January 2011
28 posts
That America endorses the NFL’s pain party starts to say something about...
– The NFL: An indictment of America - Super Bowl - Salon.com
“America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening period of civilization.”
–Oscar Wilde
"...vices are regretted in the short run, and... →
“I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that’s destroying youth culture.”
"Buy A Gun" Google Queries Hit All Time High, And... →
They’re never off; the communication is constant; and they talk in terms...
– “Alone Together”: An MIT Professor’s New Book Urges Us to Unplug | Fast Company
3 tags
We are going to increasingly see nichey services that sell curation as a primary...
– Curation is the New Search is the New Curation
Nice little explanation on why everyone sees to keep trying to do algorithmic aggregators of social feeds. I can’t wait to socialize my aggregated social feeds!
via dp
It is important to spend some time on the seriously demented early history of...
– Matt Taibbi - Griftopia
Greenspan met Rand in the early fifties after leaving Columbia, attending...
– Matt Taibbi - Griftopia
John Robbins has argued that “Greenspan may be more responsible than any...
– Alan Greenspan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I think it’s a tie between Greenspan and Kissinger for the title of biggest American asshole.
In 2004, while Taibbi followed the democratic campaign of the 2004 US...
– Matt Taibbi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Just finished The Great Derangement, now on to Griftopia. Most incisive account of the financial/political shitshow that is America.
Even if each individual algorithm makes perfect sense, collectively they obey an...
– Algorithms take control of Wall Street
A New Ed Hardy Shirt And HQ Rolex Copy! →
Just perusing craigslist…
The object of the game, for any one of these ultimately temporary social...
– Facebook hype will fade - CNN.com
It’s funny how much social networks, corporations, and empires have in common.
Video games: the addiction | From the Observer →
My favorite piece of journalism from 2010.
Crowdfund a mission to put a monolith on the moon →
If an iPod wristband can raise 500k, then this should raise millions.