February 2010
42 posts
“No society on earth is less than 3 meals away from a revolution.”
– comment by irascible, at IAmA person who lived through the L.A. riots and saw people accosted, burned and murdered. AMA. : IAmA
Roscoe (Midlake)
Stone-cutters made them from stones Chosen specially for you and I Who will live inside The mountaineers gathered timber piled high In which to take along Travelling many miles knowing they’d get here When they got here all exhausted On the roof leaks they got started And now when the rain comes we can be thankful When the mountaineers saw that everything fit They were glad and so they took...
“Phony-holed jeans. For years the hollow claims of every marketing guru who...”
– The worst Olympic uniform - murketing.com
How Al Gore Wrecked Planet Earth →
“What we have is not “free will” so much as “free...”
– Less Wrong: Willpower Hax #487: Execute by Default
WatchDavid Chalmers at Singularity Summit 2009 — Simulation and the Singularity on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
WatchForesight 2010 debate: Futarchy on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
ISO50 - The Blog of Scott Hansen » Overcoming... →
“Roger Ebert can’t remember the last thing he ate. He can’t remember the...”
– Roger Ebert: The essential man - Esquire
“If Google adds social gaming to Google Buzz Facebook is 2012’s Pointcast.”
– jakelodwick
Jason Calacanis (initially I was bloggin’ this because it’s such a modern, nerdy sentence… but it’s grown on me, I think he has a good point)
“A paradox is not a conflict within reality. It is a conflict between reality and...”
– Richard Feynman
“To successfully emulate a human, a computer might have to disguise many of its...”
– How Long Till Human-Level AI? | h+ Magazine
“…the proper place for such things as net real output and the general level...”
– The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes, cap/ 04
WatchFinal Offer
Because the filmmakers were given unparalleled freedom to record the historic 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation, Final Offer provides a vividly accurate portrait of a high-level labour negotiation. This film is an invaluable document for anyone interested in the complexities of United States-Canada relations. It’s an...
“Inspired in part by Hobsbawm’s essay, the Forward March of Labour Halted? (pdf),...”
– Stumbling and Mumbling
“Europe’s governments obtain funds from investors around the world by...”
– Greek Debt Crisis: How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
“The world does need idealism and young people; but why waste your talents on...”
– The Problems of Open Source
“Stefan Zweig just tastes fake. He’s the Pepsi of Austrian writing.”
– LRB · Michael Hofmann · Vermicular Dither
“Deciding NASA’s future gave Obama a chance to show visionary leadership....”
– Space.com Forums | View topic - POLL: Is Abandoning NASA’s Moon Plan the Right Choice?
“It was at another conference some twenty-eight years ago, just before the...”
– Whatever It Is, I’m Against It | n+1
