Podcasts about Hans Hofmann

It's 2024!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! We meet iconic writer, director, and producer RYAN MURPHY, best known for American Horror Story, Dahmer, Pose, The Andy Warhol Diaries, Ratched, The Watcher and Glee. We explore his love of collecting and preserving artworks including Old Masters, his passion for artists Andy Warhol, Patrick Angus, Helen Frankenthaler, restoring and safeguarding Hans Hofmann's house/studio, how art inspires his own creativity and writing, plus we discuss the forthcoming new TV series Feud: Capote vs The Swans, produced by Ryan and co-starring Talk Art's very own Russell Tovey.Born November 9, 1965 in Indianapolis, Indiana, US as Ryan Murphy is responsible for creating such hits as Nip/Tuck (2003), Glee (2009) and American Horror Story (2011). He attended a Catholic school till the eighth grade and graduated from Warren Central High School. He went on to study journalism at the Indiana University Bloomington, where he was also a member of a vocal ensemble, and went on to intern in the style section of The Washington Post in 1986. In 1990 he got into screenwriting, but only in 1999 was his first story produced: it was Popular (1999), a teen comedy show, which he co-created with Gina Matthews and which run for two seasons. In 2003 he created Nip/Tuck (2003), which brought him his first Emmy nomination. He won the award six years later, when in 2009 he directed the pilot of his hit series Glee (2009) which he co-created with Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk. In 2011 he and Falchuk co-crated another highly popular series, American Horror Story (2011).In 2015 he was awarded the Award for Inspiration from amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. In 2018 Murphy signed a five-year $300 million development deal with Netflix. He is a pan equal opportunities activist, both through his movies and television projects which very often focus on the LGBTQ+ community, and as a creator of the Half Initiative, which aims at making Hollywood more inclusive for women and minorities. In 2023, Murphy received the prestigious ‘Carol Burnett Award' at the Golden Globes. He has won five Golden Globes and has been nominated 16 times for his work. He's been married to photographer David Miller since 2012. They have three sons, Logan Phineas, Ford, and Griffin Sullivan.Follow @RyanMurphyProductions on Instagram. Stream 'Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans', which premieres on January 31, 2024, on FX and will then stream on Hulu. The series will also be available worldwide to stream via Disney+ including the UK and Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS WEEK on the GWA Podcast, we interview world-renowned scholar, Julia Bryan-Wilson – the Professor of Art History and LGBTQ+ Studies at Columbia University – on the trailblazing artist, Louise Nevelson! “It's not the medium that counts. It is what you see in it and what you do with it, " said Nevelson, the sculptor working in the mid-20th century New York City, hailed for her monochromatic, architectural wall sculptures amassed from found, recycled and discarded objects. Nevelson's monochromatic and architectural wall sculptures are amassed from found, recycled and discarded objects sourced from her surrounding environment (from bedposts to bannisters), which she coated in opaque paint and stacked tall to form all-engulfing units. Nevelson, like Krasner, studied with Hans Hofmann (you can almost feel the fragmented lines that form through her innovations), and was also influenced by the ancient ruins of Mexico and Guate- mala. This inspiration is evident in her work Sky Cathedral, 1958, which questioned new types of religious experiences and spaces. Bryan-Wilson is the expert in Louise Nevelson, having authored the monumental new book Louise Nevelson's Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face (2023), as well as curated one-person shows: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300236705/louise-nevelsons-sculpture/ A great documentary on Nevelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnfEmNRzoCs&t=1332s&ab_channel=TheMet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnYBR9VAPsI&ab_channel=Tate Additional information: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/19/obituaries/louise-nevelson-sculptor-is-dead-at-88.html https://louisenevelsonfoundation.org/biography https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/arts/design/09neve.html -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVETT COLLECTION: https://www.instagram.com/famm.mougins // https://www.merrellpublishers.com/9781858947037 ENJOY!!! Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/

Our capacity to care about others may have very, very ancient origins, a new study suggests. It might have been deep-rooted in prehistoric animals that lived millions of years ago, before fish and mammals like us diverged on the tree of life, according to researchers who published their study in the journal Science. “Some of the mechanisms that underlie our ability to experience fear, or fall in and out of love, are clearly very ancient pathways,” said Hans Hofmann, an evolutionary neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Austin, who was not involved in the research. Scientists are usually reluctant to attribute humanlike feelings to animals. But it's generally accepted that many animals have moods, including fish. The new study shows that fish can detect fear in other fish, and then become afraid too – and that this ability is regulated by oxytocin, the same brain chemical that underlies the capacity for empathy in humans. The researchers demonstrated this by deleting genes linked to producing and absorbing oxytocin in the brains of zebrafish, a small tropical fish often used for research. Those fish were then essentially antisocial – they failed to detect or change their behavior when other fish were anxious. But when some of the altered fish received oxytocin injections, their ability to sense and mirror the feelings of other fish was restored — what scientists call “emotional contagion.” “They respond to other individuals being frightened. In that regard, they behave just like us,” said University of Calgary neuroscientist Ibukun Akinrinade, a co-author of the study. The study also showed that zebrafish will pay more attention to fish that have previously been stressed out – a behavior the researchers likened to consoling them. Previous research has shown that oxytocin plays a similar role in transmitting fear in mice. The new research illustrates “the ancestral role” of oxytocin in transmitting emotion, said Rui Oliveira, a behavioral biologist at Portugal's Gulbenkian Institute of Science and a study co-author. Oxytocin is sometimes thought of as a “love” hormone, but Hofmann said it's actually more like “a thermostat that determines what is socially salient in a particular situation – activating neural circuits that may make you run from danger, or engage in courtship behavior.”  This article was provided by The Associated Press.

"Eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." - Hans Hofmann

“S.H. Raza” (1922-2016)au Centre Pompidou, Parisdu 15 février au 15 mai 2023Interview de Diane Toubert, archiviste à la Bibliothèque Kandinsky – Centre Pompidou, et co-commissaire de l'exposition,par Anne-Frédérique Fer, à Paris, le 14 février 2023, durée 18'17.© FranceFineArt.https://francefineart.com/2023/02/15/3388_raza_centre-pompidou/Communiqué de presse Commissariat : Catherine David, conservatrice générale des musées de FranceDiane Toubert, archiviste à la Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre PompidouLe Centre Pompidou présente la première monographie de l'oeuvre de l'artiste indien Sayed Haider Raza en France, où il a vécu et travaillé de 1950 à 2011. Cette présentation compte près de cent peintures et les développements formels et conceptuels d'une oeuvre moderne exemplaire des dynamiques transculturelles et de leurs enjeux dans l'art du 20e siècle.Les années de formation de Sayed Hader Raza en Inde illustrent le climat d'effervescence artistique et politique des années 1940 à Bombay (Mumbai), dans un contexte économique marqué par la porosité entre activité commerciale et recherche plastique, l'enseignement que Raza reçoit à la Sir J.J. School of Arts, distinct des canons esthétiques nationalistes de l'École du Bengale, porte une attention renouvelée aux formes de l'art classique indien. Les expérimentations formelles du Progressive Artist's Group (PAG) dont Raza est membre fondateur en 1947 dessinent les contours d'une génération d'artistes cosmopolite, déterminée à inventer et à faire connaître de nouvelles formes d'expression.Installé à Paris à partir de 1950, Raza consacre ses recherches formelles à la géométrisation du paysage dans une manière expressive convoquant tant Bernard Buffet, Van Gogh et Gauguin que Francis Newton Souza, compagnon du PAG qu'il retrouve à Paris. Il rencontre la galeriste Lara Vincy, qui le représente dès 1955 et oeuvre avec détermination à sa reconnaissance. Le passage à la peinture à l'huile, travaillée au couteau, favorise un rapprochement avec les peintres de l'École de Paris lui assurant de premiers succès auprès du milieu artistique parisien qui lui décerne le prix de la critique en 1956, suivi de nombreuses expositions internationales. Les principes de composition bidimensionnelle et fragmentée des miniatures rajputes (Rajasthan,17e-19e siècles) permettent à Raza de franchir le pas qui le séparait de l'abstraction. Lors d'un séjour aux États-Unis en 1962, il rencontre ensuite l'expressionnisme abstrait américain (Hans Hofmann, Sam Francis et Mark Rothko notamment). Raza intègre à ses compositions des éléments thématiques issus du rapport singulier qu'il entretient à la terre, objet d'une série de toiles majeures à partir de 1975, et nourrit sa pratique de références à la poésie, la musique classique (râgas) et la spiritualité indiennes (bindus, nagas, kundalini).Les étapes qui marquent le développement de l'oeuvre de Raza, présentées de manière chronologique dans l'exposition, offrent des points de repère pour appréhender la complexité du projet moderne indien des années 1950 à 1990 et les enjeux qui définissent l'espace globalisé de la création contemporaine.PublicationL'Esprit de la nature : Sayed Haider Raza aux Éditions L'Asiathèque, un ouvrage édité par Annie Montaut et Ashok Vajpeyi Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

After her untimely retirement from her career as the director of the Dallas Museum of Art, Bonnie set her sights on bringing arts education to the field of medicine. After countless visits to clinics to diagnose her respiratory illness, she noticed a pattern among doctors examining her. They spent their time focusing on her chart but not her. Having spent her life teaching people about art she set about to design a curriculum that would teach doctors to examine the patient holistically. She started by bringing students from UT Southwestern Medical Center to the Dallas Museum of Art and training them how to look at works of fine and decorative art, from Neo-gothic bed frames to Congolese power figures she gave doctors the tools to approach their patients mindfully.   In our conversation, we talk about her childhood visiting the studios of Robert Motherwell and Hans Hofmann, her career in museums, her Do Something New™ practice and her trailblazing work with art and medicine. Learn more about Bonnie's work at the UT Center for Brain Health and her courses with art and medicine at the University of Texas at Dallas.Follow her on her daily Do Something New practice on instagram @bonniepitman

