meritocracy; or, Beda Kumis*
John Green: “Will this be on the test?”
About the test. The test will measure whether you are an informed, engaged and productive citizen of the world, and it will take place in… Read More »John Green: “Will this be on the test?”
Remember the name: Persistence of wealth through China’s revolutions
via MR Can efforts to eradicate inequality in wealth and education eliminate intergenerational persistence of socioeconomic status? Or would the rich and powerful be able… Read More »Remember the name: Persistence of wealth through China’s revolutions
Writing and Reading as Technology (15): videos on the evolution of the alphabet and the spread of writing
Recommended by OpenCulture.org, via HN. See also: Writing and Reading as Technology (1): Transforming Fire; Slow BurnWriting and Reading as Technology (2): Half-baked BeginningsWriting and… Read More »Writing and Reading as Technology (15): videos on the evolution of the alphabet and the spread of writing