The Impossibility of Actually ‘Having It All’
To the Best of Our Knowledge. May 7, 2017
http://www.ttbook.org/book/impossibility-actually-%E2%80%98having-it-all%E2%80%99
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Suspension of disbelief
John Landis on “Monsters in the Movies”
http://ttbook.org/book/horror
suspension of disbelief
Neuroscience: Powerful acts
Giovanni Frazzetto
Nature 482,466–467(23 February 2012)
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7386/full/482466a.html
related:
https://franzcalvo.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/we-long-to-feel-understood-and-heard
What separates your mind from an animal’s?
Inside Animal Minds
September 4, 2016
http://www.ttbook.org/book/knowing-animals
What separates your mind from an animal’s?
It’s a question we’ve all asked, but renowned primatologist Frans de Waal says there’s no point trying to rank who’s smarter or dumber in the animal world.
In fact, he believes there’s no clear dividing line between humans and the rest of the animal world.
Being a Beast
Living Like A Beast
September 4, 2016
http://www.ttbook.org/book/living-beast
What’s it like to be a badger?
British naturalist Charles Foster wanted to know, so he dug a burrow and lived in the darkness, eating worms. Yup, it was kind of disgusting, but he says the experience brought him closer to the wildness within himself.
“Let Us Pretend”
“Let Us Pretend”
December 27, 2015 / September 4, 2016
http://www.ttbook.org/book/let-us-pretend
When evangelical Christians say they talk to God, what do they mean?
Anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann wanted to find out, so she spent two years as a participant observer in a Charismatic church, talking to the congregation and even praying herself.
She says prayer involves cultivating the imagination. Luhrmann also describes her cross-cultural study of schizophrenics who hear voices.
Charles Monroe-Kane
Did God Talk to Me?
December 27, 2015 / September 4, 2016
http://www.ttbook.org/book/did-god-talk-me
TTBOOK producer and interviewer Charles Monroe-Kane started hearing voices when he was a child. He became a child preacher once he thought God was talking to him. Years later Charles realized those voices were the product of mental illness, though he says there was something “beautiful” about hearing those voices.
What’s especially interesting?
Writing Restaurants with Michelle Wildgen
October 8, 2014
http://www.ttbook.org/book/writing-restaurants-michelle-wildgen
In her novel “Bread and Butter,” Michelle Wildgen takes us behind the scenes at two upscale restaurants owned by brothers. Sibling rivalry has never been so delicious.
6:20 What’s especially interesting?
What I’m asking is: You know this kitchen, or you should. I expect for you to say “Everything is great.” but I wanna know what is especially well done.
