Le Corbusier is a controversial figure. Some of his urban planning ideas have been criticized for their indifference to pre-existing cultural sites, societal expression and equality, & his ties with fascism, antisemitism and the dictator Benito Mussolini
"In January 1937, the University of Lausanne (UNIL) awarded Benito Mussolini an honorary doctorate. A group of Vaud politicians on Tuesday called for the academic title to be revoked."
- Swissinfo, March 2022
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89col…
The EPFL-Pavilions buildings:
>archives from the Montreux Jazz Festival
>a space for museum experimentations
> DataSquare: the HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT and the VENICE TIME MACHINE
"Driverless Vehicles, the Venice Time Machine, the Human Brain Project and MOOCs at EPFL
They traveled from the Human Brain Project to the Rolex center, where the MOOCs lab is located.."
- US Embassy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
🎶 Welcome to a journey through the depths of classic techno,
We'll be following a series of rules,
A disciplined construction of sound,
Shaped to captivate and move you..🎶🎉🥳
2023
"Professor Retsef Levi, an expert in analytics, risk management and health systems at MIT, released a video where he set out the alarming findings of his investigations and how they have been completely ignored by the Israeli Government.🤔
Levi : "we called for an immediate thorough investigation by the Israeli Ministry of Health to investigate what are the underlying causal mechanisms of this observed increase in the cardiac arrest calls...
Nicole Shanahan went to Burning Man for 8 years. Now, she suspects Burning Man isn’t just a playground for the elites—it’s a playground for demons, Holden?
Nicole Shanahan:
"please excuse me as I am a new Christian, currently devouring large amounts of Christian literature and trying to educate myself. So, bear with me as I navigate and unpack the overlay of theology on my personal experience of Burning Man"
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Shanahan : "On the nature of “demons,” “Satan,” and “evil,” I’ve found C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters—and its companion essay Screwtape Proposes a Toast—to be helpful illustrations of Satan at work."..
Lewis portrays demons as subtle, manipulative beings who exploit human weaknesses rather than overtly monstrous entities. In The Screwtape Letters, Hell is an organization with established hierarchies, laws, and menus for the consumption of souls."..