Ray Eames was a graphic designer and abstract artist at the height of the post war era. She studied abstract art with Hans Hoffman for six years before meeting and moving to California with her husband, Charles Eames, in 1941. Ray was not professionally trained as a designer but was deeply involved in the design process. She combined her abstract sensibilities with her interest in structure and form. The Eames are most well-known for developing molded plywood chairs and other furniture that blurred the line between playfulness and function. The Eames Office did more than just design furniture. They worked on ads, packaging, exhibition spaces, toys, and even films. The Eames Office was incredibly collaborative, and everyone at the office was involved in every project. As a result, Ray never claimed any design as her own. However, she was responsible for some textile designs and magazine cover illustrations for the Arts and Architecture publication. Ray was in her element when it came to color and arrangements. She arranged furniture exhibits for Herman Miller and designed the color schemes for her own home. It's not hyperbole to say the furniture and designs that came out of the Eames Office defined a generation and they have Ray's influence written all over them.TIMELINE1912 – b Sacramento, California1931 – May Friend Bennett School for Girls 1932 – mentor at Hans Hoffman studio for 6 years1940 – moved to Michigan, studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art1941 – married Charles Eames1943 – Eames office established1942-1947 – covers for Arts and Architecture magazine1946 – Ray Eames pattern designs made 1953 – Deborah Sussman hired at Eames office1957 – Day of the Dead film1959 – Moscow World's Fair2010 – Eames exhibit made by Deborah Sussman and Andrew ByromREFERENCESBanks, T. (2012, August 22). Addressing the need: The Graphic Design of the Eames Office. Design Week. https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/may-2012/addressing-the-need-the-graphic-design-of-the-eames-office/BBC The Genius Of Design 3 of 5 Blueprints For War 2010. (2011, October 21). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_0z1kvM6nsBrown, B. (2017, November 6). Celebrating Graphic Design Sorceress Deborah Sussman. Journal. https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/industry/deborah-sussman-dies-at-83/Butler, A. (2013, December 11). Deborah Sussman Interview. Designboom | Architecture & Design Magazine. https://www.designboom.com/design/deborah-sussman-interview-12-11-2013/Caduff, R. (Director). (2011) The Visual Language of Herbert Matter. [Film]. PiXiU FilmsCohn, J. & Jersey, B. (Directors). (2011) Eames: The Architect and the Painter. [Film]. Quest Productions. Bread & Butter Films. American Masters ProductionsEllison, K. (2018, March 10). The chromatic legacy of environmental designer Deborah Sussman. 99designs. https://99designs.com/blog/famous-design/environmental-design-deborah-sussman/Hans Hoffman. (n.d.). HANS HOFMANN. http://www.hanshofmann.org/1930-1939Ray Eames in World War II. (2019, September 27). Eames Office. https://www.eamesoffice.com/blog/ray-eames-in-world-war-2/4 films by Charles and Ray Eames. (2019, October 18). Eames Office. https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/4-films-by-charles-and-ray-eames/Day of The Dead. (2019, April 16). Eames Office. https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/day-of-the-dead-2/Dot Pattern.(2019, October 24). Eames Office. https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/dot-pattern-drawings/Eames in NYC.(2017, March 2). Ray (Kaiser) Eames Office. https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/ray-kaiser-eames-new-york-city/Ray's Arts & Architecture magazine covers. (2019, October 4). Eames Office. https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/rays-arts-architecture-magazine-covers/Kirkham, P. (2021). Ray Kaiser Eames. Pioneering Women of American Architecture. https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/ray-kaiser-eames/Lawrence, S. (1985). Declaration of Function: Documents from the Museum of Modern Art's Design Crusade, 1933-1950. Design Issues, 2(1), 65-77. doi:10.2307/1511530McGuirk, J. (2020, September 23). There's no I in Eames. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/oct/26/eames-furniture-team-charles-rayNarkiewicz-Laine, C. (2020, June 1). The Good Design Awards. Good Design. https://www.good-designawards.com/news/2020/06/01/the-seventy-year-history-of-good-design%C2%AE/Neuhart, M., & Neuhart, J. (2010). The Story of Eames Furniture: The Early Years (Vol. 1). Gestalten Verlag, Berlin.Olsberg, N. (2017, November 27). Herbert Matter. Drawing Matter. https://drawingmatter.org/herbert-matter/Phaidon Editors. (2012). Eames graphic designs on show | design | Phaidon. Phaidon. https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/design/articles/2012/august/28/eames-graphic-designs-on-show/Raphael, T. (2016, April 12). The “Damsels of Design,” women who changed automotive history. The World from PRX. https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-12/damsels-design-women-who-changed-automotive-historyRomano, A. (2019, June 17). The Value of Good Design. DisegnoDaily. https://www.disegnodaily.com/article/the-value-of-good-designSaval, N. (2019, April 4). How “Good Design” Failed Us. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/how-good-design-failed-usSchuessler, J. (2020, May 16). Ray Eames, Out of Her Husband's Shadow. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/arts/ray-charles-eames-artists.htmlSmith, R. (2009, June 5). The Ordinary as Objects of Desire: MoMA Looks Back at Everyday Design. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/arts/design/05desi.htmlSussman/Prejza & Co. (2020, June 29). Deborah Sussman. Sussman Prejza. https://sussmanprejza.com/bio/deborah-sussman/The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames. (2009, July 6). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0vDWqp6J7YThe Museum of Modern Art. (2009, May 6). MoMA REVISITS WHAT ‘GOOD DESIGN' WAS OVER 50 YEARS LATER[Press release]. https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_press-release_387178.pdf?_ga=2.250983619.475073280.1609623298-1952243929.1609623298Veit, R. (2016, March 22). The Story Behind GM's Celebrated “Damsels of Design.” Core77. https://www.core77.com/posts/49498/The-Story-Behind-GMs-Celebrated-Damsels-of-DesignWalker, A. (2015, April 2). The Designer Who Helped Give L.A. Its Look. T Magazine. https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/on-view-the-designer-who-helped-give-l-a-its-look/

Lorna Ritz talked about her process and the meditative work of creating space with paint. It was inspiring hearing her dedication to her work and how she shares that with students. We talked about modeling as a teacher and helping students learn how to see. Lorna also spoke about her beautiful large barn studio and the intensive process of renovating it - both when she first moved in back in 1986 and again more recently to abate a mold problem and save the barn. I loved hearing about her lifelong passion for oil paint and the way she thinks about color. Lorna has drawn the Holyoke Mountains for 36 years and is still learning them. Both the day and seasonal light changes on them constantly, filling her with curiosity to draw them better. She sets her easel up on a hill overlooking one of the only east-west axis mountain ranges in this country, formed by glaciers. The mountains are so close to her so she feels she can almost reach out to pet them, like they are a big animal moving up and down as the cloud shadows allow the sun to hit them in a pulsating way. She works and reworks each drawing for many days, obtaining a specific light from the sky falling on the mountains that will never bring these particular colors again. Everything in the drawing has equal importance; the tree is as important as the mountain behind it, the sky as important moving behind them, as important the foreground coming up towards the viewer. Everything is democratically related, a conglomeration of spatial movements interrelated, needing each other to survive. Lorna studied with Gabriel Laderman and Lennart Anderson in the 60's and received a BFA from Pratt Institute, changing the course of her painting life into pure abstraction, under the instruction of painter James Gahagan, (a student of Hans Hofmann). She received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1971, in both painting and sculpture, (welding steel, and casting in bronze and iron). Lorna has taught at several universities including the Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, University of Minnesota, and Dartmouth College. She has also been a visiting guest critic at the Vermont Studio Center and taught several drawing marathons at the New York Studio School. Blog Post with links and images: https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/76-lorna-ritz www.lornaritz.com www.facebook.com/lorna.ritz . . . Follow: @teachingartistpodcast @pottsart @playinspiregallery Teaching Artists' Lounge meeting registration: http://arteducatorslounge.eventbrite.com/ Submit your work to be featured: https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/featuredartist/ Book an Art Critique Session with Rebecca: https://www.teachingartistpodcast.com/mentor/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/support

We discover the world of an incredible artist JESSE MURRY who passed away in 1993 leaving an extraordinary legacy of artwork, poetry and writing. Fusing the Romantic painting tradition of John Constable and J. M. W. Turner with the quality of mind and imagination of Wallace Stevens's poetry, Murry uniquely sought to create a “landscape” within the fiction of painting that could be “more than a place to dwell but a suitable space for dreams.”We meet two special guests this week to remember Murry's artwork and to explore his extraordinary thinking - the artists #LisaYuskavage @LisaYuskavageStudio and @JarrettEarnest - who together have united to curate an extraordinary new exhibition titled ‘Jesse Murry: Rising', curated by Lisa Yuskavage and Jarrett Earnest, at #DavidZwirner's 533 West 19th Street location in New York.Painter and poet #JesseMurry (1948–1993) identified three significant approaches to landscape—'poetic,' 'dramatic,' and 'visionary,' which he aimed to synthesize into abstract paintings. Born in North Carolina, Jesse Murry studied art and philosophy at Sarah Lawrence College before moving to New York City in 1979. His essays on artists including Hans Hofmann and Howard Hodgkin appeared in a range of publications, including Arts Magazine. After two years of teaching art history and exhibiting at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Murry enrolled in the Yale School of Art at the age of thirty-six. ‘Jesse Murry: Rising' brings together paintings from the last five years of the artist's life. This work—made while confronting his impending mortality from AIDS-related illness—testifies to Murry's lifelong belief in the capacity of painting to hold the complexity of human meaning, at the meeting of a material fact and a location within the mind. Exhibition runs from 17 SEPTEMBER – 23 OCTOBER 2021. Learn more: https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2021/more-life/jesse-murryForthcoming on September 28, 2021, and titled after a paper the artist wrote while at Yale, Painting Is a Supreme Fiction is an unprecedented collection of Murry's writings. Edited and with an introduction by Jarrett Earnest and a foreword by Hilton Als, the book also includes transcriptions of two of the artist's notebooks, in which the spatialization of the words across the page approaches the condition of thought. We strongly recommend buying this special book!!!Thank you Lisa, Jarrett and the team at @DavidZwirner. #JesseMurry See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How can you simplify your choices to create space for yourself without out feeling saturated or personally consumed? Time to ponder, pause and live into what you really want. We will be talking about how we consume as a whole, with simplicity by our side. Simplifying always brings up a lot of questions within us to get down to what is important for us to have or not have in our lives. Simplicity and Saturation comes to mind when considering how we consume, Digitally, Emotionally, Materialistically and Nutritionally. How can you simplify your choices to create space for yourself without out feeling saturated or personally consumed? Time to ponder, pause and live into what you really want.  Affirmation: "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” - Hans Hofmann  hello@janaeflether.com Instagram

