Interstellar visitors, teaching Iliad to teens, peace in an air raid, language, and more
Seven links to worthwhile thin(g/k)s
Hello dear reader,
We are approaching June — any interesting summer plans on the horizon? Does the change in seasons signify anything for you — be it visual, mental, physical? To me, this time around, it’s a shedding of sorts and an embrace of more travel, more body movement, more adventure.
Up first will be a short trip to Seattle, Washington. Any recommendations!? Do let me know.
That said, here are seven links to bits of the world I have been exploring this week, shared with the hope that you will find them to be an inspiring springboard for deeper thinking.
What is coffee (including a giveaway)? By way of The Existentialist Cafe
A guy making noise while he exhales (a.k.a. Steven Pinker on language as a window to our brain)
Interstellar visitors and an interesting perspective: “Perhaps . . . revealing your presence to a hostile cosmos results in your inevitable destruction, so sending messages into space may be something no sensible civilisation would do.”
Restaurant reservations and the state of the restaurant industry in recovery mode (in the United States, now nearly at 100% of its pre-pandemic baseline).
Virginia Woolf’s 1940 essay: thoughts on peace in an air raid
Until the first Friday of June!
Warmly,
Ani