Tatsuo Horiuchi is an artist that uses Excel to create his artworks. The value of this mathematics-based type of art is open to debate. Some question the artistic merits of this kind of digital art but it is a question that seems difficult to answer.
Debates are one in which people search for “indisputable evidence” to make their points and “win” the debate. There are may different kinds of evidence that support both sides of the death penalty debate. Some evidence is purely mathematical which other evidence is based on emotion such as victim impact Read more…
Text: “Japan’s population plummeted by 640,000 in 2021 for biggest drop on record.” Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/15/national/population-drop-japan-record/ Extract: “Japan’s population totaled 125,502,000 as of Oct. 1, down 644,000 from a year earlier to mark the biggest decline on record in the rapidly graying nation, government data showed Friday. The population dipped for Read more…
Text: “‘Why Bother Talking To Liars?’ Estonia’s Former President Says No Point Negotiating With Russia.” Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty . https://www.rferl.org/amp/ukraine-war-ilves-interview-western-response/31805297.html In the interview Estonia’s Former President, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, discusses the pointless of negotiating with Russia about the invasion of Ukraine. He states “why bother talking to liars Read more…
Text: Rage Against the Machine. Democratic Convention 2000. Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band that is categorized as sitting on the left side of the political spectrum and is often critical of authoritarianism and of certain aspects of the U.S. government. The concern in the video below Read more…
Text: “Trudeau faced harsh critics in the EU Parliament this week. Here’s who launched the attacks.” CBC news. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/european-members-parliament-attact-trudeau-1.6397579 Extract: “When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently addressed the European Union Parliament and warned of growing threats to democracy, he received an angry backlash from some elected members who accused him of Read more…
Text: “Is scientific progress slowing? with James Evans (Ep. 88).” Big Brains. https://news.uchicago.edu/scientific-progress-slowing-james-evans Extract from the show notes: “There are far more scientists in today’s world, and they’re publishing research papers at a much faster pace. However, all of this growth hasn’t translated to more scientific progress. As University of Read more…
Text: “Vikta Kempner.” Rejected Princesses. https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/vitka-kempner The story of Vikta Kempner is told quite briefly on the Rejected Princesses website. The artist clearly has the freedom to tell her story in a way that a historian does not. What are the benefits and drawbacks of this “comic-style” approach to history?
Text: “Inu no owari san” sung by Nonoka Murakata. November 2022 TOK essay prescribed title #5 is focus on a discussion of measurement. Measure can play a role in the arts such as the judging in competitions. The song in the video below is sung by two year old Nonoka Read more…
Text: “Publishers revise textbook phrases about ‘forced’ Korean laborers.” Asashi Shimbun. https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14585864 There have been a number of ongoing issues between Japan and Korea over Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea and how those issues are addressed in textbooks. In Japan textbooks for school use must be approved by the central Read more…