Noah introduces a conversation between Lee Krasner and Barbara Lee Diamonstein from 1978. Lenore "Lee" Krasner (born Lena Krassner on October 27, 1908 – June 19, 1984) was an American abstract expressionist painter, with a strong speciality in collage, who was married to Jackson Pollock. Although there was much cross-pollination between their two styles, the relationship somewhat overshadowed her contribution for some time. Krasner's training, influenced by George Bridgman and Hans Hofmann, was the more formalized, especially in the depiction of human anatomy, and this enriched Pollock's more intuitive and unstructured output. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/noah-becker4/support

LINK PARA O WORKSHOP GRATUITO DE CARREIRA: www.carreira.school/semananobrainnogain O pintor Hans Hofmann disse que “A habilidade de simplificar significa eliminar o desnecessário para que o necessário possa se manifestar.”. Ele me fez lembra Michelangelo ao ser perguntado sobre como fez Davi, disparando que “Foi fácil, fiquei um bom tempo olhando o mármore até nele enxergar o Davi. Aí, pequei o martelo e o cinzel, e tirei tudo o que não era Davi!”. O segredo da habilidade está em entender o que você não consegue fazer, muito mais do que o que você busca fazer. No podcast da semana eu te explico tudo. O episódio está disponível em todas as plataformas de PODCAST. #habilidade #capacidade #trabalho #emprego #carreira #profissão #profissional #conquista #performance #neurociência #plasticidadeneural #planodecarreira #2021 #planodeação

In Oberbayern wird sich vielleicht schon bald eine Firma ansiedeln, die ein neues Verfahren zur atomaren Kernfusion verwendet, um total saubere Energie zu erzeugen, 'Marvel Fusion'. Ist das technikfeindliche Deutschland, wo gerade die Atomenergie abgeschaltet wird, der richtige Standort dafür? Und warum soll es jetzt klappen, wo man doch schon seit Jahrzehnten mit gigantischem Aufwand, aber vergeblich an der kontrollierten Kernfusion arbeitet?  Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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Just zur Adventszeit sind im Internet Beiträge aufgetaucht, in denen das Virus zur Menschheit spricht. Falls das Ernst ist und nicht Satire, so ist es Zeugnis einer sehr bedenklichen psychologischen Entwicklung, welche die Gesellschaft im Jahr 2020 durchgemacht hat. Im Original benutzt das Virus die italienische Sprache. Hier ist die deutsch synchronisierte Version. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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Der Bundestag hat entschieden, dass ab 2021 größere Summen für die Finanzierung von Unternehmensgründungen – genannt „Startups” – zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Wird damit in Deutschland ein zweites Silicon Valley entstehen? Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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Heute vor fünf Jahren wurden im Theater Bataclan in Paris 130 Menschen erschossen.  Die Islamisten schlugen zu, obwohl nur kurz zuvor wichtige Staatsoberhäupter in den Straßen von Paris persönlich gegen Terrorismus protestiert hatten. Die Mörder hat das offenbar nicht beeindruckt. Denn Politiker, die demonstrieren, signalisieren nicht Stärke und Entschlossenheit, sondern Furcht und Selbstgefälligkeit.  Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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Es hat sich herausgestellt, dass Zusammenleben in größeren Gruppen nur funktioniert, wenn es Spielregeln gibt. Es hat sich auch gezeigt, dass man für Gestaltung und Einhaltung der Spielregeln qualifiziertes Personal braucht, das mit gewissen Vorrechten ausgestattet ist. Diese Privilegien müssen umso weitreichender sein, je größer die Gemeinschaft ist, die es zu organisieren gilt; das ist insbesondere so, wenn es um ein ganzes Land geht. Da besteht dann das Risiko, dass die Erwählten ihre Privilegien weniger zum Wohl der Gemeinschaft einsetzen, als zum persönlichen Vorteil. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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2003 gründete eine 19-Jährige Amerikanerin ein Unternehmen für klinische Diagnostik und beschaffte sich dafür viele Millionen an Venture Capital. Ihr Produkt aber, ein miniaturisierter Bluttest, hat nie existiert. Investoren und Geschäftspartner waren ihrem Charme und ihrer perfekten PR auf den Leim gegangen. Elizabeth Holmes wurde jetzt wegen Betrugs angeklagt.  Den Schwindel aufgedeckt hatte ein gewisser John Ioannidis – der selbe, der zur Zeit durch seine Kritik an den Corona-Zahlen von sich reden macht. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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In diesem Monat wurde bekannt, dass die mit öffentlichen Geldern geförderte Entwicklung des Lufttaxis „CityAirbus“ eingestellt werden soll. Die Aussichtslosigkeit des Projekts hätte mit wenig Aufwand schon viel früher erkannt werden können, aber Ketten der Inkompetenz in Unternehmen und Ministerien verhinderten das. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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Ein Team von Geologen hat Südafrikas West- und Südküste untersucht und entdeckt, dass der Meeresspiegel hier vor einigen Millionen Jahren wesentlich höher war. Ihre Folgerungen aus dieser Erkenntnis sind dann zwar etwas überraschend, aber auf jeden Fall politisch korrekt. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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Churchill wird das Bonmot zugeschrieben: „Traue keiner Statistik, die du nicht selbst gefälscht hast!“ Wer auch immer das gesagt hat, es ist bestimmt ein kluger Ratschlag und er ist aktueller denn je. Seit Monaten werden wir ja mit alarmierenden Statistiken in Sachen Corona konfrontiert. Wie glaubhaft sind die? Dazu ein Fallbeispiel aus einem anderen Metier.  Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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Views & Voices is a series of brief and personal responses to works of art and film selected by BAMPFA staff who work in different departments . . . some, by UC Berkeley students as well. At a time of distance, these commentaries are designed to bring you closer both to individual people behind BAMPFA and to individual works in our collections. We hope you'll enjoy hearing these personal views. Here, Saffron Sener, a UC Berkeley undergraduate who co-chairs the BAMPFA Student Committee, responds to Hans Hofmann's painting And Out of the Caves the Night Threw a Handful of Pale Tumbling Pigeons in the Light in terms of its poetic title.

Die Logik des Misslingens – so heißt ein Buch von Dietrich Dörner, Professor für theoretische Psychologie. Es untersucht das menschliche Verhalten beim Treffen von Entscheidungen in komplexen Situationen. In scheinbar simplen Experimenten führt er Versuchspersonen an die Grenzen ihrer kognitiven Fähigkeiten, wo sie sich dann Schritt für Schritt von ihrer Vernunft verabschieden. Sind solche psychologischen Muster auf reale politische Entscheidungsprozesse übertragbar? Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf:
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“Esto es tan bueno que nunca sabrías que lo ha hecho una mujer”. Ese fue el “cumplido” que dedicó el profesor Hans Hofmann a la obra de Lee Krasner y que resume muy bien la trayectoria de esta pintora americana. Aunque tenía muchísimo talento, Krasner siempre vivió a la sombra de su esposo, Jackson Pollock, la figura más importante del expresionismo abstracto. Y estar a su sombra significó aguantar su alcoholismo, violencia, infidelidades y necesidad de atención constante. Cuando él murió, Krasner pudo dedicarse por entero a pintar, creando una obra interesante y diversa. Pero nunca consiguió quitarse la etiqueta de “viuda del expresionismo abstracto”.

Wenn uns mitgeteilt wird, dass im Rahmen von Kohle- und Atomausstieg weitere Kraftwerke „vom Netz gehen“, so ist das eine euphemistische Umschreibung dafür, dass milliardenschwere, voll funktionsfähige Investitionsgüter demoliert werden. Es ist wenig überraschend, dass die Eigentümer dann Schadensersatz fordern, der letztlich vom Stromkunden geleistet wird. Nun soll das modernste konventionelle Kraftwerk in der Nähe von Hamburg zerstört werden. Dazu eine historische Anekdote. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: www.think-again.org Den Amazon-Bestseller des Autors finden sie hier: GRÜN + DUMM

Es gibt da diese fixe Idee, dass wir alle glücklicher wären, wenn es mehr Ingenieurinnen und Physikerinnen gäbe. Ein patriarchalisches System aber verwehre Frauen den Zugang in die Welt der Schrauben und Atome und degradiere sie zu Lehrerinnen und Krankenschwestern. Universitäten, die eigentlich strategische Leitlinien für unsere Kultur vorgeben sollten statt blind dem Zeitgeist zu folgen, springen brav über dieses Stöckchen, das man ihnen hinhält. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: www.think-again.org Den Amazon-Bestseller des Autors finden sie hier: GRÜN + DUMM

Greta ist das geheiligte Maskottchen der Weltretter, dem man mit besten Gewissen folgt. Aber Vorsicht! Vor 150 Jahren gab es schon einmal so einen kleinen Engel, und der richtete viel Unheil an – in Afrika. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: www.think-again.org Den Amazon-Bestseller des Autors finden sie hier: GRÜN + DUMM

