Archive | February, 2005

Vencice West Beat Photo Collection

I discovered a collection of photos titled "Venice West Picture Essay a photo chronicle of the beat generation in Venice west, California circa 1958… from the out-of-print the holy barbarians by Lawrence Lipton" while checking on the Island Web listing on DMOZ. We are listed as Society > Subcultures > Hippie which never fails to make me smile but I suppose is at least partly correct.

The black and white photographs in this collection are awesome, a time tunnel back half a century into beat Venice, California.

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By Bruce Eisner

Psyche’s Links: Weblogs

I’ve seen "Psyche"s Links: Esoteric Subjects on the Web" before in my net wanderings, I found the site again and it has added a section: "Psyche’s Links: Weblogs/Blogs."

So I began exploring the links. Here is the challenge to my readers. Explain why these particular links are "esoteric." The rest of the site excels at esoterica but … why these links?

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By Bruce Eisner

Transtopia seeking the place beyond

 

I’ve talked about Transtopia before. I don’t know quite what to make of it. There seems to be some synchronicities between Island Foundation and the Transtopians., especially with the embrace of new ideas with the hope of creating a better culture and the idea of developing an experimental culture on an island micronation. What is "transtopian." Here is how they define the term:

Trans: 1.Across; on the other side; beyond (2.Through. 3.Change; transfer ). Topia: from the Greek word "topos", meaning "place". Hence, Transtopia is the "place beyond" (or "beyondplace"); the realm of Read more »

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By Bruce Eisner

Immortality in Twenty Years?

Future Hi’s post Immortality in 20 Years has sparked a lively debate. It is about a new book, Fantastic Voyage:  Live Long Enough to Live Forever

Future Hi says about the book, "It explains how advances in genomics, biotechnology, and nanotechnology have brought the possibility of immortality within our grasp.." The post also points to the two authors, Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman MD Fantastic Voyage website

As I said at the beginning, the post has seen a back-and-forth between pro and anti longevity readers of Future Hi and makes an interesting read.

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By Bruce Eisner

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