Reading Time: < 1 minute OnlySky columnist Jack Bowen thinks we’ve got it all wrong when it comes to what makes us happy. In his TEDx talk at Stanford University, the philosopher, drummer, and coach argues that awe should not result from the things that make us happy and grateful. It should instead be the starting point from which everything […]
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Lounge11: One of the first internet viruses
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is the story of “Lounge11.au,” an audio file that is a long-forgotten example of one of the first internet viruses. Remember when this was what we meant by “viral”? The music in this video is a loop of a track called “lounge11.au” Lounge11.au used to play in a continuous loop on the Hormell Food’s […]
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Secular activism in Arizona: An interview with Tory Roberg
Reading Time: < 1 minute Last spring, I got to talk with Tory Roberg, the then Director of Government Affairs for Secular Arizona, about secular activism. The following is the interview that transpired. Secular activism at the state capitol in Arizona They need to hear from their constituents who are not Christian because we should be living in a government […]
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Interview: Andy Hall on secularism and comedy
Reading Time: 2 minutes This week we’re debuting ONP:Breakpoint, an evolution of my show “An Ongoing and Necessary Pursuit”. I did two seasons of over at The Satanic Temple TV. This premiere episode features OnlySky’s own resident funnyman Andy Hall. Andy Hall: Secularism Satirist OnlySky columnist Andy Hall (also YouTube’s Laughing in Disbelief) discusses using satire to short-circuit fallacious […]
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Journey through the mind of an artist | Dustin Yellin (TED)
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Dustin Yellin makes mesmerizing artwork that tells complex, myth-inspired stories. How did he develop his style? In this disarming talk, he shares the journey of an artist — starting from age 8 — and his idiosyncratic way of thinking and seeing.”
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Perspective: Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’
Reading Time: < 1 minute It was not part of the plan. On February 14, 1990, the Voyager I spacecraft was beyond Neptune, 3.7 billion miles from the Sun, when it turned and took a series of photos of the planets of our Solar System. Known as the Family Portrait series, the images were not part of the original mission […]
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Why is US healthcare so expensive?
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s common knowledge that the US healthcare system is deeply broken. But this explainer video by Vox drills down on the details in one painful area: the outrageous difference in cost compared not only to other countries, but to other regions of the US—and even different providers in the same hospital.