Die Medien liefern immer öfter Zahlen, die offensichtlich falsch sind. Das passiert bei Themen wie Corona und Kriminalität, aber ganz besonders in Sachen Klima. Dagegen müssen wir uns wehren. Wir müssen intellektuell aufrüsten. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: www.think-again.org Den Amazon-Bestseller des Autors finden sie hier: GRÜN + DUMM  

Vor 20 Jahren, im Juli 2000 verunglückte eine Concorde der Air France beim Start in Paris. Das Ereignis war eine Götterdämmerung für die Luftfahrt. Der Glaube an ihre grenzenlosen technischen Möglichkeiten war zerstört. Es war wie ein Schock, so wie ihn der Untergang der Titanic ausgelöst hatte. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

Was brachte die beiden Boeing 737 Max zum Absturz und führte zum Flugverbot, das bis heute wirksam ist? Waren es Fehler der Piloten, der Ingenieure oder der Manager? Endlich verständlich! Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

Seit drei Wochen ist die Mission Mars 2020 unterwegs. Im Februar 2021 soll der Rover „Perseverance“ dort landen, um mindestens zwei Jahre lang nach Anzeichnen vergangenen und gegenwärtigen Lebens zu suchen. Aber auch die Zukunft hat man im Auge, denn es werden Möglichkeiten zur Gewinnung von Sauerstoff und Wasser erprobt, um dereinst Menschen längeren Aufenthalt zu ermöglichen. Es geht also nicht nur um „Marsianer“, es geht um neue Lebensräume. Ist die Erde jetzt nicht mehr alternativlos? Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

2015 schlossen die “5+1” Staaten einen Pakt mit dem Iran, der die Aufhebung der verhängten Wirtschaftssanktionen bei Abbruch des iranischen Kernwaffenprogramms vereinbarte. Es war ein Akt gekennzeichnet durch Opportunismus und Naivität. Wieso haben die sie bei dem Spiel mitgemacht? Man muss vermuten, dass hier entweder echte Unwissenheit oder aber Zwecknaivität geherrscht haben. Denn die sie sind ja ebenfalls an ungestörten Handelsbeziehungen mit dem Iran interessiert. Und das mit der Bombe wird schon nicht so schlimm werden. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

E = MC2, diese berühmte Gleichung wird oft zitiert und selten verstanden. Die gute Nachricht ist, dass Einstein Recht hatte, die schlechte, dass man Materie nicht einfach in Energie verwandeln kann.  Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

Die Empörung über die Brutalität weißer Polizei gegen Schwarze hat in den USA und weltweit Proteste ausgelöst. Wie hätte man wohl auf die Brutalität schwarzer Polizisten reagiert? Lassen Sie uns dazu einen Blick auf aktuelle Ereignisse in Südafrika werfen, wo die Schwarzen nicht in der Minderheit sind. „Siebenundneunzig Prozent der befragten Kinder gaben an, Schüsse gehört zu haben, fast die Hälfte hatte die Leiche eines Fremden gesehen und fast ebenso viele die Leiche eines Verwandten oder von jemandem, den sie kannten und der aus unnatürlichen Gründen gestorben war. Viele hatten gesehen, wie Menschen erschossen oder erstochen wurden, und mehr als ein Drittel von ihnen hatte gesehen, wie jemand im eigenen Haus erschossen oder erstochen wurde. Einige waren selbst angeschossen, niedergestochen, vergewaltigt oder mit einer Schusswaffe oder einem Messer bedroht worden.“ Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

The Atlanta Story podcast features meaningful stories of Atlanta's builders, creators, and entrepreneurs. In this episode Jon Birdsong sits down with Brian Steely, Founder of Steely Works.    His start in the professional design world began when he sent an unsolicited tour design poster to the manager of Widespread Panic. Their interest and his new found calling sparked Steely's love for what he's done for the past 22 years. Since then he's done design work for restaurants, record labels, and corporations. In this episode we talk about principles of design, how to find the soul of a brand, and the worst career advice he's ever received.     The Atlanta Story is put together by the folks at Atlanta Ventures -- and we can't wait to share some of the personalities behind the brand. Atlanta Ventures invests in entrepreneurs through community, content, and capital -- most notably through our Studio with companies like Greenzie and Intown Golf Club. We believe the best entrepreneurs learn from other great artists in different fields.   In this episode, we discuss… Brian discusses his Widespread Panic poster design and what spawned that inspiration and connection. (1:33) How does designing for a corporation like Salesforce vs. a record label or a spirit change in your mind? (10:37) How did you discover your monoline style…or how did it find you? (13:18) How does a designer balance their work and their own following? (17:17) What specifically in Hans Hofmann inspired Brian the most? (19:01) In Brian's Creative Mornings talk he shared how he used his free time to find your symmetry. He shares the underlying principles in that theory? (19:57) What percentage of design success is salesmanship / marketing vs. creating great design? (21:47) What's the worst piece of advice Brian ever received? (23:44)  How do you balance design and brand? Does the logo drive the brand or vice versa?  (25:57) How does Brian figure out corporations v. spirits v. restaurants on what “feels” right? (27:29) Is it true that Brian turned down payment for his design and instead they let him come to any show he wanted to on the tour? What else came from it? (29:26) Brian explains what his creative process and schedule look like. (31:24) What inspires you? (34:50) How does Atlanta's design community compare to other cities? Do we have a niche? (36:05)  Why Atlanta and what has Atlanta done for you? (37:45)   Resources discussed in this episode: Steely Works: https://www.steelyworks.com/ Creative Mornings ATL talk: https://creativemornings.com/talks/brian-steely   How you can get involved:  Visit atlantaventures.com/studio if you're interested in learning more about Atlanta Ventures and the Studio.    Where you can find us: Website: www.atlstory.com Twitter: @theatlantastory Instagram: @theatlantastory YouTube: Here Subscribe to the newsletter here.

Es gibt dramatische Neuigkeiten zum Thema Klima: Man hat seine „Sensitivität“ noch genauer berechnet. Man hat herausgefunden, wie sehr die Temperaturen auf der Erdoberfläche ansteigen würden, falls das CO2 sich verdoppelte. Die Ergebnisse sind Anlass für neue Hiobsbotschaften. Doch wie genau sind die Modelle? Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

Ayn Rand emigrierte 1917 von Russland in die USA und wurde eine bedeutende Schriftstellerin. Sie ist bei uns wenig bekannt. Ihr dystopischer Roman “Atlas Shrugged” von 1957 liest sich wie ein Drehbuch für die heutige deutsche Politik. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

Wir sind mit zwei unabhängigen, manchmal sich widersprechenden Navigationssystemen ausgestattet: Vernunft und Gefühl. Je nach Situation ist das eine nützlicher als das andere. Das gilt für das Leben des einzelnen Menschen, aber nicht weniger für die Führung von Staaten. Analysieren wir die heutige Welt oder auch die Geschichte der Menschheit, dann werden wir erkennen, dass Epochen und Reiche, deren Bürger ein würdiges Leben führen konnten, eher von Vernunft dominiert waren, während in der Umgebung von Irrationalität meist Mord und  Elend herrschten und auch heute noch herrschen, egal auf welchem Kontinent. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

Ein Risiko ist die Vorstellung eines Ereignisses, welches uns schaden würde, falls es einträfe. Solche Vorstellungen können durch Erfahrung, Beobachtung oder Phantasie ausgelöst werden. Welche Wurzel das Risiko namens Klimawandel hat, ist nicht ganz klar; in diesem Fall könnte es auch Geschäftssinn gewesen sein.   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/  

Seit 1995 treffen sich die Regierungen der Welt jährlich unter dem Dach der UN zum Kampf gegen die Treibhausgase. Dieses Jahr war ein Meeting in Glasgow geplant, aber Corona kam dazwischen. Wird der Planet dadurch Schaden nehmen?   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors "Grün und Dumm" erwerben können!

Wenn die Bevölkerung das Gesamtkonzept durchschauen könnte, dann würde sie gegen die Energiewende vehement protestieren. Das tut sie aber nicht. So folgt nun nach Wind und Solar der dritte Akt des Dramas, in dem Deutschlands Stromversorgung endgültig ruiniert wird. Es geht jetzt um Wasserstoff.  Im Vorfeld wird bereits für Vernebelung gesorgt. Lassen Sie uns mit Logik und Fakten für Durchblick kämpfen.   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors "Grün und Dumm" erwerben können!

Der Test hat nicht ergeben, dass Frauen weniger geeignet sind, sondern dass sie weniger Interesse am Beruf des Piloten haben. Das aber wusste man schon vor dem Test, da sich viermal so viele Männer wie Frauen angemeldet hatten. Die zwingende Vorgabe der Quote führte nun dazu, dass man auch Frauen mit geringerer Eignung akzeptieren musste. Die Quotenpolitik, die beweisen soll, dass Frauen den Männern im Beruf mindestens ebenbürtig sind, führt dazu, dass genau das Gegenteil demonstriert wird. Geht es noch absurder?   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/frauenquoten-quotenfrauen/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors "Grün und Dumm" erwerben können!

Im weltweiten Vergleich sind Deutschlands Universitäten drittklassig; die vordersten Plätze machen USA und Großbritannien unter sich aus. Die beste deutsche Hochschule, die TU München, schafft es auf Platz 55. Die Hauptstadt des Landes der Dichter und Denker aber ist hoffnungslos dritte Welt: die Humboldt-Universität liegt auf Platz 117, knapp zwanzig Plätze hinter Mexico City. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!

Unsere Regierung hat in Sachen Umwelt und Energie ihre Versprechen nicht nur gebrochen, sie hat konsequent das Gegenteil dessen geliefert, was vereinbart war. Doch jetzt erscheint da ein „weißer Ritter“, der die Energiewende zu epochalem Triumph führen soll. Mit hellen Fanfarenklängen wird er angekündigt. Sein Name ist Wasserstoff. Wird er uns retten?   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!

