![]() ![]() Cipolla’s shares in his short essay published in 1976, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity. ![]() The most concise, articulate and considered explanation of stupidity I have come across is the one that Economic Historian Carlo M. So I looked it up, and admittedly was feeling kind of stupid that I had to, but when I read the definition, I realized I had the sense of it but the explanation left me wanting. If I were to ask you for your definition of stupidity, could you articulate a concise example? Funny thing is, I had lots of ideas about what felt like stupidity, looked like stupidity, but couldn’t exactly define it. Thus society as a whole is impoverished.” “Stupid people cause losses to other people with no counter point of gains to their own account. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The producers of “ Poldark” and “ Victoria” are working on a darker adaptation of the beloved classic novel, which may be out as early as 2020. And surely those same fans are excited to hear the recent news that a new adaptation of “ Pride and Prejudice” is in the works. True fans just can’t get enough of all things Austen. She was definitely ahead of her time in terms of what she thought about women (i.e., their place in society, ability to make decisions on their own, autonomy and so on).Typically, people who absolutely love Jane Austen pride themselves on the fact that they have read all of her novels, watched the film adaptations, miniseries and even movies inspired by her works. ![]() And while she may have wrote and published her most famous novel “ Pride and Prejudice” over 200 years ago it remains a timeless classic to this day. Her writing has a way of transporting the reader to another time. She wrote with such vivid detail about middle-class life during her time that it’s easy to get lost in her world. Jane Austen, born in 1775, helped to define the novel of manners that were popular during the early part of the 19th century in England. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a nice book to introduce to children from a very early age as a daily bedtime ritual. The transition of the lighted green room into the darkened green room, illuminated by the starry night sky outside and the doll’s house lights inside is perhaps the most memorable part of the story. ![]() ![]() The pairing of the beautiful images with the simple repetitive rhyme of the story lulls us into sleep. The details of the little objects in the room are captivating. The little bunny falls asleep.įavorite Part of the Story: This is the quintessential bedtime book. Soon the green room is completely dark except for the light shining in the red doll’s house and the red flames of the fire. ![]() As we say goodnight to each little object in the room, the bunny gets sleepier and sleepier, the rooms gets darker and darker, the stars get brighter in the night sky and the moon appears like a white lump of cheese. The bright lights in the green room gradually grow dim, casting light and shadow across the objects in the room, lulling the little bunny into sleep. The large bedroom window is partially draped to reveal a midnight blue night sky with many stars. There are many objects in the green room that are described in great detail- a telephone, a balloon, some kittens and a pair of mittens and also an elderly lady bunny sitting by the fire knitting, willing the little bunny to go to sleep. Short Synopsis of the Story: It is seven o’clock at night and a little bunny in striped blue pajamas is lying in bed in his green bedroom. Main Characters: a little bunny, an elderly lady bunny. ![]() ![]() ![]() And, most importantly, driving structures everything.ĭiane (Mary Kay Place), a widow, is surrounded by a large extended family who all live in the same rural area of Western Massachusetts and get together often in one of their homes. And think about, because we get glimpses of Diane's to-do-lists and some diary entries. This is what they see and touch every day. Rather, they seem to say, this is someone's life, different from yours, possibly with some overlaps. Kent Jones with Gone Girl director David Fincher at the 52nd New York Film Festival Photo: Anne-Katrin TitzeĪt this year's Tribeca Film Festival, Diane was the big winner, taking home the Founders Award for Best US Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography for Wyatt Garfield.Ī stack of laundered clothes folded on a car seat, the flower pattern of a borrowed casserole dish, Agatha Christie books for the dying cousin, onions in the fruit basket, an Italian water pitcher, a brown car in front of a brown house - the compositions are neither pretty, nor stylised, nor do they evoke nostalgia in Kent Jones's slow cooking Diane. ![]() |