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Category Archives: books
Translated interviews from the authors of Unhappy China (中国不高兴）
（4）中国想真正成为超级强国，首要的条件是不是军事的强大？造航母是不是我们成为强国的一种指标？ Is being a military power a necessary condition to China becoming a superpower? And would be making aircrafit carriers be a benchmark of that? 那不是首要条件，但肯定是不可缺少的一环。一个超级强国，经济上要很强大，话说过来，经济上不强大军事上也强大不起来。科技上也要非常先进，这个世界上应该是科技创新层出不穷的，但我们确实就差得很远。在文化上面也要有影响力，这点美国就有这个架子，不管好莱坞大片水平高低，全世界人民都在看，我们就需要这样的东西。但我认为，文化的东西可以放在后面一点，但经济科技军事肯定是少不了的。 No, that isn’t a sufficient condition, but it is definitely necessary. A superpower has … Continue reading
Subjectivity and mathematics education
This is from a paper I found on the web, on subjectivity and mathematics education, perhaps prompted by my recent return to teaching calculus, however briefly, which has reawakened my interest in the subject. Especially now, when I realize that … Continue reading
Pico Iyer does some california dreamin
Long stretches of virgin beach ran along the cliffs, and the colors were primary and stark: green fields, high blue skies, patches of flowers, and the greenish sea. Years ago, in another world, this was the place he’d dreamed of … Continue reading
Books I’m Reading: Paris: The Secret History
I looked up the word “flaneur” in the index of hte boojks and skipped straight to it: I’d heard this term first in books by and about Walter Benjamin, and the idea of these urban wanderers–poets, wastrels, misfits, outsiders, rebels–was … Continue reading
Life, books, literature, poetry, politics
19th c., balzac, baudelaire, culture, flaneur, history, intellectuals, literature, paris, poems, poetry, poets, revolution, secret, war, writers
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Amazon.cn: not exactly the paragon of literacy
Excuse me for being a dick, but I just had to point out this email that I found … someone said that it might be phishing type email, but I think it might be real … I have shopped at … Continue reading
The Diving Bell and Butterfly
was a great film, beautifully shot. “Awakenings” and “Talk to Her” might be from different cultures and genres than this film but i dont think that any of them could really hold a candle to this film in terms of … Continue reading
Poet Billy Collins: the theme of poetry is death
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Ayn Rand’s Literature of Capitalism
From the New York Times One of the most influential business books ever written is a 1,200-page novel published 50 years ago, on Oct. 12, 1957. It is still drawing readers; it ranks 388th on Amazon.com’s best-seller list. (“Winning,” by … Continue reading
hard rain’s a gonna fall/Philip Larkin
That’s the sense of foreboding I get… There’s a poem by Philip Larkin called “Aubade” that has many a lovely line but this is perhaps one of the sections i like best: There is a special way of being afraid … Continue reading