[Umberto] Eco: … Google makes a list, but the minute I look at my Google-generated list, it has already changed. These lists can be dangerous — not for old people like me, who have acquired their knowledge in another way, but for young people, for whom Google is a tragedy. Schools ought to teach the high art of how to be discriminating. - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
Cringe-bust your to-Do List: Ever notice how some items seem permanently stuck on your to-do list? Days, weeks, seasons may fly by and the same three or four hoary old tasks stare back at you, stroking their beards and cackling. Chances are you’ve stopped mentally processing these to-dos as tasks in the world and now just let your eyes fly past them... - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
If there’s a crazy man staring into the sun, shoot at f16. If there’s smog and a crazy man is about to be attacked by a shark, shoot at f11. If it’s smoggy and there are sky turds, shoot at f8. If the sky turds are higher than the sun, shoot at f5.6. If you see a garden slug with a turd on its head, shoot it at f4. If you’re about to be run over... - http://extraface.tumblr.com/post...
SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International - http://www.spiegel.de/interna...