Aga Khan Museum
Besides Aga Khan’s permanent exhibition, they also have temporary ones with artifacts borrowed from other museums from around the world. So, pastries and temporary exhibitions – great return value! 🙂
RecipeArium at George Brown College
On June 5th I had the great pleasure to talk about RecipeArium and Absolutism in front of Nina Munteanu’s students in her Science Fiction Writing class at George Brown College.
I loved the atmosphere, lots of questions and practically the fact that it ended up being a real discussion, not just a speech.
ABSOLUTISM — FAST FORWARD A CENTURY
Totalitarian to·tal·i·tar·i·an / tōˌtaləˈterēən/ — (adjective) relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state — (noun) a person advocating a totalitarian system of government Now, if we fast...
ABSOLUTISM — SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Dictatorship (noun) dic·ta·tor·ship \ dik-ˈtā-tər-ˌship \ — a form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique In the first half of the XXth century humanity had a sudden burst of scientific advancement, saw the birth of...
ABSOLUTISM — LET US ENTERTAIN YOU
Let us entertain you with a scenario—you give up some of your liberties to see your political ideals materialize with your next vote. There’s always a barter. Nothing comes for free. Giving more power to your leaders means keeping less power for you. Always. And in a few short years we’ll have a story told like this:
Once upon a time, there will be one absolute ruler who we, the people, call the Supreme Leader (May He Rule Forever).