Weekly Filet #183: The Wondrous World of Translation. And more.
1. Translation (Radiolab)
A blind woman tells how she sees with her tongue. A translator remembers when she was dropped right into the most dramatic moment of a total stranger’s life. An Ethiopian reporter learns why a very serious question was seriously misunderstood. This is a fantastic Radiolab episode. Allow yourself 80 minutes of uninterrupted time and lose yourself in the wondrous world of translation.
2. Kiasmos
Two gifted musicians, one from Iceland, one from the Faroe Islands, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen have released the debut album of their joint project Kiasmos. Beautifully minimal soundscapes. If you use Spotify, you'll find the whole record there.
3. The Knowledge, London’s Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS (T Magazine)
A fascinating insight into what it takes to master The Knowledge, the legendary test every London cab driver needs to take. It has been called the hardest test, of any kind, in the world — and after reading this, it feels hard to disagree.
4. Gorgeous Foggy Scenes Over Europe Moments Before Sunrise (My Modern Met)
Well, that title pretty much says it all.
5. The Dignity and Art-Science of Making Mistakes (Brain Pickings)
Love that quote: «We philosophers specialize in all the ways there are of getting things so mixed up, so deeply wrong, that nobody is even sure what the right questions are, let alone the answers.»
Facts to go [shameless self-promotion alert]
Oh, and just to let you know: That new project of mine that I mentioned recently and that some of you have beta-tested, is now live. It's called Facts to go and it's a platform for discovering and sharing eye-opening facts (in German only, though). Check it out and tell me what you think.