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Ludwig Göransson – Freeport

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TENET – Film Soundtrack

Conceptual time inversion process.

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“Ex Machina” a Case of Ultimate Programming

April 17, 2015 by · Leave a Comment 

“Ex Machina” is a smart, sleek movie about men and the machines they make, but it’s also about men and the women they dream up.”

Definitely a future of possibilities along with our willingness to navigate uncharted territories if we choose to accept unpredictable consequences.

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KARA on Awareness

March 9, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

Kara by David Gage, Quantic Dream.

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On Seeing. EG at Monterey Conference Center

February 4, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

EG Conference is a gathering of people in media, technology, entertainment and education. Location: Monterey, California.

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Sapolsky on the Science of Pleasure

March 21, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, compares dopamine levels in monkeys and humans.

Sapolsky argues that in both, “Dopamine is not about pleasure, it’s about the anticipation of pleasure.” The difference from monkeys is that humans “keep dopamine levels up for decades waiting for the reward.”

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Jill Bolte Taylor watched as her brain functions shut down one by one: motion, speech, memory, self-awareness …

July 21, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

Jill Bolte Taylor has become a spokesperson for stroke recovery and for the possibility of coming back from brain injury stronger than before. In her case, although the stroke damaged the left side of her brain, her recovery unleashed a torrent of creative energy from her right. (2008) (18 min.)

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