Mindsminds

menu
search
close
  • #
    Discovery
    Discovery
  • add_to_queue
    Minds+
    Minds+
  • more_horiz
    More
    More
schestowitz
Jun 16 2019 · 2:10 PM
7 views
This piece was adapted from a lecture delivered in April, in Indianapolis, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of “Slaughterhouse-Five.” https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-kurt-vonneguts-slaughterhouse-five-tells-us-now

What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now

Vonnegut’s books argue about ideas of freedom and mourn the dead, from their first pages to their last.

newyorker.com

thumb_upthumb_down
chat_bubble

More from schestowitz

Stuffed/Stacked Panels Sent Back Packing After One-Sided Patent Hearings That Will Convince Nobody, Just Preach to the Choir

Almost a week ago the 'world tour' of patent lobbyists in US Senate finally ended; it was an utterly ridiculous case study in panel stacking and bribery (attempts to buy laws)

techrights.org

Stuffed/Stacked Panels Sent Back Packing After One-Sided #Patent Hearings That Will Convince Nobody, Just Preach to the Choir http://techrights.org/2019/06/16/stacked-patent-panels/ #swpats #iancu #uspto #patents
5 views ·

Openness/Sharing/Collaboration | Tux Machines

tuxmachines.org

Openness/Sharing/Collaboration http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/124931 #opendata #sharing #collaboration
1 views ·

The Most Delicious Foods Will Fall Victim to Climate Change

Author Amanda Little explains why high-nutrient, high-flavor crops are the most likely to suffer in a less predictable environment.

wired.com

"countries like Vietnam, where there's now huge, large-scale coffee production, which is fairly new. But the single-origin artisanal coffee crops are very threatened." https://www.wired.com/story/the-most-delicious-foods-will-fall-victim-to-climate-change/
1 views ·

More from schestowitz

Stuffed/Stacked Panels Sent Back Packing After One-Sided Patent Hearings That Will Convince Nobody, Just Preach to the Choir

Almost a week ago the 'world tour' of patent lobbyists in US Senate finally ended; it was an utterly ridiculous case study in panel stacking and bribery (attempts to buy laws)

techrights.org

Stuffed/Stacked Panels Sent Back Packing After One-Sided #Patent Hearings That Will Convince Nobody, Just Preach to the Choir http://techrights.org/2019/06/16/stacked-patent-panels/ #swpats #iancu #uspto #patents
5 views ·

Openness/Sharing/Collaboration | Tux Machines

tuxmachines.org

Openness/Sharing/Collaboration http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/124931 #opendata #sharing #collaboration
1 views ·

The Most Delicious Foods Will Fall Victim to Climate Change

Author Amanda Little explains why high-nutrient, high-flavor crops are the most likely to suffer in a less predictable environment.

wired.com

"countries like Vietnam, where there's now huge, large-scale coffee production, which is fairly new. But the single-origin artisanal coffee crops are very threatened." https://www.wired.com/story/the-most-delicious-foods-will-fall-victim-to-climate-change/
1 views ·
We are an open source platform for Internet freedom. Get paid in crypto for your contributions to the community.
android

Android App

Maybe later
close