In Sachen Corona und Klimawandel konfrontiert man uns immer wieder mit „Computermodellen“. Kann man diesen Berechnungen vertrauen? Auf keinen Fall blind, denn auch hier gilt der erste Hauptsatz der Informatik „garbage in – garbage out“ Willkommen in der Welt der Klimaforscher, die mit mega-komplexen Modellen und riesigen Computern so lange an den Schräubchen drehen, bis das rauskommt, was Politik und Geldgeber wünschen. Da wedelt der Elefant dann nicht nur mit dem Schwanz, sondern der Schwanz mit dem Elefanten, falls das gewünscht wird.   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!

Bei den hitzigen Debatten um künftige Energieformen wird bisweilen, wie aus dem Nichts, ein weißer Ritter auf den Plan gerufen, der alle Probleme löst. Sein Angebot ist nachhaltig, unerschöpflich und sauber: die kontrollierte Kernfusion. Können wir uns darauf verlassen, dass dieser Retter kommt? Und wenn ja, wann? Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!  

Political Correctness blockiert unsere Intelligenz und macht uns zu geistigen Eunuchen – sofern wir es uns gefallen lassen. Sie breitet sich aus und mutiert wie ein Virus. Es war nicht die Absicht kommunistischer Propaganda zu überreden, zu überzeugen oder zu informieren, sondern den Menschen zu erniedrigen. Wer nicht widersprechen darf, wenn ihm offensichtliche Lügen erzählt werden, oder, noch schlimmer, wer gezwungen wird, diese Lügen selbst zu wiederholen, der verliert ein für alle Mal den Respekt vor sich selbst. Political Correctness hat den gleichen Effekt, und das ist auch so gewollt. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!  

Wenn uns elementare Zusammenhänge nicht geläufig sind, dann liefern wir uns der Manipulation durch Politik und Medien aus. Hier möchten wir Ihnen erklären, warum der Schnee auf den Bergen liegt und nicht im Tal. Und was passieren würde, wenn die Gletscher schmölzen. Wir hoffen es ist interessant für Sie und „endlich verständlich“. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!

Seit Ende des Shuttle Programms 2011 waren US-Astronauten auf einen Lift in der russischen Sojus Kapsel angewiesen, wenn sie in den Weltraum wollten.  Diese Phase der Abhängigkeit ist nun vorbei. Am 30. Mai 2020 dockten die Amerikaner Bob Behnken und Doug Hurley, sowie ein kleiner blauer Dinosaurier, mit ihrer Kapsel „Dragon 2“ an der internationalen Raumstation an. Es war ein wichtiger Schritt „to make America great again!“ Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!

In Südafrika kann man einen Intensivkurs in Sachen Stromausfall machen – in angenehmer Umgebung. „Was fällt dann aus?“ wäre die falsche Frage. “Was geht dann noch?” lässt sich schneller beantworten: nichts. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!

Am 14. Mai 2020 wurden die Kühltürme des Atomkraftwerks Philippsburg gesprengt. In Sekunden wurde eine wichtige Energiequelle Baden-Württembergs für immer zerstört und industrielle Werte in Milliardenhöhe vernichtet. Es war ein weiterer spektakulärer Etappensieg im Krieg gegen unsere westliche Zivilisation, deren Fundament eine funktionierende Industrie ist. Wie logisch ist all das? Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!

Ab 1. Januar 2020 hat Deutschland ein Kraftwerk weniger und ein Problem mehr. Das AKW Philippsburg 2 wurde abgeschaltet und ist nun ein weiterer Kandidat für den Abriss. Solch ein Rückbau zur „grünen Wiese“ ist sehr aufwändig, weil die vorhandenen radioaktiven Stoffe verdammt gefährlich sind. Dazu ein paar Einblicke in die Welt der Atome. Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors erwerben können!

Alljährlich grüßt das Murmeltier, diesmal aus Madrid. Es war die COP25, die fünfundzwanzigste UN Klimakonferenz zur CO2 Begrenzung. Fast 27.000 Delegierte waren Anfang Dezember in die spanische Hauptstadt gereist, um sich am Ende der Konferenz darauf zu einigen, dass sie nichts erreicht hatten. Jahr für Jahr, seit 1995, hatte das Treibhausgas zugenommen und 2019 mit 415 ppm einen nie dagewesenen Höchstwert erreicht. Wird da vielleicht etwas falsch gemacht? Wird da mit den falschen Waffen gekämpft? Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

Seit fünfzehn Jahren lebe ich in Südafrika, in der Nähe von Kapstadt und hatte in dieser Zeit Gelegenheit, auf Fragen deutscher Freunde zu reagieren: „Hat sich denn seit Mandela etwas geändert?“, „Wie kann man nur mit dieser hohen Kriminalität leben?“, „Dürfen denn Schwarze jetzt auch Ärzte oder Rechtsanwälte werden?“, „Ist Südafrika jetzt demokratisch?“ Hier eine kurzer, subjektiver und liebevoller Blick auf Geschichte und Gegenwart.   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

"Wissenschaft und Technik erlauben es uns heute, extrem schwierige Aufgaben zu lösen. Manche dieser Aufgaben sind dienlich oder lebensnotwendig, andere sind Selbstzweck, ähnlich einem schönen Kunstwerk oder einem sportlichen Weltrekord. Notwendig für den Erfolg sind in jedem Fall Geld, fachliche Kompetenz und wissenschaftliche Ethik. Wenn letztere fehlt, dann sieht es schlecht aus, dann wird aus der Wissenschaft eine Machenschaft."   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

"Das Wort „Atom“ löst bei vielen von uns eine spontane, düstere Assoziation aus: Radioaktivität –  Strahlung – Tod. Die Angst vor dem Atom hat Deutschland stärker im Griff als andere Völker der Erde. Angst aber ist nicht nur ein schlechter Ratgeber, sie ist auch ein schlechter Beitrag zur Lebensqualität. Lassen Sie uns deshalb dem Objekt unserer Sorge unbeirrt ins Auge sehen. Das bezwingt zwar noch nicht mögliche Gefahren, aber es besiegt die Angst."   Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Am 18. Dezember 2019 war die Cargolifter AG endlich abgewickelt. Die Firma war 1996 voller Optimismus gegründet worden, mit der Absicht, ein Lastenluftschiff gigantischer Tragkraft zu bauen und zu vermarkten. 2002 war man insolvent und der Konkursverwalter übernahm den Fall. Woran war das Vorhaben gescheitert?"

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Um es gleich vorweg zu nehmen, Armut hat keine Ursachen. Armut tritt von selbst ein, sobald wir nichts dagegen tun. Es ist Wohlstand, der Ursachen hat."

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Dazu müssen wir es machen wie die Biber: einen Damm bauen und das Wasser aufstauen. Der Rhein wäre ein Kandidat dafür. 1000 km lang mit 1 km Höhenunterschied von der Quelle bis zur Mündung."

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Falls Sie Segler sind, kennen Sie die Geschichte ja hinlänglich. Entweder dümpelt man tagelang dahin und verbringt die Zeit mit Seemannsgarn bei lauwarmem Bier, oder es kachelt dermaßen, dass man die Segel reffen muss und hoffen, dass unter Deck alle Schubladen dicht sind. Einfach ausgedrückt: „Windgeschwindigkeit hoch drei“ bedeutet für die Windgeneratoren, dass man entweder zu viel des Guten bekommt oder gar nichts."

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Numerischer Analphabetismus: Das ist eine verbreitete kognitive Behinderung, welche es Bertoffenen schwer oder unmöglich macht, mit großen Zahlen sinnvoll umzugehen. Da ist die Milliarde eben eine größere Million, und alles darüber hinaus ist ohnehin absurd."

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Nach besagter Nacht in der Wüste kommt mir das alles etwas übertrieben vor. Wo war das verdammte CO2 als ich dort wie ein Schneider gefroren habe?"

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Im Gegenstrom zu dieser internationalen intellektuellen Elite bewegte sich die deutsche Politik. Im Monat, in dem die einen die Kernspaltung entdeckten, organisierten die anderen die „Reichskristallnacht“."

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Der politische Umgang mit dem Bösen ist eingespielt: Es wird zuerst mit einer Steuer belegt und dann verboten."

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Wir alle sitzen in einem Shuttle, das den Namen Corona trägt. Haben wir Politiker, denen wir zutrauen, dass sie alles tun, um den Verlust an Menschenleben und den wirtschaftlichen Schaden so niedrig wie möglich zu halten?"

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "CNN erwartete 3,5 Millionen Opfer, AFP sprach von einer halben Million und die erwähnte UN Analyse von 2005 ergab 4000 Fälle. CNN und die UN lagen also um den Faktor 1000 auseinander!"

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Eine Batterie hat so etwa 20 kg, wir packen uns also 100.000 x 20 kg = 2000 Tonnen Batterien ein. Das passt mit den 70 Tonnen Maximalgewicht unserer 737 nicht so recht zusammen!"

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/ Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   Vor langer Zeit entstand in Afrika, ganz spontan, ein natürlicher Atomreaktor, der über Tausende von Jahren etwa 100 Kilowatt thermische Leistung brachte. Die radioaktiven Spaltprodukte aus diesem Prozess sind noch heute dort, wo sie entstanden sind.

Der Text wurde veröffentlicht auf: https://think-again.org/product/grun-und-dumm/  Wo Sie auch das aktuelle Buch des Autors finden.   "Hätten wir vom Seuchenmanagement in der Tierhaltung etwas für die Bekämpfung von Corona lernen können?"

