Alain de Botton plans numinous nooks for atheists
AdB, building on ideas from his recent book Religion for Atheists, is designing atheist temples in London, with Tom Greenall Architects.
He imagines a network of them one day, but is far from his usual eloquence when talking about them. To offer inspiration, surety, and perspective — and to develop cultures to sustain such glorious monuments — will require a more assured and positive description of why they exist.
Three lovely things
1) 23andMe has Genetic kits for genealogy and health analysis. I’m told they are like the OLPC version of genetic kits — green, cheerful, roughly lunchbox sized…
2) My mother made a lot of calls from her cell phone to my brother in Chile in the aftermath of its recent geologic activity. This week she received a letter from AT&T in the mail letting her know that all calls to Chile during that week were being refunded. Three cheers for transcontinental neighborliness!
3) Birthday Milongas and Holy Lolas.