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Comment on: Blog Post 'Trees of INFORMATION': o da Vinci When one considers the actions of our "masters of the globe" - I invariably amuse myself by thinking about Leonardo da Vinci's take on them which was that they were - "as wise as the wind they fart from their arses" …; Added by Michael Grove at 7:44 on July 2, 2013

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Added by Michael Grove at 9:11 on October 12, 2014

Video: TED: Ideas worth spreading: old order, and only luke-warm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order. This quality of lukewarmness arises partly from a fear of adversaries, who have the law on their side, and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.” Machiavelli - The Prince - 1513 When Machiavelli penned these words of wisdom to his old friend - Leonardo da Vinci - who was ensconced at Le Clos Luce in the grounds of Chateau d'Amboise - Machiavelli was already tending to Leonardo's vineyard back home in San Casciano, Italy and four years later Machiavelli wrote to Leonardo from Florence saying ... "Leave it to the politicians - and me - to decide the fate of Florence, Milan and Rome. There is enough intrigue to keep a thousand occupied each day, and we will not see your talent in the mists of this scheming." - plus ca change ! http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/project-xx-xx-citizen-s-fs4d-x…; Added by Michael Grove at 8:00 on August 28, 2019

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Blog Post: AS LEONARDO DA VINCI WELL UNDERSTOOD...: Added by Michael Grove at 7:01 on March 21, 2020

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Added by Michael Grove at 10:14 on May 10, 2013

Comment on: Blog Post '" The Leonardo Link ? "': "The inventions of nature are always superior to human inventions" - Leonardo da Vinci; Added by Michael Grove at 14:42 on May 1, 2012

Experiential…

Added by Michael Grove at 22:11 on March 17, 2020

Comment on: Album 'IN THE MIND'S EYE': w on I wish to dedicate this initiative of mine to THE IDEAS of he whom I would regard as my best friend ever, namely my father-in-law Ronald Yardley, who when I asked for his daughter's hand in marriage, exclaimed.. "WHY on EARTH would you want to DO THAT !!!???" • but having built a digital calculator & a colour television receiver at home in a kitchen cupboard, it was he who had explained to me in-depth the purpose of using TRANSISTORS instead of VALVES at a TIME when, as part of a Physics 'A' level experiment, I was involved with the building of an analogue computer/calculator at Grammar School, utilising valves • I would dedicate the very concept of TRANSISTION to him, particularly with respect for the kindness of the hundreds of Post Office Staff who attended his funeral at Finchley Crematorium, following his untimely death at 54 years of age. …; Added by Michael Grove at 10:46 on October 13, 2020

Comment on: Blog Post '" The Leonardo Link ? "': chalk, has been exposed to humidity over the centuries and has yellowed, but thanks to breakthrough technology there is new hope for halting its degradation. Scientists have developed a new approach to identify the culprit of the yellowing without interfering with the original drawing and the knowledge gleaned could be used to preserve and save the precious self- portrait. …; Added by Michael Grove at 10:34 on June 7, 2014

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