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Kristen Duncan and Christina Elliott from the OSU Museum of Art join us to talk about In the Mind of a Collector, an exhibition of work donated to OSU by Tulsa native George R. Kravis II in 2018. Numbering more than 700 works, the Kravis gift includes an area of the visual arts new to the museum—industrial design—as well as fine art. Selections range from the colorful, energized brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionist painter Hans Hofmann to the comic-book-inspired Pop Art of Roy Lichtenstein, and from a 1950s Frank Lloyd Wright chair to Streamline Style radios from the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of the earliest and youngest founders of an FM radio station in the U.S., KRAV, and went on to become a philanthropist focusing on art education.

Kristen Duncan and Christina Elliott from the OSU Museum of Art join us to talk about In the Mind of a Collector, an exhibition of work donated to OSU by Tulsa native George R. Kravis II in 2018. Numbering more than 700 works, the Kravis gift includes an area of the visual arts new to the museum—industrial design—as well as fine art. Selections range from the colorful, energized brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionist painter Hans Hofmann to the comic-book-inspired Pop Art of Roy Lichtenstein, and from a 1950s Frank Lloyd Wright chair to Streamline Style radios from the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of the earliest and youngest founders of an FM radio station in the U.S., KRAV, and went on to become a philanthropist focusing on art education.

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Philippians 1:6 NLT 'And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.' There’s a danger in our acquisitive, consumer society that we accumulate a host of ‘things’, a large percentage of which we fail to use. They are clutter we dare not get rid of. There is a healthy tradition within many parts of the Church to travel light. We are only visiting as pilgrims. Much better to establish a clear view on what we are living for, both now and into the future, so that we can only gather those articles that enhance our purpose. I have been deeply influenced by the Franciscans in this regard; simplicity is not going without but journeying with what I actually need. Moving house from Portsmouth to the Oratory gave us a tremendous opportunity to downsize. We did this ruthlessly, giving everything we didn’t need away through a variety of charities. Once we know who we are and what we are called to, it’s easy to ensure we only own what we need to realise that calling. The confidence that comes with such knowledge also helps on the gluttony front. I no longer comfort eat because I am comfortable in who I am and able to live as I choose to. With clarity of purpose I can begin to determine the activities I want to invest my time and energy into. Developing the work of the Oratory, finding ways to support a local charity and our church responsibilities all reflect what we know God has called us to throughout our mortal stay. Do you think simplicity is a synonym for poverty? If so, think again. Hans Hofmann, the American painter, said, “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” I trust my life says more in this season than it has ever proclaimed before as we work out the plans God has always had for us. QUESTION: How much of what you have serves God’s call upon your life? PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me not to conform to the pattern of this consumeristic world, but instead may I be transformed into the pattern of your dear Son.

Simplicity is something we have talked about a few times on past shows but it continues to amaze me how people make the process of turning dreams and ideas into reality very complex. In today’s episode we are exploring the art of simplicity in entrepreneurship.Today's show is sponsored by:Penji - Use code 'JUMBLE' to get 15% off your first monthOpportunityInChina.comSo there was this guy Hans Hofmann. He lived between the 1880 and 1966 and was well known as an artist and teacher. His career impacted many generations in both Europe and America. As an artist he both preceded and influenced abstract expressionism. So what’s abstract expressionism??? It’s a post WWII art movement in painting that was the first specifically American Movement that achieved international influence and put America at the center of the western art world. It’s often considered an important predecessor in surrealism and put an emphasis on spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation.  Well Hans Hofmann once said this about simplicity… ‘The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.’  When I talk to entrepreneurs and innovators I often hear very complex and bloated ideas that make the initial idea hard to understand or grasp. If you start with a bloated and complex idea it is really hard to move from the concept and into reality all while captivating your audience into action.Now it’s really easy to misunderstand ‘simplicity’ and I want to make sure that I’m clear in saying ‘over simplification can also be detrimental to the process’. What we are shooting for is the process of finding the sweet spot where your ideas and dreams flourish.  So what exactly is simplicity? Simplicity can be defined in so many different ways. Here’s a few examples…the quality or condition of being easy to understand or do. "for the sake of simplicity, this chapter will concentrate on one theory" It brings clarity, clearness, intelligibility, comprehensibility, illumination, straightforwardness, and accessibility to the dream or idea.the quality or condition of being plain or natural. "the grandeur and simplicity of Roman architecture”… lack/absence of adornment, lack/absence of embellishment, unpretentiousness in executiona thing that is plain, natural, or easy to understand. plural noun: simplicities "the simplicities of pastoral living”. straightforwardness, ease, easiness, lack or absence of complication, effortlessness, manageability.For years, simplicity in the complex had been at the heart of Apple. Steve Jobs even addressed this when he said ‘That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.’ Now complexity has become the mantra of today. We have complicated relationships, complex integrations of technology in our lives, complexity that leads to over busyness, and complexity that leads us uncertainty / depression / and burnout. We want to be all things to all people, but in the plurality of being everything to everyone in business and life we loose the power of our identity and focus.Simplicity unlocks many superpowers in the process of turning our dreams and ideas into reality. In this complex world it’s time we stop being on autopilot and start taking the action to simplify the process to unlock a future we want to create.  In a moment we will be back to go a little deeper about the art of simplicity in entrepreneurship.Welcome back, we are talking about ‘The art of simplicity in entrepreneurship’. In this segment I’m sharing 5 ways to incorporate the art simplicity into your journey of life and entrepreneurship. You’ll notice that I mentioned ‘life and entrepreneurship’ instead of just entrepreneurship. While I’m specifically sharing tips on simplicity in entrepreneurship, many of these tips can apply past entrepreneurship and really help you in life too. So if you aren’t an entrepreneur, you can keep listen and you will have some great takeaways for your life.  But before we jump into the five tips, I want to go little deeper into what simplicity is and isn’t.Simplicity isn’t just cutting your idea or dream back to one thing. It is cutting away everything that doesn’t support your core idea and dream.Simplicity isn’t dummying down the idea and dream. It is making it clear so that people can understand and grasp what you are saying and doing.Simplicity isn’t boring design. It is intention design filled with beautiful design that matters.Simplicity isn’t easy. It’s actually a lot of hard work filled with purpose.Simplicity isn’t a shortcut to getting done quicker (although it may do that). It is a process of refinement and perfecting the idea or dream.I could go on, but you get the idea. Simplicity is often much harder to do. Duke Ellington once said ‘Simplicity is a most complex form.’Now I know that some of are are listening and thinking ‘Mike, I get it…simplicity is cool.’ But how do we move into using the art of simplicity as an entrepreneur? We’ll I’m glad you asked because I wanted to share 5 tips to use simplicity as an entrepreneur.Tip number one: Clarify your message.  One of the first areas that many people over complicate their dreams and ideas in through the words they use to communicate their dreams and ideas. To be successful you need to focus on the message you use with yourself, your team, and the people you serve. Messages really only matter if people understand them and can buy into how this will solve a problem for them or the people around them. Often our messaging is based on our presupposed assumptions. Better known as bias. Everything we do is based on bias. If we want to be affective our message must remove bias that steals from the core of what we are communicating.  This requires a deep understanding of the people we are serving. The simpler we can cut back the message to only what the audience needs, the better we will do in converting them to our way of thinking. This in turn will captivate them to engage with our message, product, or service. Unless you are specifically communicating with someone who inherently understands your industry you need to simplify industry speak. Let me give you an example.For several years I would have customers come into our web design and development agency and ask ‘what is the difference between a domain (web address) and the hosting. Often this is a question they had asked over and over again with agencies they had worked with in the past or gotten quotes from. Instead of trying to explain the differences using tech speak, I tried to communicate in a way that made sense to someone in terms they would understand. I would say something like.So you own a house and a friend wanted to come over and visit asked how do I get to your house You give them your address and they plug the address into their GPS and it takes them to your house. Now they are at your house but they aren’t in your house. They knock at the door, you open the door, and they come into the house to hang out. You then take them on a tour of hour house showing them the various rooms and your prized possessions. Now in this story, the domain is your address. It gets you to your house but thats about it. Your house is the hosting. That’s where you store all your stuff (your web pages). The various rooms are the pages of your websites. The stuff in the room are the photos, text, and other content on the site.This action of simplicity was all it took for many potential customers feel like I understood them, was able to communicate with them, and ultimately want to become our customer.When you clarify your message by using simplicity you will often find the right people to be part of your tribe and ultimately be your customer.Martin H Fisher who is well know for his teaching on the art and practice of medicine said this ‘Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.’We must use wisdom to simplify our message. This is key to our success.Tip number twoDeclutter overly complex systems. Many of us act as the chicken with it’s head cut off. We are running around responding to the latest emergency. We are responding without knowing how to prevent the emergencies we face. Our systems either don’t exist or are broken. This is often a side affect of overtly complex or bloated systems. Our systems are a key to the success of our businesses (and lives). We must have healthy simply systems.For me it’s something as simple as having my calendar sync with my wife’s calendar make all the difference in know what is on our schedule and if we can schedule something else on a specific day and time. This system is simple. It just works. However many of us use systems that are bloated, complicated, and inefficient. This steels from our time and energy.Simplifying our systems have two steps.Do we have a system for the things we regularly do?Our our systems working?A few years ago I hired two project managers for our business. One was very inline with our philosophy of simplicity both with working with our clients and in the systems we used to manage their projects. The other project manager wanted to add crazy amounts of systems that were slowing down our process and getting in the way of working with our clients. It was the path of least resistance vs duplication of work and effort. One project manager was right for our company, the other was not.  Let’s talk about a few systems many businesses will have:-CRM (customer relationship management)-Project Management-Time Management-Payroll-Billing, invoicing, and contracts-and if you sell products you are going to have systems around inventory, shipping, online, purchases, and more.I could probably create a list hundreds if not thousands of systems for businesses if I took the time to do that. Simple things that many people forget like who cleans

