stuhlmueller + life   6

Availability bias in judging average quality of life
"There's really not a lot of evidence against the idea that a very large subsection even of first world countries is unbearably miserable."
motivation  life 
may 2010 by stuhlmueller
Sehnsucht (C. S. Lewis)
The inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what, universal and unspoken.
life 
july 2008 by stuhlmueller
Museum Kills Live Exhibit - New York Times
A small coat made out of living mouse stem cells had to be "killed" because the cells were multiplying too fast.
art  science  museum  life 
may 2008 by stuhlmueller
Passage
It takes five minutes to complete the game, but don't expect to be happier by then. Read the creator's note afterwards.
game  art  life  time 
december 2007 by stuhlmueller
Rainer Maria Rilke: Briefe an einen jungen Dichter (pdf)
"Auch die Kunst ist nur eine Art zu leben, und man kann sich, irgendwie lebend, ohne es zu wissen, auf sie vorbereiten; in jedem Wirklichen ist man ihr näher und benachbarter als in den unwirklichen halbartistischen Berufen [..]"
rilke  art  poetry  life 
december 2007 by stuhlmueller
Just what's so wonderful about this whole existence thing anyway?
"It is in the trees, it is in the gas giants, in the nebulae, in a future wrought of laughter and imagination and intent. It's in music. It is so pervasive and so utterly, indescribably beautiful." And it's easier to see if you're in love.
philosophy  life  longevity  meaning  inspiration 
january 2007 by stuhlmueller

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