February 2012
22 posts
“We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to...”
– H. L. Mencken
parislemon: This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things →
parislemon:
A lot of people have asked for my take on The New York Times piece yesterday about the true cost of making Apple products in China. Let me first just say that it’s an important piece full of good reporting by Charles Duhigg and David Barboza. Parts of it are very sad — sickening, really.
But…
“And then Schmidt’s stand-up act: beware billionaires describing technology as...”
– Stowe Boyd • Google Is Now Officially Evil (via mediafuturist)
January 2012
48 posts
WHO WILL SING THE PRAISES OF SILLY AND DANGEROUS...
Woman has not suffered civilization gladly. It has been suggested, in fact, that all of civilization was merely a dike thrown up by men, fearful of sexual competition, in order “to hold back wild and unruly feminine waters.” Now, however, She may be commandeering the shining inventions of civilized man and turning them to Her own dark uses. For example, kissing.
Kissing is...
Democracy Is No Polite Tea Party →
People must be protected from discrimination by virtue of their race, but you cannot ring-fence their ideas. The moment you say that any idea system is sacred, whether it’s a belief system or a secular ideology, the moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible…
It does matter that people have the...
Anonymous asked: What is your favorite thing to do in your free time?
“A functioning police state needs no police.”
– William S. Burroughs
