Saturday, May 28, 2011

Patricio Guzmán - Nostalgia de la Luz


Festival Internacional de Cine 
San Francisco 2011


El Pájaro Latinoamericano entrevistó a Patricio Guzmán, quien recientemente visitó San Francisco para presentar su más reciente trabajo “Nostalgia de la luz” como parte del Festival Internacional de Cine de San Francisco 2011.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

José Luis Sampedro Sáez


"Este sistema se acaba, el sistema de vida occidental se acaba...el capitalismo se ha reformado ya muchas veces." Fragmento de entrevista realizada por TVE.

Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'

Stephen Hawking
"We should seek the greatest value of our action."

Hawking reject the notion of life beyond death and emphasis the need to fulfill our potential on Earth by making good use of our lives. In answer to a question on how we should live, he said, simply: "We should seek the greatest value of our action." He regards the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. "There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark," he added." Hawking's latest comments go beyond those laid out in his 2010 book,The Grand Design, in which he asserted that there is no need for a creator to explain the existence of the universe. The book provoked a backlash from some religious leaders, including the chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, who accused Hawking of committing an "elementary fallacy" of logic. 


What is the value in knowing "Why are we here?"


The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. We need to use the effective theory of Darwinian natural selection of those societies most likely to survive. We assign them higher value.
You've said there is no reason to invoke God to light the blue touchpaper. Is our existence all down to luck?
Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.
So here we are. What should we do?
We should seek the greatest value of our action.
You had a health scare and spent time in hospital in 2009. What, if anything, do you fear about death?
I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
What are the things you find most beautiful in science?
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology, and the fundamental equations of physics."
Source: The Guardian-UK

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Carta abierta al Presidente de la República de Chile.



Friday, May 13, 2011

Un Rapero en la Casa Blanca


 
"For one King’s dream he was able to Barack us. One King’s dream he was able to Barack us. One King’s dream he was able to Barack us."


Apenas han pasado 24 horas desde su aparición en la Casa Blanca. El vídeo de la actuación del rapero y poeta Common tiene más de 60.000 visitas y 325 comentarios que resumen rápidamente la polémica por haber sido invitado por Michelle y Barack Obama, por un lado, y por la reacción de aquellos que opinan que no debería haber pisado la residencia presidencial. El Pais


This is his poem:  
“I woke up with the sunshine. A sunshine I had never seen. There was light at the end of it. Reminded me to forever dream. I was dreaming I walked into the White House. With love on my sleeve. And love for each and every one of you. Reminding you to believe. These are the words of a believer achiever. Leader of the globe, feed the souls of those in need.  I bleed the blood of the struggle. Walking over troubled puddles. The hustle is in my chest. No hustle no progress. Extremities of life in this process. The birth of a son. The death of another. With love I caress both mothers. And told ‘em whose in control is the one that’s above is. I walk where money talks and love stutters. The body language of a nation. Going though changes. The young become dangerous. Spent into anger. Anger gets sent through the chamber. It’s tough when your own look like strangers. We are the sons of gangsters and stone rangers. If he could how would Ernie Barnes paint us? Look at the picture. It’s hard not to blame us. But time forgives in the shy where the young die often. Do they end up in a coffin because we haven’t taught them? Is it what we talkin’, we really ain't walking. Dudes, hustlers, paid. How much did it cost them? I find myself on the same corner that we lost them. Real talkin’ in their ear like a walkman. My thoughts been around the corner to the world. So when I see them I see my baby girl. The Lord lives among us. The youngest hunger, recover. Means to get it by anyways necessary under pressure. Children feeling lesser with the spill upon the dresser. Killer, willer aggressors. Destiny’s children, survivors, soldiers.  In front of buildings their eyes look older. It’s hard to see blessings in a violent culture. Face against rappings. Sirens holsters – that ‘aint the way that Langston Hughes wrote us. So controllers on the shoulders of Moses. And Noah. We go from being precious to Oprah. Cultivated to overcome. Ever since we came over. Seize the day in the way that you can see the determined. The soul that keeps burning. Shorty’s know to keep learning. Lessons in my life are like stripes that we earning.  I took Grant’s advice that Christ is returning. Like a thief in the night. I write for beacons of light. For those of us in dark alleys and park valleys. Street hits spark valleys of the conscience. Conquerors of a contest . Even the unseen know that God watches. For one King’s dream he was able to Barack us. One King’s dream he was able to Barack us. One King’s dream he was able to Barack us.”

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Espacios públicos


Copenhague: 
Espacios públicos, zonas sin coches y de baja velocidad