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Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man : An Anthropology of the Future (1990) begins with the impact of genetic engineering. “For 200 years modern humans morphed the genetics of other humans to create genetically-altered creatures. The aquamorphs and aquatics are marine humans with gills instead of lungs. One species – the vacuumorph – has been engineered … Continue reading "Rewilding Humanity – Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man : An Anthropology of the Future (1990)" The post Rewilding Humanity – Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man : An Anthropology of the Future (1990) appeared first on Flashbak.
“I wanted an intimate setting so that I would be able to engage with people while also giving them the opportunity to feel comfortable with me. A limousine seemed like a perfect choice.” – Kathy Shorr In 1988, Kathy Shorr became a limousine driver. A graduate of the School for Visual Arts with … Continue reading "Limousine: The Driver Photographs Her Passengers in 1980s New York" The post Limousine: The Driver Photographs Her Passengers in 1980s New York appeared first on Flashbak.
“Each of us … constructs and lives a ‘narrative’ and is defined by this narrative … I suspect that a feeling for stories, for narrative, is a universal human disposition, going with our powers of language, consciousness of self, and autobiographical memory.” – Oliver Sacks, the writer and neurologist whose writing gave insight to his … Continue reading "Oliver Sacks: Why the Oxford English Dictionary is the most ‘coveted and desirable book in the world’" The post Oliver Sacks: Why the Oxford English Dictionary is the most ‘coveted and desirable book in the world’ appeared first on Flashbak.
In 1984, Melanie turned 18. Margaret Thatcher was prime Minister and the UK was mired by the seismic Miners’ Strike (here, here, here and here). Home to Leeds for the Christmas holidays, Melanie’s daughter Victoria Gill was going through her stuff when she spotted two old boxes of photos under the bed. She found … Continue reading "Melanie’s ‘Average Weekends’ out in Leeds in 1984" The post Melanie’s ‘Average Weekends’ out in Leeds in 1984 appeared first on Flashbak.
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Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man : An Anthropology of the Future (1990) begins with the impact of genetic engineering. “For 200 years modern humans morphed the genetics of other humans to create genetically-altered creatures. The aquamorphs and aquatics are marine humans with gills instead of lungs. One species – the vacuumorph – has been engineered … Continue reading "Rewilding Humanity – Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man : An Anthropology of the Future (1990)" The post Rewilding Humanity – Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man : An Anthropology of the Future (1990) appeared first on Flashbak.
Princess Alexandra led a privileged childhood in the German Empire, close to her cousins in the British royal family. Her charmed upbringing led to a teenage romance with the future tsar of Russia, Nicholas Romanov. She became the empress of the Russian Empire when her husband rose to power in 1894, but she would […]
Italian Emigrant Soldiers in the First World War JamesHoare Fri, 06/20/2025 - 08:00
Philosophers often find it useful to narrate a hypothetical conversation or confrontation between individuals to illustrate a theoretical idea. Plato’s famous Socratic dialogues are an example of this. Similarly, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s master-slave dialectic tells the story of a confrontation between two self-conscious individuals that results in a fight to the death. Understanding […]
