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Semaphore & Cairn

Semaphore & Cairn

—–message systems and citizenship—–

  • Semaphore Modern
  • Cairn Everlasting

Author: Ken Smith

These pieces were not written by the late British poet, Ken Smith (1938-2003), nor the other Ken Smiths who make bass guitars, study marine biology, sell cars, teach card counting, paint war scenes in oils, guide bear hunters in Idaho, teach forest management, study immunology, do war reporting, sell real estate, photograph nature, teach cryptology, provide legal counsel to the gay and lesbian community, realign the spines of athletes, listen for seismic faults in the Sierra Nevadas, operate a 4-axis milling machine, work for sustainable development in Alberta, play blackjack, or criticize Junk English. Nor were the pieces written by the Ken Smith who is “the Elvis Costello of Landscape Architecture” nor the one who serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives nor the one who hit a home run for the Atlanta Braves in 1983. I only wish.

“The sophistication..of machines [and media offers no hope] that someday man’s thinking will be done for him.”

http://budtheteacher.com/blog/2014/09/03/investing-meaning-clarifying-objectives-and-remembering-care/

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 4, 2014November 4, 2014

The politics of a standard American private life: “I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others.”

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-30/tim-cook-im-proud-to-be-gay

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 30, 2014October 30, 2014

As “misinformation [feeds] paranoia across the United States about [Ebola],” hope for appropriate aid is threatened.

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/oct/27/hidden-truth-about-ebola/

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 29, 2014October 29, 2014

Ebola: “The epidemic here in Liberia, which is supposed to be its epicenter, seems to be subsiding.”

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/oct/27/hidden-truth-about-ebola/

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 29, 2014October 29, 2014

Method: “Become a coral reef for news in your community.”

http://scripting.com/

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 29, 2014

“A New York Times reporter who receives such a claim…should somehow signal to us that he knows how bogus it is.”

http://pressthink.org/2014/10/facebooks-phony-claim-that-youre-in-charge/

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 27, 2014October 27, 2014

A profession could take responsibility for the quality of certain Wikipedia articles: medical folks and ebola, e.g.

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 27, 2014October 27, 2014

America hasn’t prepared for the aging of the boomer generation; accessory dwelling units might help.

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 25, 2014

History “buttonholes” us to ask, “‘Have you seen? Have you understood?’ And…’What are you going to do about it?'”

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/25/tread-warily-when-you-try-to-enlist-the-past

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 25, 2014October 25, 2014

Onlookers, a victim forced to kneel, and a soldier pointing a pistol: “It is far too late to ask how you got here.”

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/25/tread-warily-when-you-try-to-enlist-the-past

Ken Smith Uncategorized October 25, 2014October 25, 2014

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