Daily Kos: State of the Nation ” […] Then something happened. Nixon played to it of course but it really came into play in the 1990’s and even more this past decade. Republicans turned their backs on smart people. Just like that, being smart was less important than being ‘real’. Being qualified was about being […]
Category Archives: cool stuff
TV is out, Web 2.0 is in
Friday, August 22, 2008
GIN, TELEVISION, AND COGNITIVE SURPLUS: A Talk By Clay Shirky […] People asking, “Where do they find the time?” when they’re looking at things like Wikipedia don’t understand how tiny that entire project is, as a carve-out of the cognitive surplus that’s finally being dragged into what Tim O’Reilly calls an architecture of participation. Now, […]
This is not a blog post about Surrealism
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Bookninja » Subvirtualism: The Surrealists’ love child, immaculately conceived As you may note, these techniques no longer affront common conceptions of reality. In fact, they’ve become reality – the currency of our culture, the shared vocabulary of our consumer society: * Odd juxtapositions and subconscious drives? Advertisers have long mastered such techniques and moods, employing […]
Black Metal – Behind the Music
Friday, July 18, 2008
The Believer – A Blaze in the North American Sky A common mistake made by the uninitiated listener is to conflate death metal and black metal. I’ve been at a few parties or dinners or whatever where someone has asked me to describe the difference between the two. To answer involves me trying to explain […]
Long Bets
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Long Bets – The Arena for Accountable Predictions The purpose of Long Bets is to improve long–term thinking. Long Bets is a public arena for enjoyably competitive predictions, of interest to society, with philanthropic money at stake. The Long Now Foundation furnishes the continuity to see even the longest bets through to public resolution. This […]
