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Peculiar Touch. Considering the scale and bulk of his work, it is a trifle startling to see Liberman in his studio among the woods of Warren, Conn.; by what power does this wrenlike Russian contrive to lug about and assemble immense steel objects, which run to 25 ft. in height and several tons in weight? The prosaic answer is that he has an assistant, hoists and a crane; but the preservation of Liberman's peculiar touch on such a scale is impressive. Where, for instance, did he get the great squashed cylinder that went into Ascent, 1970 (opposite)! "Well...
...ORDER to make some of his ideas useful rather than chimerical for teachers working within the present educational system Holt proposes letting students work on special projects that they design themselves. For example, students might be interested in measuring their height or strength over a long period of time and could learn arithmetic in this way. Or they could do interviews with other students with a tape recorder and learn about conversation, English, and grammar. Learning would be possible without the pain of failure and repetitious drills...
Seen in that light, the fate of the SST represents a serious break with the compulsion to pursue any technological height only "because it is there." But that is not the same as turning against all progress; it means redefining progress. The new mood could lead to a new sophistication, a new selectivity about what kinds of technology are worth pursuing and at what pace. "Technological wizardry is not an end in itself," Arnold Toynbee observed recently. "It is desirable only if it makes for human welfare, and this is the test that any tool ought to be made...
...Sigmund Freud was not the luckiest of men. After making the century's biggest breakthrough in the direction of mental health, he was denounced for his pains as "a sexual maniac" and "the Antichrist." Later his leading disciples deserted him. Then at the height of his fame he was hit by an incurable cancer and died without witnessing the full impact of his ideas. Though only 32 years have passed since his death, that impact now seems largely spent, and Freud himself sometimes appears little more than a joke saint of pop cult. Many of his ideas have been...
When the keepers of the wall heard reports of the attacks, they considered their options. They could tear down the wall. They could plug up the holes. Or they could disguise the wall, drape plants over the holes, vary its height to blend it into the landscape. But they couldn't just leave things as they were. The rocks were becoming noisy, and the men inside the tower were finding it very difficult to work...