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piece-itpete
01-15-2013, 12:46 PM
I saw this the other day and jumped up going A-HA! scaring the crap out the wife :p

Ties into the 'truth is a multifaceted jewel' theory :D

Still a great reminder for me. It's not very long.

http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.ht ml

Pete

Boreas
01-15-2013, 01:40 PM
Thanks, Pete. I'll watch that later on TV.

Ted TV is a free channel via the Roku box. So are a lot of other channels, some of them good, some of them not. You can also stream Netflix and Hulu for free (if you already have an account - each is $7.99/mo.).

John

piece-itpete
01-15-2013, 01:45 PM
I get a stream though my bluray player and much of TED is on Netflix, for now anyway.

My connection speed won't allow full hd uninterrupted though.

I wish TED in Cleveland was more active, I'd go, but I suppose we're not a hub of intellectual activity! :eek:

Pet

ebacon
01-15-2013, 03:19 PM
"Rashomon" is also a good movie on the topic of truth. It takes one set of observations and multiple people give their perspective.

Dondilion
01-15-2013, 09:08 PM
Thanks Pete!

bobabode
01-15-2013, 11:38 PM
Here I sit in Southern California pitying you poor culturally deprived Ohioans and you pop up with this?:D Thanks. What did your wife think of it?

bobabode
01-16-2013, 02:37 AM
Here's something that dovetails nicely into her narrative regarding the perils and pitfalls of the single story.
http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-big-media%e2%80%99s-power-play/

bobabode
01-16-2013, 02:50 AM
"Rashomon" is also a good movie on the topic of truth. It takes one set of observations and multiple people give their perspective.

Ahhh, Kurosawa's movie with Toshiro Mifune. It reminded me of this old story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_blind_men_and_the_elephant

bobabode
01-16-2013, 02:58 AM
:D Then there is this...
"Six blind elephants were discussing what men were like. After arguing they decided to find one and determine what it was like by direct experience. The first blind elephant felt the man and declared, "Men are flat." After the other blind elephants felt the man, they agreed."

piece-itpete
01-16-2013, 08:36 AM
LOL!

But ag! You HAD to muck it up with Moyers ;)

Pete

bobabode
01-16-2013, 01:17 PM
LOL!

But ag! You HAD to muck it up with Moyers ;)

Pete

A lib's gotta do what a lib's gotta do.:cool:

merrylander
01-16-2013, 02:31 PM
No idea why everyone is so excited, heck my grandfather always said - there's two sides to every story - and he probably got that expression from his grandfather.

Dondilion
01-17-2013, 02:28 PM
BTW I recommend "things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe as excellent lit by an African writer....a classic.