Jim Henson: "The Organized Mind" (Mike Douglas Show 7/22/1966)

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@wdenton

it is unfortunate CBC has deleted the old Ideas broadcast archives because Paul Kennedy's bit on #Luddism was very good, from 2003 or so, and while we can no longer listen, Wayback can at least recall Paul's Recommended Reading list:

https://web.archive.org/web/20040407012911/http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/luddites/index.html

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Originally titled "Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky", this was first screened in 2013 at MIT with a European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBLYpQjxnw

Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy Noam Chomsky OFFICIAL HD

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@ai6yr

For those late to the cybernetics party, here's a link to a series of Massey Lectures by #StaffordBeer archived by, I know hard to believe today, our very own #CBC from back #whenwewasfab

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-1973-cbc-massey-lectures-designing-freedom-1.2946819

The 1973 CBC Massey Lectures, "Designing Freedom" | CBC Radio

Distinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer states the case for a new science of systems theory and cybernetics. His essays examine such issues as "The Real Threat to All We Hold Most Dear," "The Discarded Tools of Modern Man," "A Liberty Machine in Prototype," "Science in the Service of Man," "The Future That Can Be Demanded Now," "The Free Man in a...

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Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips
Full Episodes - Schoolhouse Rock - 1983

"Computers are useless, they can only give you answers." - Picasso

#whenwewasfab #bobdorough #somepeopleassume #itsprettyBASIC #mathematicalcruncher

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtNESmmhuo7y1kZQcyWJMqkXfYkir6GOA

Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips Full Episodes

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Anthologie de la musique canadienne: musique électroacoustique

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Wayoutwest - Harry Snowden

Morning Paper - Toronto Harry Snowden

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#JohnMayall, once he "got rich" (relative term) thought it would be cool to build himself a fireplace in his new mansion, and build it so it looked like a natural tumble of random rocks that just happened to form a hearth.

He said he learned a GREAT DEAL MORE about masonry than he had ever intended. I find life in software to be a bit like that too. RIP John. One of the rarities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNoGLk-rLFM

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John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (feat. Peter Green) ~ Live In 1967 ( Full Album )

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@syncros fond memories of a #Toronto NOW magazine that once was. The comix, the hilarious classifieds, #SunRa on the cover, those were the days #whenwewasfab

Now playing on radio.teledyn.com, but all I need is to hear that voice and I’m back there, age 17, assigned as concierge to Elizabeth Cotton and just doin’ the best I can:

#elizabethcotton #folkmusic #whenwewasfab
Elizabeth Cotton 1975-02-19 Euphoria Tavern, Portland, OR
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Elizabeth Cotton 1975-02-19 Euphoria Tavern, Portland, OR, Tape 1

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