Twenty

by Kabren on January 25, 2010

Um, yeah. I turned twenty a few days ago. Watch the video. More to come: exciting new ideas for new sites and old. Stay tuned here. This semester looks to be good, so more writing to come.

Links:
Nerd News Radio
kabren dot me – my tumblr blog

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Avatar, Race, and the Pastoral

by Kabren on January 19, 2010

I wrote this piece for a course called “Race and the Pastoral: Aesthetics, Landscape, Embodiment.” The course is, in short, about the pastoral. I am fascinated by “difference” and the pastoral, particularly Jewishness and the pastoral. This is a review of the film Avatar. In it, I refer to Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis and Hegel’s Philosophy of History. It is intense. It talks about the “white man” and notions of body, self, and identity. It is honest, as well — more on the side of a freewrite. Anyways, here it is.


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Twenty-Ten

by Kabren on January 1, 2010

Two Thousand and Ten. Wow.

From This Studio.
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Writing

by Kabren on December 7, 2009

Second Semester has been busy — busier than I had expected. In short, I have been taking five courses (Intro to Psych, Hebrew 101, Philosophy and the Arts, Computing: Simulating Reality, and Race and the Pastoral), and, in addition, have been going through Moderation here at Bard (I will write about this in two weeks). I have also been working at SPARC here at Bard, and have continued to Co-Lead the Bard Jewish Students Organization – been fun, but busy.

Anyways, here are three new essays from two courses and the third is for my moderation (actually, it is a revision of a past essay, but I’m adding this one in addition):

Anyways, I will be writing here more as I go on Winter Break in about two weeks – until then, however, I am swamped – projects, essays, exams, and Hanukkah!

Talk to you soon.

KfL.

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I’ve finally started posting old posts and writing new posts. It’s been a while, but there is a lot to come in the near future. I feel ashamed, in a way. I let all of you slip out of my mind. This past year, I was focused entirely on my writing for college. I mostly wrote philosophical essays on topics ranging from the nature of obedience according to Socrates to a response to ancient, modern, and postmodern interpretations of dreams. You can read some of these essays here. I had an unbelievable year. But, I am here now, sitting under this hot light while my hands moves through the sticky air. I initially intended this post to focus on four elements of life, but I think three should suffice. This is a look over the past and into the future. So, here it is; my life, Facebook, and my writing.


Me this year.

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LitC: What’s Missing?

August 19, 2009

Even though it’s coming late, this is the final installment of my, “Life in the Cloud” series. In this last, but certainly not least, post, I will provide a criticism of Web 2.0 and cloud computing and raise some questions and implications about the future of the Internet. Before I begin, I just want to [...]

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Socrates, Dude: Philosophy at SXSW 2010

August 17, 2009

It’s been a long while since I’ve written, let alone published a blog post. But I’m here today to ask something of all you loyal readers – will you vote for my SXSW 2010 presentation proposal? But I want you to first go to the SXSW PanelPicker, and check out some of the other panels. [...]

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SXSWi 2009: Wow!

March 21, 2009

My SXSW Badge
On Tuesday, I got back from Austin, Texas. I was speaking at SXSW Interactive 2009. It was my first time at South-By, and I can say right now that I am going next year – no matter what. My presentation was great (thank you, Alex, for offering me this great opportunity!) – read [...]

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