The word Energy
Energy is one of those words that most of us use on a daily basis. It has both everyday and scholarly meanings. We all know what does it mean and yet that could really mislead us whenever we are trying to examine the full range of its connotations and its origins. Let's set out on a trip towards the roots of one of the most common words today.
The provocative mind of Jean Baudrillard
"The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage to remain silent. Music, commercial breaks, news flashes, adverts, news broadcasts, movies, presenters—there is no alternative but to fill the screen; otherwise there would be an irremediable void.... That's why the slightest technical hitch, the slightest slip on the part of the presenter becomes so exciting, for it reveals the depth of the emptiness squinting out at us through this little window."
― Jean Baudrillard
Do you know what is the estimated bug population on planet Earth?
Insects are not among the most beloved animals. Most of us are scared or disgust by them. Well, unfortunately for anyone who's afraid of insects, the hair-raising (yet crucial) creatures certainly hold one of the first places in the population championship. Believe it or not, there are around 900,000 known species of bugs on Earth and an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) of them alive at any given time. So, it's better to keep them on our side.
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
On the 25th of June, 1678, the Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia defended a doctorate thesis of philosophy and was awarded at the University of Padua. She was a high-esteemed philosopher and musician of her time. However, she became famous as the first woman in European history to receive a university doctoral degree or Ph.D.
The imagist - Ezra Pound
"And the days are not full enough
And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
Not shaking the grass"
― Ezra Pound
