Adam Yauch

June, 7, 2012 Rolling Stone

The Ken Robinson Channel

On divergent thinking and our outdated educational system (good)

On how schools kill creativity. (TED) (great)

On educating the heart and mind.  (awesome. long.)

Venus in Transit

from The Atlantic. 10 and 14 rocked my world.

Why The Wire Feels Dated

And why that's a good thing, according to John Hendel in The Atlantic.

It All Happened.

Damon Lindelof talks about "LOST," its controversial ending, and a lot of things you wouldn't necessarily think about when you think about telling stories, in this interview on The Verge.

Colbert, Tyson, and e=mc²

Neil de Grasse Tyson, that is. For an hour and twenty minutes. In one of the best interviews about anything I've ever seen, Stephen Colbert and the astrophysicist chat about the universe, our society, science education, and even James Cameron.

Some excerpts:

Colbert: Is knowledge always a good thing?
Tyson: I have to say yes.
Colbert: Why?
Tyson: Because it empowers you to react, and possibly even do something about it, if something needs to be done.

Tyson: Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.

Also, The Most Amazing Fact Ever  (Tyson).

Work Hard. Don't Rush.

Career advice from George Monbiot.

"That's Lovely. What Did He Do?"

A piece in the Times about the Prison Outlet, in Florence, AZ, which peddles the wares of the inmates next door.

NYPD Pickup

What (Regian) Ed Conlon learned about profiling, and art, one afternoon at the 44th precinct.