December 2010
20 posts
“Still, why does it matter what some politicians and think tanks say? The answer...”
– The Humbug Express - NYTimes.com
Ezra Klein - Why we're not likely to get tax... →
Whatever Happened to the Gulf Oil Spill? - TIME →
The spill wasn’t horrible enough to jolt the country into action on energy and climate, but I’m not sure anything would have been enough — not with the current gridlocked political climate, and not with the headlock oil and gas has over certain parts of the country. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2037876,00.html#ixzz19Ki28Eya
“The world is changing. If you want to be able to afford groceries in five years,...”
– Ignore Everybody - by Hugh MacLeod | Derek Sivers
Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills : NPR →
“Chudacoff’s recently published history of child’s play argues that for most of human history what children did when they played was roam in packs large or small, more or less unsupervised, and engage in freewheeling imaginative play.”
and
“But during the second half of the 20th century, Chudacoff argues, play changed radically. Instead of spending their time in...
Schneier on Security: Recording the Police →
“This is all important. Being able to record the police is one of the best ways to ensure that the police are held accountable for their actions. Privacy has to be viewed in the context of relative power. For example, the government has a lot more power than the people. So privacy for the government increases their power and increases the power imbalance between government and the people; it...
How to Follow Post-Election Protests and Violence... →
A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I'm An... →
A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation -... →
Is mathematical sociology from Isaac Asimov becoming a reality? Foundation is upon us…
Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User... →
The new tool, called simply Registration Tool, is both simpler and more powerful than Facebook Connect. It works as a pre-populated iFrame for logged-in Facebook users, allows site owners to ask for fields of information not offered by Facebook and can be used to register people who do not have Facebook accounts.
“The American diplomatic corps actually comes across as smart and competent in...”
– Letter From Canada: Why Is America So Furious About Wikileaks?
“The fact that there is a stable biological core that we do not “remove and throw...”
– Out of Our Brains - NYTimes.com
“My advice for young poets trying to find their way in the current poetry scene...”
– Anis Shivani: Is American Poetry at a Dead-End? Prominent Poets Speak Out
The War on Cameras - Reason Magazine →
Don't shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable... →
Wikileaks and the Long Haul « Clay Shirky →
“I am conflicted about the right balance between the visibility required for counter-democracy and the need for private speech among international actors. Here’s what I’m not conflicted about: When authorities can’t get what they want by working within the law, the right answer is not to work outside the law. The right answer is that they can’t get what they want.”
Taking the time for beauty and reflection →
If we dont have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, how many other things are we missing?
“Your muscles get stronger by running, jumping, lifting weights, by stressing...”
– chase jarvis, photographer http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2010/12/whatever-makes-you-nervous/