Critical Thinking : Critical Graphics

Of all the things I've lost
I miss my mind the most
~ 70s bumper sticker

A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Use it, wear it, put your thoughts on display.

Fear is how I fall
confusing what is real

Philosoraptor
A clever combination of philosopher and raptor signifying a rapacious appetite for wisdom.

History Repeats Itself
Expanding on Santayana's famous dictum about remembering history.

Nuclear Weapons Progress Trap
Just one atom bomb can ruin your whole day. (And we've got thousands of 'em!)

Air Pollution Progress Trap
Industry has created a condition capable of ending the habitability of earth: the air pollution progress trap.

Clear-Cut Logging Progress Trap
Progress trap: any set of evolutionary conditions likely to end evolution itself. EG: No trees >> no oxygen >> no humans.

Verify Everything Yourself
Understand the enormity of this burden: how much of your knowedge arises from first-hand observation?

Better Socrates Dissatisfied
John Stuart Mill's famous dictum: Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

Never Argue With a Fool
The audience can't tell the difference

Foucault's Critique
Criticism that hands down sentences sends me to sleep; ~ Michel Foucault

Tolerance is thinly veiled hate.
The second commandment is to LOVE thy neighbor, NOT tolerate.

Hammer & Nail Problem
When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

iKill
Yet another iPod ad ripoff, featuring a sodier aiming an assault rifle.

The Medium Manufactures the Message
A synthesis of McLuhan's "The Medium is the Message" and Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent."

The medium dIStorts the message
A media critic's riff on Marshall McLuhan's famous dictum, "The Medium is the Message"