Jay Cross

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Last days of the world’s fastest ocean liner

Jay Cross

Made of lightweight aluminum with R&D funded by the Department of Defense (since the United States could be converted into the world’s fastest troop ship.). We went to see the movie Run Silent Run Deep four times. Right before departure, a general officer decided to fly instead of sail, and we were upgraded to First Class.

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Found art

Jay Cross

Everywhere you turn, people have converted junk into art. Related: Bum’s Paradise , the movie. He keeps people from trespassing on the humming bird preserve next door. He pointed me toward the best trail for getting to the artwork down below. The Bulb is an outdoor museum of indigenous art. These are its final output.

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The User Illusion

Jay Cross

In 1957, an enterprise named Precon Process and Equipment Corporate, in New Orleans, started offering the placement of subliminal messages in advertisements and movies—messages not perceived by consciousness but containing sufficient influence to get somebody to pay for their being there. The Bomb of Psychology.

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Airline madness

Jay Cross

I’m sitting in a comfortable wide seat that converts into a bed. No music, no movies, no route maps, just crapola television. We have been plied with champagne, prosciutto, steak, cheese, (had to pass on the salad and ice cream sundae courses), free-flowing wine, and cognac. You’d think I’d be a happy camper. Well, guys, it’s working.

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

The amygdala shapes the internal movie we call our time-delayed “reality” with emotion before we become aware. It’s in their self interest to convert from training pawns to proactive learning opportunists. Nerves, eyes, and receptors are all part of the way we think. And emotion? It is a whole-body experience.

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Ted Nelson’s Unbook

Jay Cross

Last night I attended a celebration of the publication of Ted Nelson’s autobiographical unbook , Possiplex: Movies, Intellect, and Creative Control. It took PARC and Apple to convert some of Doug’s concepts into practice. A new unbook. My Computer Life and the Fight for Civilization. Be forewarned.