-
Robert Reich: The Rebirth of Social Darwinism
Robert Reich: The Rebirth of Social Darwinism Darwin is okay in the board room, but not the class room? robertreich: What kind of society, exactly, do modern Republicans want? I’ve been listening to Republican candidates in an effort to discern an overall philosophy, a broadly-shared vision, an ideal picture of America. They say they want…
-
Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury finally gives in, agrees to release Fahrenheit 451 as an ebook(via @io9)
Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury finally gives in, agrees to release Fahrenheit 451 as an ebook(via @io9) Fahrenheit 451 might be the most famous book about book-burning ever written, and its author, Ray Bradbury, has long insisted that it only be available as a print book, on paper. So what changed? Bradbury’s agent, Michael Congdon, told…
-
(via Justin.tv – GameLab Karlsruhe – Mary Flanagan @ GameLab Karlsruhe // postdigital. Institut) (Source: http://www.justin.tv/)
-
monoscope: dear santa…
-
new-aesthetic: “The object, which is shaped as an oversized 3-dimensional computer cursor (pointer), was placed on a square in Figueres, Catalunya during the cultural festival Ingràvid. Here, people could touch it, move it around and sit on it as an alternative to the benches. Despite being removed from its normal screen based environment, the cursor…
-
No matter how crude, hapless and infantile your creations, they’re yours. The hole in the ground will feel like home, because you’re the one who made it, you’re the one who couldn’t work out the block combination that creates a ladder so built a disjointed staircase to nowhere instead, you’re the one who desperately patched…
-
austinkleon: Al Jaffee’s Iconic MAD Fold-Ins: The Definitive Collection, 1964-2010 | Brain Pickings Had no clue there was a collection of Jaffee’s Fold-Ins out! This interview is great: When I met Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart and the writers who work for them, all of them were so nice to me primarily because they had…
-
Cutting their own throats By Charlie Stross
Traditional publishing is dominated by the Big Six publishing groups — folks like Hachette, Holtzbrinck, Penguin-Putnam, and so on. In general these publishers and their imprints refuse to publish ebooks without DRM. It’s a major sticking point with them, in no small part dictated by the fact that they’re subsidiaries of huge media conglomerates, which…
-
UCLA Game Lab Blog » Mary Flanagan livestream at Game Lab Karlsruhe
UCLA Game Lab Blog » Mary Flanagan livestream at Game Lab Karlsruhe dinosaurparty: Awesome! ZKM in Karlsruhe is the most advanced and thoughtful institution for the study and exhibition of new media art (in my opinion). And Mary Flanagan’s book Critical Play shaped a good deal of my graduate work on artists’ games. Can’t wait to…
-
wilwheaton: “Big Pharma and the recording and movie industries are on the verge of passing a bill that could very well destroy the social web. “This is the holy grail of the entertainment industry—to destroy the internet, and thus, destroy the biggest danger to their business.” PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet (by Fight…