Maria BC achievement over mythology by Song List Rat

If you were alive in the 50s you remember where you were when Betty Cuthbert won the 100/200 sprint double at the Melbourne Olympics. Similarly for the 60s when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and the 70s when Mohammed Ali beat George Foreman in Zaire to reclaim his world heavyweight boxing crown. In the 80’s ??? – maybe you don’t remember anything let alone where you were but if you lived through the 90s you would remember the exact time and place you were when you saw the first episode of Twin Peaks. It changed the relationship between cinema and TV forever, but more importantly it would change your perspective on “normality” and change the way you view the motivation of others and the imbalance in how society values achievement over mythology. 

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Days spent admiring the Mayan pyramids of Mexico by Richard Jones

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I suppose just about everyone has a bucket list, a selection of places in the world they’ve always wanted to visit. Prime among mine was to visit as many of the Mayan pyramids of Mexico as I could particularly after gazing in awe at their Egyptian counterparts at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, back in 2009. Continue reading