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99% invisible 11: 99% undesigned (but still evil)

Huffduffed by Heronheart on December 21st, 2010

Almost everything in modern life is designed to waste energy. The whole system evolved on a false premise that petroleum is cheap and plentiful and will be that way forever. The awesome Lisa Margonelli, author of Oil on The Brain and a fellow at the New America Foundation, talks us through the design of a world that completely disregards the perils of oil consumption and how new designs are meant to make us all more content with the mess we’ve made.

From http://invisible99.podbean.com/2010/11/24/99-invisible-11-99-undesigned/

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Lisa Hanawalt | The Comics Journal

Lisa Hanawalt, creator of I Want You, talks about comics, performance, and drawing at parties.

http://www.tcj.com/lisa-hanawalt/

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Music on Your Brain

Music is more than just pitch and rhythm, timbre and tempo. Music can comfort. Or annoy. It helps us celebrate – and mourn. Music can foster a sense of group identity. (Consider national anthems.)

Are human beings hard-wired to enjoy music? What role did music play in the evolution of human societies? What would life be without music?

In this World Science Forum, we talk to Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist at McGill University. He’s an expert on music cognition and the author of two books: This is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs.

Levitin argues that music is at the heart of human nature. The World’s Rhitu Chatterjee spoke with Levitin for The World Science Podcast.

http://www.world-science.org/forum/music-brain-daniel-levitin/