December 2010
41 posts
“There was no Internet Revolution and there will be no Internet Revolution. We...”
– Marshall Poe, Author, A History of Communications. The Internet Changes Nothing (via futurejournalismproject
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It is helpful to keep a long perspective, even if you don’t entirely agree.
(via 2105)
mollylambert:
Childhood (PG)
Adulthood (NC-17)
Molly Lambert thoughts on Black Swan is on point as always! (2nd link) Never disappointed w/these.
John Henry Faulk's Christmas Story: NPR →
Heard this in the car yesterday and it is great. Give it a listen.
WatchMassan – Volume Bikes Drift Contest
A Foreigner's Guide to American Culture →
nightline:
Americans could make their public spaces a little quieter, for example, if they all took one step closer to the person they are talking to.
And they could speed up their journeys to work by not insisting on holding every elevator for everyone who wants to catch it as though it was one of the last helicopters leaving the roof of the Saigon embassy in 1975. There will be another...
“No.”
– Yes, Geoff Nunberg could’ve picked “vuvuzela” or “refudiate” as his word of the year, but instead he’s going with the timeless classic, “no.” Geoff gives an explanation of his logic regarding all the no’s that’ve happened this year and wraps it up this way:
“No” has a great power to bring people...
“Most epochs are defined by one or another anxiety. More important, though, is...”
– Christopher Hitchens, from his recent article “Tea’d Off,” in Vanity Fair (via technipol)
It’s funny, but I was just thinking to myself how even us uber-liberals may one day soon be extremely thankful for our 2nd Amendment rights. This is not meant to be a post that advocates violence or threatens...
4Chan’s Moot Joins Lerer Ventures As An Advisor →
Philosophiae Naturalis: When students from... →
Many of us from middle- and upper-income backgrounds have been socialized to believe that it is our duty to make a difference, but undertake such efforts abroad — where the “real” poor people are. We found nonprofits aimed at schooling children all over the globe while rarely acknowledging that…
“During a segment in which Smith and director Spike Jonze search for evidence of...”
– Joe Pompeo (via soupsoup)
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