#423 - Elder Wisdom as a Service, Jim Carrey's spiritualisms, and Live Glacier Calvings
My IRL life is all movies lately, eh? How boring!
Raging Fire was a solid by the book Hong Kong action movie that doesn't innovate at all but does everything right (high %90s on RT)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights, meanwhile, was one of Mel Brooks' later films that is absolutely terrible to watch today, not even groan inducing. Such a weird thing to watch bad temporal comedy after its pop culture references have faded. I'll have to retry Spaceballs or wtvr to see what all his hype is about...
Tech (Indigenous edition)
Learn from indigenous elders on video lessons. There's a Masterclass analogue for all knowledge under the sun out there!
Sustainability is impossible with linear time-lines. So learn to use a circular calendar. — sara-j-wolcott.medium.com
Calendars are technology, right? This piece reminds us that calendars, just like most human inventions, are made up, and there are alternate ways to do them out there.
Namely, the circular calendar, in tune with seasons and son on. Too bad you have to pay this teacher to see one in action :/.
Lifehacks
My good friend Kim made this Seeking minisite on Notion to share who she is and what she's looking for in a partner, and it's as fun as she is.
I love this gradual normalization of headhunting partners that is becoming more and more common in millennials.
The Real-World Consequences of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Cliché
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a well-known pop-culture cliché that describes cheerful bubbly female characters that draw out bored male protagonists.
This piece dives into the real world ramifications of such a trope (that men need women to grow, and that women can't grow themselves) with a devastatingly effective personal anecdote by the author.
Great read.
Jim Carrey’s Commencement Address with Transcript — themotivationmentalist.wordpress.com
Who knew this guy was this spiritual and eloquent on his own?
"The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is. Because everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.
Ultimately, we’re not the avatars we create. We’re not the pictures on the film stock. We are the light that shines through. All else is just smoke and mirrors. Distracting, but not truly compelling."
Fun
James VI and I — en.wikipedia.org
Maybe I'm the only one who cares out there but this was one interesting King:
United Scotland and England through his ancestry (6th James of Scotland, first of England)
Settled Ulster with Protestants, paving the way for Northern Ireland and the Troubles
Wrote a book on Demonology(!) to better persecute witches
Not necessarily good things, but interesting that it was all the same guy...
"CHASING ICE" OFFICIAL VIDEO — www.youtube.com
The largest glacier calving event ever captured on film. Watch a veritable continent flip itself over in the frozen North. Nature is metal!