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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.
the obligations of science.
Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate in Physics (author of The God Particle)
“I have always believed that the scientist’s most sacred obligation is to continue to do science. Now I know that I was dead wrong. I am driven to the ultimately wise advice of my Columbia mentor, I.I. Rabi, who, in our many corridor bull sessions, [...]
2006 The Institute of Illogical Operation. 