--- In synergeo@yahoogroups.com, "John Brawley" <jb@...> wrote:
>
> There oughtta be at least one 'philosophy bar' in every town of sufficient
> size and cosmopolitan demeanor to handle one. Unfortunately (or, the
> reverse?), there seems to be only bars with some occasional 'intellectual'
> groups meeting there, and those seemingly only in college towns (another
> reason I love a college town, albeit I haven't had a drink since 1987 or
> so...).
>

Yeah, how can we expand the "philosophy bar" culture? You might
have caught my allusion to Dutch bearing the brunt. Ending
prohibition would be a way, but then sports bars wouldn't run
under different rules. Need a card to get in? Member of some
club? The gyms make you join as a member. What if check ups
are necessary? Now it's starting to sound more like a religion.

Starting simply, it's a matter of programming those LCDs. I've
got postings about reveries, like day dreams, that keep those
screens exploring in a variety of topics. Hypertoons...

Fancy molecules go by, animations about protein synthesis. Then
something about astronomy, stars cooking up the heavy elements.

There might be a sound track, but you'd need to plug in at your
table perhaps, use your own head phones...

So many experiments one might try, in a culture of innovation.

Perhaps because I'm in Portland (actually Seattle at the moment)
I'm unaware of so much that's already being tried.

Would we have book circles? We could actually celebrate philosophies
and philosophers in some programs. Coffee shops have that historic
relationship with existentialism, post WW1 in Paris...

I've wanted the shop to be anchored by people good at networking,
Romany Marie types (the "Queen of Greenwich Village"). She's
the one who got Bucky and Noguchi introduced. They became best
of friends. Shoji Sadao too. The worked on Long Island. I've
seen the shop, right across the street from what's now the Noguchi
Museum, used to be a gas station...

Nirel has been another role model. She's been around the world since
I last saw her.

I imagine Japanese gardens on LCDs too. Very peaceful.

Then perhaps we dissolve into come concentric hierarchy cartoons?

What would a Tverse cartoon be like?

Thinking in terms of storyboards helps give the "comic book" overview.

Kirby


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "coyote_starship" <kirby.urner@...>
> ...........
> > LCD = liquid crystal display, or flatscreen, HDTV etc. Like what
> > you have on a laptop, or in a sports bar for watching NFL, Olympics
> > etc., or in a travel bar to see tourist destinations. What about
> > a philosophy bar? Do we have such? There's too much stress on
> > the Dutch, I understand. It's rough being among the only free
> > thinkers on the planet. The North Americans used to have something
> > of a reputation for being pioneering, but now they're among the most
> > retro of all.
> .............
>
> JBw
>