As last season’s 5 FREE APPS TO MAKE YOU MORE PRODUCTIVE episode was so incredibly popular I thought that I’d continue with a couple of episodes this season on similar themes. Today I will present 6 awesome FREE extensions for Google Chrome. But before I get into that though, last week’s show looked at TOXIC PEOPLE and how their negatively charged behaviours can disrupt your life and work and ultimately destroy your productivity and your love for life. These toxic personality types included ENERGY VAMPIRES that suck the life force from you, CONTROL FREAKS that make your life a misery by trying to control what you say, what you do and even what you think. Then there are the manipulators who also try to control you but this time with underhand tactics and techniques like shaming, guilting and gaslighting. I highlighted what to watch out for with these sorts of people and ultimately how to deal with them. Now please feel free to get in touch and let me know how you are getting on with the calls to action that I suggest at the end of each episode. Also if you have a moment, please go to the contact page and message me to let me know what you are struggling with in your own life and work. I’m very interested in what productivity techniques you are adopting or what matters you are struggling with as if I can get a grip on your real-life problems I can tailor future episodes to tackle them. Remember that as a solo podcaster I have to come up with all the content that you hear here and your suggestions for futures shows, especially as I near the end of this season and am starting to think about the next would be most welcome. And if you’ve missed any of the shows please also remember that every episode already released can be accessed directly via filmproproductivity.com or on any number of the free podcasting apps that are out there. THE LESSON Some people say that they can run their business from their phone, and it’s undeniable that the power we have with cell phones or mobile phones as we call them here in the UK is significant, but as a regular organiser of film productions and as a filmmaker, a podcaster and producer I simply can’t operate without a computer. I use computers every single day because without them I’d find it near impossible to create, communicate and coordinate. And I have seen people successfully operate to a degree using Android Tablets or iPads but they take this to such a level with plugin keyboards etc that I will argue that they may as well use a laptop or a desktop machine anyway. And everything I will be recommending today is a connected to Google Chrome. That browser is available COMPLETELY FREE for both Mac and PC and even has versions which work on Android, IOS and Linux. I recommend it over all the other web browsers for 5 GOOD reasons.   With one click, it loads web pages, multiple tabs, and applications with lightning speed as it is designed to be the fastest web browser available. It allows you to type both searches and web addresses in the address bar which Google calls The Omnibox. This in itself increases speed and efficiency. It is clean and simple. The omnibox and multi-tabbed browsing make navigating the web very easy. Also when you close chrome, it will remember the tabs you had open so you can pick up right where you left off. Chrome also comes equipped with a built-in PDF viewer which you can use to print, resize, and save PDF’s. Security and Privacy. Chrome keeps you safe and sound with its built-in malware and phishing protection. It has safe browsing technology and will show you a warning message before you visit a site that is suspicious. Chrome also automatically updates, so you always have the latest and most up-to-date version. If you are sharing a computer with other people, you can add multiple users to keep your bookmarks, apps, and extensions separate. Anything you update on one device will instantly update everywhere else you sign in to Chrome browser. Once you sign in, you decide what you want to sync. It’s incredibly efficient and as someone that’s used many many browsers over the years, I can assure you that Google Chrome is simply incredible for your productivity. The final reason - the reason I’m talking about it at all today is that Google Chrome is extremely customizable. Use the Chrome Webstore to add apps, extensions and themes. Apps and extensions give you the latest in productivity, games, education, etc. Themes allow you to bring your browser to life with colours and graphics and you can even create your own themes.    Google Chrome in itself is, of course, my first recommendation but that’s not what this episode is all about. Once you have chrome you have an option to personalise it with add-ons such as Google Chrome Extensions.   So as you know today I will be making recommendations for extensions to Google Chrome, but first things first: What exactly are Google Extensions? Well, EXTENSIONS are small software programs that customize the browsing experience. They enable users to tailor Chrome functionality and behaviour to their individual needs or preferences and as such an extension must fulfil a SINGLE PURPOSE that is narrowly defined and easy to understand. A single extension can include multiple components and a range of functionality, as long as everything contributes towards a common purpose. All Google Chrome extensions are published to the Chrome Web Store and I will provide links to everything that I talk about here in the show notes. Alternatively, if you are using Chrome, just search for the CHROME WEB STORE and browse in the store itself. New York Times Bestselling author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practices, Sharon Salzberg said Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.  And the first extension that I will recommend is one which will kill all those distracting websites but only for 30 minutes and it’s called FOREST, the full name is actually Forest: stay focused, be present. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forest-stay-focused-be-pr/kjacjjdnoddnpbbcjilcajfhhbdhkpgk  There’s a ton of these sort of anti-distraction extensions out there but this is the one I use, and it has never failed me. Like most of the others, it’s based on a time management system called The Pomodoro Technique which was developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. That technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Forest uses that principle and provides an interesting solution to save you from Internet addiction. Basically, you set it up by typing in the websites that most often distract you. For reference, my blacklisted sites are youtube, gumtree, ebay, twitter, facebook and reddit. Once you’ve set that up with your own custom list you are all set to go. It sits like all other extensions in your browser bar and when you feel you need to work without distractions you click it. When that happens a pop up appears to indicate you have planted a virtual seed in the Forest app and over the next 30 minutes, that seed will gradually grow into a tree. During the next 30 minutes you will be blocked from visiting those sites and if you decide to override it, the little tree will start to wither away and die. With this interesting mechanism, your own sense of achievement and responsibility will drive you to stay away from the distractions with no pain. It’s a self-motivated and interesting method to help you beat Internet addiction. It helps you to cultivate (literally) your personal pattern of time management by making good use of 30-minute chunks of time to fully concentrate on your work and finish it effectively. I’ve never actually done it but you can also share your trees with friends or colleague which I can see the benefits of. Hans Hofmann said “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” Next on my list is an extension called JUST READ. This is an incredibly useful extension which does one thing and does it well. It simplifies web pages. It removes ads pictures and other distractions from whatever website you are on and just shows you the text, in an easy to read and well laid out format. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/just-read/dgmanlpmmkibanfdgjocnabmcaclkmod  When you give it a click you remove distractions like the page's styling, ads, popups and comments and can read the article in a customizable, simplified format - like a read mode but better! No login required and it’s completely free! Another thing that it does, which they don’t advertise though, is that it makes locked text on a website available to copy. As someone who likes to chuck in the occasional quotes and that means that I can copy and paste that text into my podcast notes. “Simplicity is the soul of efficiency.” Said Austin Freeman and can easily repeat that here as I used JUST READ to simplify the page I stole it from. It’s a really useful extension and that’s why its number 2 on my list here. This list btw is in no particular order. Number 3 on my list, and I also rated it highly in my useful apps episode is the POCKET extension. I love Pocket in all its forms. It’s basically a way of bookmarking orsaving yourr favourite articles, videos etc, for later reference. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-pocket/niloccemoadcdkdjlinkgdfekeahmflj It beats, hands down the other competitors for ease of use and it syncs across all devices – iPhone, iPad, Android and more. Basically when you find something in Chrome that you want to view later, put it in Pocket. That involves just clicking the pocket button on your browser bar. It then automatically syncs to your phone, tablet or other computers so you can view it at any time, even without an internet connection. You can add tags to it and pocket will even suggest recommended related content which if you are researching a podcast, for example, is really kinda useful! It’s completely free but you can upgrade anytime to Premium for a more powerful Pocket experience. If you use pocket regularly you’ll likely need to put aside a bit of time each week to catch up on what you’ve stuffed in there along the way but don’t worry, unless you delete it you will be able to access your pocket saves indefinitely. One last thing is that when you click to view your pocket list, it gives you previews of everything you’ve saved, so unlike in a bookmarks folder, you can find what you are looking for very quickly. It’s a fast, efficient and totally awesome Google Chrome Extension. NEXT UP is an extension called ONE TAB. Albert Einstein “Out of clutter, find simplicity.” and that’s EXACTLY what this extension will do for your browser. If you’ve ever found yourself with too many open tabs, you just click the OneTab icon to convert all of your tabs into a list. When you need to access the tabs again, you can either restore them individually or all at once. It's really useful if you are midway through researching something and want to ensure that it’s all there the next time in the same format. Also when your tabs are in the OneTab list, you will save up to 95% of memory because you will have reduced the number of tabs open in Google Chrome. The information about your tabs is never transmitted or disclosed to the OneTab developers, but the exception to this is if you intentionally click on the 'share as a web page' feature that allows you to upload your list of tabs into a web page in order to share them with others. Tabs are never shared unless you specifically use the 'share as a web page' button. ONE TAB is one of those really functional, yet simple, add-ons that you never knew you needed. I love it. Fifth on my list of recommended productivity extensions is MOMENT. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moment-1-personal-dashboa/lgecddhfcfhlmllljooldkbbijdcnlpe  Following along with the theme of simplicity all this really does is give a clean and modern look to your default Chrome homepage. When you call up a new tab it comes up not as the default Google search page but as a simpler and more appealing page which you have customized. With this app you can either turn an image of your own into a background for the new tabs or choose from a selection of hi-res photos and videos from its recommendations – This will become your default Google background image. It’s basically like a desktop background for your browser. I use a stream running through a forest video, which is nice and calming. In the top right corner, it has a HUB icon that when pressed offers you the choice of reopening recent pages or bookmarks or sessions. You can also access via another tab any number of apps that you have chosen from a full list when you set it up. Finally, it offers a todo list which I don’t use as I already use another todo list app called to-doist, which is also one of my very regularly used Chrome Extensions. Lastly, it gives an option to use an onscreen note taking app which occasionally comes in handy. The main reason I have this though is just for the calming image and simple customizable tabs which it offers. It might not make you that much more productive, in all honesty, but it will make you a little happier and a little bit calmer along the way - as the Dalai Lama says “Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence - that's very important for good health.” The 6th and final extension that I want to talk about m here – I have more but let’s not get carried away. The Sixth extension is, and if you’ve not been using it you should do, is Grammarly. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/grammarly-for-chrome/kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen  Grammarly offers a host of features that are incredibly helpful in editing any writing, whether it’s a social media post, a call sheet, a script or a novel and it’s FREE. It’s freeeeee! Incidentally, it can be installed in any browsers, obviously Google Chrome, but also in Firefox, Safari, and Edge, and it will automatically check any writing. For example, it can mark mistakes on emails and forms as users write in the browser. It scans the whole document for any mistake, including grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. Anyone can use it anywhere, but it does require users to be connected to the internet so that it can properly identify mistakes. It then informs the writer of the document what steps can be taken to improve the writing, and it's up to the user whether to heed the advice akin to a professional's. Grammarly will make sure your messages, documents, and social media posts are clear, mistake-free, and impactful. Adding Grammarly to Chrome means that your spelling and grammar will be vetted on Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Tumblr, and nearly everywhere else you write on the web. Once you register your new account, you will start to receive weekly emails with personalized insights and performance stats which is useful too, and if it annoys you, you can just ask it to stop. It’s a contextual spelling checker which detects correctly spelt words used in the wrong context. It can fix hundreds of complex grammatical errors, including subject-verb agreement, article use, and modifier placement, to name just a few. Grammarly adapts to your needs and writing style, giving you the confidence of mistake-free communication every time you write. Forbes magazine says “Grammarly quickly and easily makes your writing better and makes you sound like a pro, or at least helps you avoid looking like a fool.” and The Harvard Business Review: “...good grammar is instrumental in conveying ideas with clarity professionalism, and precision...Good grammar is simply good business.” SUMMING UP Douglas Adams said, “We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” Well, the technology that I list here today does just work and I encourage you to try it. I could list another 5 or 6 Google Extensions off the top of my head, but that will have to do for now. If you find yourself very often working online like I do or working through a web browser where you access your working email etc then these extensions will make life easier and far more productive for you. CALL TO ACTION A link to every chrome extension that I’ve talked about here and a full transcript of this episode is available at filmproproductivity.com and may appear on your podcasting apps too. Please be aware though that some podcasting apps will remove links from the RSS feed. If you want to guarantee that they will be there go to the official website which I have full control of. What I’d say for a call to action is load the extensions, one at a time, and them out and see how they work for you. They’re all free but some have some in-app purchases which can be used to expand their capabilities. I however only use the free versions. As with all technology you’ll have to spend a few minutes getting to know what it offers, so I’d strongly suggest that you try them one at a time – If they work for you then great but if they are not your cup of tea, it’s as easy as right-clicking them on your Chrome browser and tapping remove from chrome. ENDING Next week’s episode, will be talking about why filmmakers should shoot with what they’ve got and why keeping up with the Jones’s or lusting after the next big thing, is a really bad habit to get into. I’ll end today’s show with the words of Pablo Picasso who said  - “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” Now, take control of your own destiny, keep on shootin’ and join me next time on Film Pro Productivity. The podcast music is Adventures by A Himitsu. You can view the show notes for this episode at filmproproductivity.com If you’re struggling with something you think I can help with or would like to tell me how you are getting on then please get in touch via the contact page on the website. Alternately you can get me on Twitter @fight_director or follow the show @filmproprodpod Please support this podcast by subscribing, leaving an AWESOME review and spreading the word. If you can get just one new person to tune in I’d really appreciate it.   Sources: https://support.google.com/chrome_webstore/answer/2664769?hl=en-GB https://awakenthegreatnesswithin.com/35-inspirational-quotes-on-simplicity/    

