November 2010
The Motivation Behind Theorists
American philosopher and psychologist William James argued that philosophical theories “conceal, first of all, the philosopher’s own temperament: that pre-rational bundle of preferences that urges him to hop on whatever logic-train seems to be already heading in his general direction.” (Sam Anderson on James in NY MAG’s One Argument Ayn Rand Couldn’t Win)
In Jame’s words, concealment...
October 2010
“The SPEED SHOW exhibition format:
Hit an Internet-cafe, rent all computers...”
– SPEED SHOW manifesto by Aram Bartholl 2010 (via aaronmeyers)
“why you write so much? all the time you are on computer. we are so sad that you...”
– (via mycrasianmother)
Social Media as a Tool of Fascism?
infoperipeteia:
“Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate. Fascism sees its salvation in giving these masses not their right, but instead a chance to express themselves…”
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[This quote from Carl Schmitt is a critique on liberalism. It has got me thinking a lot about how [whether] social media...
The Market for Lemons - Wikipedia, the free... →
“The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism” is a 1970 paper by the economist George Akerlof. It discusses information asymmetry, which occurs when the seller knows more about a product than the buyer. Akerlof, Michael Spence, and Joseph Stiglitz jointly received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 for their research related to asymmetric information....
Peter Merholz: Working together beats working... →
I think that meetings get a bad rap. The problem with meetings aren’t that they’re meetings, but that meetings are typically run poorly. My professional life involves lots of meetings, and most of them I enjoy, because it gives me a chance to engage, challenge, and otherwise collaborate with my brilliant colleagues and our savvy clients.
I’m reading Steven Johnson’s latest book, Where Good...
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Why Rebel Groups Love the Toyota Hilux - Newsweek →
As the war in Afghanistan escalated several years ago, counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen began to notice a new tattoo on some insurgent Afghan fighters. It was a Canadian maple leaf.
“In Afghanistan in particular,” he says, “[the Toyota Hilux is] incredibly well respected.” [When] “a shipment of high-quality Hiluxes arrived, courtesy of the Canadian government,” he explains. “They...
“The local solution is in acting in the community interest and operating at a...”
– A comment by John Proffitt on Doc Searls blog post “KCET’s brave move”
via Drew
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Ronen's Everything: This is my friend burningdan. →
ronen-v:
I just got a phone call from Rachel telling me she saw online that dan died yesterday.
I don’t really know what to say.
dAN was one of the people I got closest to of anyone in this world.
He was one of the most special people I’ve ever been lucky enough to meet. Playing life like an awesome…
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act →
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.