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...Jacques Derrida had been born a Kennedy, he might have come close to matching Ludwig Wittgenstein's curious combination of affluence and intellect. Wittgenstein was both a philosopher of towering importance and the scion of one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Europe. He was also a scarily intense guy. On Oct. 25, 1946, he attended a Cambridge University discussion group at which Karl Popper, another major thinker, was the guest speaker. The evening ended in bedlam when Wittgenstein threatened Popper with a poker...
...reality shows. “We were the original reality show, and I think it’s completely different from everything else. There is no objective and no competition in ‘The Real World.’” Simply put, humankind is naturally very curious, and we will always want to see other people’s lives played out before us. However much we lash out against voyeurism as an increasing problem for our society, there is no denying that we will always love viewing people screw up their lives with the safety...
...CURIOUS. SO MANY GEORGES...
...60th anniversary of Curious George fell at a busy time for the country's No. 1 George. But other noted Georges gathered at the Children's Museum in Manhattan to read aloud. Politico GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, writer GEORGE PLIMPTON, former TV-anchor PHYLLIS GEORGE and comic GEORGE WALLACE were there, although Carlin, Foreman and Boy weren't. Politico George is used to spending time with monkeys. "People send me Curious George paraphernalia," he said. Plimpton found relief from turbulent times: "Children's literature," he said, "is not much stricken by outside things." This year, however, money to be raised from...
...Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid. But the Koran is also enjoying brisk sales. In seeking intellectual and emotional resources for coping with the crisis no material seems too esoteric, no subject so “specialized” as to be off-limits to the curious layperson...