February 2012
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From Eeeee Eee Eeee, by Tao Lin
“Capitalism has no built-in moral code other than maximizing profits. Whatever...”
– via Doug Harvey (via radicalnotions, azspot)
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The Guardian Reveals: Britain leads dash to... →
Can anyone say war profiteering?
via newsflick:
This is the true face of Britons involvement in Somalia.
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Think!: Sat 10:00 In-between →
via technofederalist:
We look at the world and see a one of overwhelming trouble. We ask ourselves, why do we settle for this? We conclude, life should be about total happiness, not relative compromise, not unfilled desires to be more than one is. We often over assume and in turn overlook what remains present throughout the human condition, the world we experience is inherently one of...
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WatchEducation is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.
In this TED talk video, Sugata Mitra shows that, perhaps, the only thing we need to do to better education is to leave education to children themselves. If we give them access to information and ask them a question, they will acquire an answer in hours. If Mitra’s hypothesis is true, then education and our...
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Thoughts [February 15, 2012 at 12:45 AM]
While sleeplessness is certain to cause memory loss and uncertainty in one’s abilities, it does not alter the intelligence of the sleeper. To be frank, I may be losing sleep and I may perform more poorly in school because of said lost sleep, but at least I am trying. I will continue to do so until I achieve that which I desire: an education with which I am satisfied. It is unfortunate,...
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I’M NOT OKAY WITH CHRIS BROWN PERFORMING AT THE... →
via ancestryinprogress:
Hell yes!
I’m sick and tired of people acting like it’s no big deal that Chris Brown will be performing at the Grammys.
I’m frustrated that the mainstream media is covering this story like it’s any comeback story, like an exiled prince’s return to a former glory, like this is another political timeline — as though some rich and powerful old white men in the music...
