plato

From the Agora to the Blogosphere, and Beyond

by Brian on 08-20-2009

in a2bb,civics,media

Yesterday I noticed a couple of announcements for London social media events in the fall: a Twitter 101 TechAlliance Breakfast Club on October 14 starring @billdeys, @ericablonde, and @titusferguson a social media [un]conference for the arts community promoted by @adamcaplan, @titusferguson, and @billdeys (from what I understand at this early stage — let me know if I [...]

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Preface to Plato / Postscript to Print?

by Brian on 05-13-2009

in art,education,media

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I found this book by Eric A. Havelock at a used bookstore last week. It’s turning out to be more interesting than I expected. Specifically, there are some fascinating comparisons to the changes in our own media and cultural landscape. Preface to Plato (1963) focuses on the great philosopher’s attack on poetry — trying to [...]

Tagged as: axial age, communications, education, eric a havelock, greek philosophy, philosophy, plato, preface to plato

A Bunch of Stuff I’ve Read

by Brian on 01-21-2009

in art

This may or may not be interesting to anyone (I’m assuming it’s not) but I feel like I need to write this to get a more coherent sense of the influences that shaped my thinking. Or maybe that’s not it — I don’t really know why I feel like I need to write this, I just [...]

Tagged as: alfred north whitehead, autobibliography, bibliography, business books, confucianism, darwin's dangerous idea, discipline, eupsychian management, friedrich nietzsche, jacques barzun, jose ortega y gasset, peter drucker, plato, political theory, positive psychology, pragmatism, reading, richard rorty, self-becoming, self-creation, william james, writing