Als Headhunter vermittlet Lucas Zehnder seit 2012 Führungs- und Fachkräfte jeder Stufe und blickt hinter die Kulissen der Job-Welt. In den vergangenen Jahren hat er mit Hunderten von Personen 1:1 Gespräche geführt, die an Bewerbungsprozessen beteiligt sind und kennt die Bedürfnisse von Kandidat, Arbeitgeber, Human Resources, Recruiter und Linie. Leidenschaftlich lebt und atmet er die Chancen, die uns der Arbeitsmarkt 4.0 bietet. Mit Genuss surft er die Wellen der Digitalisierung, eine riesige Chance für uns alle. Dir zeigt er, wie Du profitierst. Täglich coacht er Individuen in vielfältigen Positionen: Vom Sales auf der Strasse über die Marketingverantwortliche bis hin zum Entscheidungsträger auf C-Level in den Bereichen: Karriere, Persönlichkeit, Motivation, Bewerbung, Team, Selbstmarketing, Social Intelligence und allen verwandten Bereichen des Lebens. Täglich hinterfragt er bestehende Glaubenssätze und Paradigmen. Mach dir seine Energie, sein Know-how und sein Insiderwissen zunutze und vereinbare noch heute einen unverbindlichen Telefontermin. Telefon: +41 77 529 65 55 Dieser Berufspodcast richtet sich vor allem an Fach- und Führungskräfte und nicht nur, wenn sie auf Jobsuche sind. Wenn du an Karrierechancen interessiert bist, dann erhältst du für deine Stellensuche viele wertvolle Tipps von erfahrenen Experten. In Interviews kommen erfolgreiche Menschen mit Topjobs zu Wort. Was begeistert sie besonders bei ihrer Aufgabe? Wie haben sie ihre Führungsposition gefunden? Welche Aus- und Weiterbildungen waren für sie relevant? Erfahrene HR Profis informieren dich hier über die sich verändernden Anforderungen im Arbeitsmarkt. Damit bist du immer einen Schritt voraus und der Gestalter deiner erfolgreichen Karriere. CEO’s und Geschäftsführer schildern ihren Weg an die Spitze, damit du von den Besten lernen kannst. Sie geben dir viele wertvolle Tipps für deine berufliche Karriere. Weiters sind immer wieder interessante und auch bekannte Redner, Coaches und Trainer dabei. Lass dich auch von ihnen inspirieren und gestalte deine Karriere möglichst erfolgreich. Mein Name ist Christoph Stelzhammer, Inhaber der C. Stelzhammer GmbH veredelt vermitteln und des Berufszentrum.ch. Mitarbeitende zu Höchstleistungen zu bringen und in die richtigen Teams zu integrieren, gehört zu meinen Leidenschaften. Menschen erfolgreich machen und sie dabei zu unterstützen, auf ihrem beruflichen Lebensweg sich selbst sein zu können. Nimm dein Leben in die eigene Hand, folge deiner Bestimmung und lebe deine Talente. Als Fach- und Führungskraft stets authentisch aufzutreten und sich und andere erfolgreich machen. Dafür brenne ich und dieser Podcast ist auch Ausdruck meines persönlichen Lebenszwecks.

On Sunday, June 10, 2018 Overcoats joined us for an intimate concert. The New York-based female electronic-pop duo of Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell, performed in the historic Hofmann Studio in Provincetown, the former West End home and studio of artist Hans Hofmann, as part of Twenty Summers' annual month-long arts festival. The talented best friends’ debut, Young, released in 2017, was praised as a “memorable album” in a rave review by critic Bob Boilen. In a vocal style that is minimalist yet rich in melody, they deliver songs of connection and tension, on the depths of love and the challenges of family.

As the latest installment of our ongoing tribute to the painters who worked and taught in the Hawthorne Barn when it was an art school, Marcelle Polednik, a museum director and curator, and Karen Wilkin, experienced art critic and curator, discussed and presented images from Hans Hofmann: Works on Paper, an exhibit they curated for MOCA Jacksonville in Florida, demonstrating the ever-evolving work of Hofmann and the inspiration he drew from Provincetown itself. This event and video were made possible by generous support from the Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust.

Dr. Hans Hofmann from the University of Texas at Austin talked about his research and fun field stories on neural and molecular mechanisms and evolution of social behavior in Cichlid fishes. He also gave insights in how to pursue science in the future.

The Wichita Art Museum currently has an exhibition of five local artists called Art's Pure Voice: Abstraction in Wichita. The title is lifted from artist and educator Hans Hofmann.

This episode is a conversation with UT Austin's Hans Hofmann about a number of related topics in biology. We start with computational biology and bioinformatics (the original topic of the episode). From there we moved into genetics and DNA sequencing as an example for where comptutational biology is used. Finally, we talked about Hans' own research on biological foundations of social behavior.

What to say about Ken Jacobs? An avant-garde film legend from his early epic film STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH to his Nervous Magic Lantern live performances. Even at just 40 minutes, his new film SEEKING THE MONKEY KING is another epic, combining strong political statements with his incredible use of abstract 3D imagery, showing how a new technology (and tired fad) can be used to create great art in the right hands. Ken’s son, filmmaker Aza Jacobs, sits in and interviews him, covering his past and present work now spanning 50-plus years, his time with Hans Hofmann, Stan Brakhage and Nicolas Ray, and how Ken met Flo. http://www.starspangledtodeath.com/

This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary array of newly acquired and promised gifts to the museum. It features nearly 100 works by European and American modern masters including Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Hans Hofmann, Paul Klee, Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Richard Diebenkorn, Elizabeth Murray, Robert Motherwell, Aaron Siskind, and David Smith, as well as living artists William Christenberry, Howard Hodgkin, Ellsworth Kelly, Sean Scully, and many others. The strength and variety of these gifts and acquisitions include some of the most significant developments in painting, photography, works on paper, and sculpture from the 19th to the 21st century.

This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary array of newly acquired and promised gifts to the museum. It features nearly 100 works by European and American modern masters including Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Hans Hofmann, Paul Klee, Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Richard Diebenkorn, Elizabeth Murray, Robert Motherwell, Aaron Siskind, and David Smith, as well as living artists William Christenberry, Howard Hodgkin, Ellsworth Kelly, Sean Scully, and many others. The strength and variety of these gifts and acquisitions include some of the most significant developments in painting, photography, works on paper, and sculpture from the 19th to the 21st century.