The relationship between the concept of number and various numbers is similar to the relationship between the general and the particular. Numbers can be physical manifestations, but number itself can only be thought and never presentable. This also reflects the existence of a reality independent and outside of experience that can be conceptualized after the fact.

 
The creation of currency to mediate exchange has also historically shifted value from use value to exchange value. This shift has allowed collective debt to be formed which made individuals dependent upon the state. Various relationships of private reciprocity were universalized and given the appearance of an eternal debt that individuals could never fulfill.

 
Here is a very interesting visualization of the impact of a trillion dollars used in the current bailout. Based on a unit of a one hundred dollar bill, a trillion dollars can be a very wide field of stacks that are the same height as a human being.

 
The family that Ludwig Wittgenstein came from was full of creative and intelligent people. But there was also tragedy and eccentricities within this family in Vienna that may give insight into how such a well known philosopher was shaped.

 
Many shows or short films that are unable to get on television will have a chance to be online where there can be a large audience for them. Here is an example of such a film broken up into episodes. This type of format can be the future of broadcasting outside of corporate influence.

 
Much has been said of the 1960's, especially 1968, but there was a lot of cultural potential in 1958. Both the Beat Generation and the academic intellectual climate was growing. Even though intellectuals would criticize the work of the Beats, they both offered an alternative to the social conformity of the decade as the middle class arose and the Cold War continued. They set the stage for the more open rebellion of the 1960's.