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The conundrum of the twenty-first (century) is that with the best intentions of color blindness, and laws passed in this spirit, we still carry instincts and reactions inherited from our environments and embedded in our being below the level of conscious decision. There is a color line in our heads, and while we could see its effects we couldn’t name it until now. But john powell is also steeped in a new science of “implicit bias,” which gives us a way, finally, even to address this head on. It
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― Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
― Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
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O trabalho de um compositor talentoso é criar expectativas e depois ou satisfazê-las ou frustrá-las. Mas o compositor não pode nem deve tentar um empolgamento constante. Como em qualquer história que se conte, ou mesmo num espetáculo de fogo de artifício, acrescentam-se algumas passagens mais calmas, deliberadamente, para que os momentos importantes causem mais efeito.
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― How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
― How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
