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Remarkably good piece about social media and how it is shaping our world. Particularly stunning paradigm shift quote from Neil Postman:

I raise no objection to television’s junk. The best things on television are its junk, and no one and nothing is seriously threatened by it. Besides, we do not measure a culture by its output of undisguised trivialities but by what it claims as significant. Therein is our problem, for television is at its most trivial and, therefore, most dangerous when its aspirations are high, when it presents itself as a carrier of important cultural conversations. The irony here is that this is what intellectuals and critics are constantly urging television to do. The trouble with such people is that they do not take television seriously enough.

This seems so obviously right. We're distracted mocking the junk, when actually the junk is so innocuous. It's more the serious stuff, fed to us in such a junky medium, that is concerning.

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Really incredible piece about social media and the way it has impacted our society. Total paradigm shift from this particular Neil Postman quote:

I raise no objection to television’s junk. The best things on television are its junk, and no one and nothing is seriously threatened by it. Besides, we do not measure a culture by its output of undisguised trivialities but by what it claims as significant. Therein is our problem, for television is at its most trivial and, therefore, most dangerous when its aspirations are high, when it presents itself as a carrier of important cultural conversations. The irony here is that this is what intellectuals and critics are constantly urging television to do. The trouble with such people is that they do not take television seriously enough.

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Can’t believe I never posted this. It’s phenomenal.

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A space tourism poster from NASA.

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My latest submission to Shutterstock - a humorous take on Space Tourism!

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http://www.fastcodesign.com/3040521/nasa-designs-gorgeous-retro-travel-posters-for-exoplanets#2 

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JPL released space tourism posters. Digging them.

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SpaceX teases Mars-bound future with retro travel posters (SlashGear) May 18, 2015

Back in January, NASA published some inspirational travel posters for far away planets based on real travel posters from the past.  Now SpaceX has followed suit, only it wants your attention to be solely on Mars — the subject of its new three retro posters.  The space company dropped the posters on its Flickr account over the weekend, and though we doubt this is what life on Mars would actually look like, it’s a fun way to dream of a future in space while enjoying the nostalgia of classic science fiction-like artwork.

They’re the same sort of “hey, why don’t you take a vacation here?” retro travel posters, with SpaceX saying on its Flickr account:  ”Adventure awaits!  Explore Mars’ ultimate vacation destinations.”  Which is both amusing and a little clever — not many would think of moving to the Red Planet, but taking a vacation there?  Let’s make that happen.

Reads one poster, ”Discover Valles Marineris,” with a man in a tight suit wearing a globular head cover and a jet pack while a family camps on a cliff in the distance (retro-chic camper/spacecraft included).  The other poster is for Phobos & Deimos (”the moons of Mars,” the poster says), as well as “Olympus Mons:  The solar system’s highest peak.”

You can see each poster in its entirety above, but if you’re hoping to have them framed on your wall, you can head on over to Flickr (link below) and download the full 7200 x 10800 resolution images for printing.  All three posters are in the public domain.

SOURCE: Flickr

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Space colonies and space tourism for the latest issue of Usbek and Rica magazine.

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THESE ARE GORGEOUS

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Home. Let’s not mess it up, okay? You never know when the galactic neighbors are going to drop by.

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How I imagine space tourism will end up. - via http://ift.tt/1s6gatM

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