Tag: The Ones-at-Large
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Makers & Takers: More of the Long Con
A lot of my “everyday” existential philosophizing takes the form of asking people to be aware of the Long Con or the Big Sting… that is where you become your own mark in the long con game of bad faith or pseudo-authenticity. This is “wising up the mark.” While all…
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Mohammed movie embassy attacks: Don’t let Internet videos drive you to violence. – Slate Magazine
Congratulations, rioters. You followed the script perfectly. You did the propagandists’ work for them. via Mohammed movie embassy attacks: Don’t let Internet videos drive you to violence. – Slate Magazine.
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Killing the Liberal Arts… A Non-Conservation
The importance of the humanities in educating citizens is why we have undoubtedly seen the consequences of the decline in of the liberal arts nowhere more than in the quality of the public debate. The disappearance of the liberal arts from American education has meant the disappearance of the liberal…
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The Corporate Capitalist Gamble: American’s will “venture” for Mitt
Romney’s suggestion that only business owners should occupy the White House was hardly surprising; it just reinforced the reverence for builders of small businesses manifested in the Republican gathering in Tampa. But it is a curious claim nonetheless. For most of the nation’s history, lawyers, educators and military men have…
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if you are idle, be not solitary « coromandal
On working along and playing together. if you are idle, be not solitary « coromandal.
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How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later
Well, I will tell you what interests me, what I consider important. I can’t claim to be an authority on anything, but I can honestly say that certain matters absolutely fascinate me, and that I write about them all the time. The two basic topics which fascinate me are “What…
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Hermeticism and the Anthropic Principle of Evolution « Footnotes 2 Plato
In The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), Karl Popper famously (or infamously, as far as Hegelians are concerned) attacked Hegel for his bewitching apriorism and supposed distain for empirical science, going so far as to blame his Platonically inspired “mystery method” for the rise of fascism in Germany. Walter Kaufmann…
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Table for One « LUST & RUM
I am most happy that my humble blog was stumbled upon by this artist… I find his photography a poesis of the eye. Table for One « LUST & RUM.
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The Lonely Road « Broken Light: A Photography Collective
Photo taken by Josefine, a swedish photography student currently based out of Los Angeles. The reason she decided to pursue photography full time is because she saw the impact pictures can have on people, both by looking at them, and making them… via The Lonely Road « Broken Light: A Photography…
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The uncanny valley of Internet advertising: Why do creepy targeted ads follow me everywhere I go on the Web? – Slate Magazine
If you ask an Internet ad guy to defend himself—to explain why you, dear Web surfer, should feel comfortable letting him serve you ads based on everything you do online—you’ll likely hear two arguments. First, he’ll tell you that targeted ads are simply the cost of doing business on the…
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