conquest
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On the Golden Record.
The Golden Record could be the death of us all. But a vision of death might convince us to live better now.
alien contact, alien life, aliens, archaeology, Carl Sagan, climate change, climate destabilization, conquest, contact, cooperation, cultural collapse, cultural imperialism, extinction, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrial life, global warming, global wealth tax, Golden Record, Greenland, guaranteed basic income, heat death, human extinction, imperialism, message in a bottle, space travel, The Golden Record, Vikings, Voyager, Voyager spacecraft, wealth transfer, worst pillow talk
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On the value of religious misinterpretation.
We’re liable to misinterpret old stories when we look at them with modern eyes … but it’s worth knowing what myths might mean in a better world.
Abraham, anachronism, anachronistic crtique, Ants Among Elephants, Bible, can God save us, caste, caste system, Christ, Christian theology, colonialism, conquest, covenant, creation in Genesis, dalit, David Kishik, DK, Dravidar Kazhagam, forgiveness, forgiving god, Genesis, God, God saw that it was good, God’s insecurity, Goldman, grammar, hebrew, Hinduism, human sacrifice, human sacrifice for good harvest, imperialism, incarceration, incarceration crisis, incarceration in the U.S., incarceration in the United States, jail, Jesus, Jesus’s sacrifice, Job, John-Michael Bloomquist, mass incarceration, merciful god, mercy, Noah, Old Testament, oppression, poetry, poetry in jail, rainbow, Rama, Rama threatening ocean, Ravana, Ravana worship, religion, Rudyard Kipling, sacrifice, sacrifice of Jesus, suffering, Sujatha Gidla, Tamil, teaching in jail, teaching poetry in jail, textual analysis, The Book of Shem, The Flood, The Iliad, The Prodigal’s Return, theology, Translation, untouchable, why did Christ have to die, why did Jesus suffer, why does Rama threaten the ocean, why is God jealous, Yahweh
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On fruit, welcome, and undergarments.
Come in, all are welcome.
conquest, dragon fruit, dragonfruit, durian, evolution of meaning, evolution of symbolism, fruit, hospitality, hotels, King Charles II, mangosteen, pineapple, pineapple boxers, pineapple door knockers, pineapple flags, pineapple hotel signs, pineapple signs, pineapple symbolism, pineapple undergarments, pineapple underpants, pineapple underwear, symbolic drift, welcome, why do pineapples mean welcome
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On Alvaro Enrigue’s ‘Sudden Death,’ translation, and the power of narrative control.
Translators control our experience of stories; those who control stories, control the world.
Alvaro Enrigue, Aztec, conquest, conquistadors, Cortes, fall of the Aztecs, Geronimo de Aguilar, Hernan Cortes, history of Mexico, history of tennis, Hungary, Malinali Tenepatl, Maya, Natasha Wimmer, octopus literature, Ralph Robinson, Robert Adams, Roma, Stanford, Sudden Death, teaching English, tennis, Thomas More, Translation, underage drinking, Utopia, violence, xingar
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