C-Powell, do me one better or Respect, come get some

Recently, as though reason had entirely escaped our society as a whole, the general response to the accusations that presidential nominee Barack Obama was indeed a Muslim was that, no, he was in fact Christian and always had been. Of course, that has always been a readily available tidbit of data, but it took […]

Partying like its 2008, 1999, 1987, 1929, 1873

in a way all this is a relief.
in a way, this is a way for change.
the change that is an inevitable reaction to the failing of the international market created by the globalization of the last two decades may or may not be good for our ilk.
those who follow the these of illogical post operationalization.
perhaps, […]

fruit flies and free will

There’s an interesting news story from last year about fruit flies and free will that I found via The Pinocchio Theory blog in this post on theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman.
This is something I’d like to explore in great detail, but for now I just want to throw a few ideas out there. Basically, the study […]

Submitting to the Swarm

it has been well known and documented for sometime that the larger a group of humans is, the more likely they are to make rash, foolish, ill-informed decisions.
we are aiming to surpass 7 billion people on the planet by 2012.
if the internet is any measure, we’re on course to be completely unable to function within […]

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The Intellectual Laziness of Rejecting “Theory”

Suppose you legitimately wanted to grasp the writings of an intellectual, but they proved to be difficult for you to understand. What course of action could you take? Would you try your best to do a close reading? Would you consult secondary sources to see if they could shed some light on the topic? Would […]

physical resistance in digital culture

so ive been hearing a lot lately about the end of the internet as we know it.
in this desolate post-internet world of 2012, will the people truly sit back and let much of the functionality of the most important communications device conceived be taken away from them so easily?
considering recent attacks on prominent internet companies, […]

Short Term Profits of Dunbar’s Number

When considering the strategies of the two competing national parties in America during the last eight years of discourse, its good to recall Dunbar’s Number to help explain many of the actions taken, while they seem out of context.
Pre-dating this tumultuous period following 9/11, the Democrats had seemed like a group who actually had strategic […]

On Heroism

So, John McCain is labelled a “war hero” for having been a POW for about five years.
I guess being a POW for a long time is all you need to become a “war hero.”
One would think being tortured for so long would not make one a better candidate to be a President, but then, logic […]

Hip Shit

Walk a mile in Diane von Furstenberg’s shoes. No, really. Try them on for size.