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Was it always like this? Since I can’t find a comprehensive study of class vis-a-vis videogame consumption between the 1980s and the present day, I asked my friends (and my Twitter followers) for their anecdotal evidence. I had assumed that consoles and handhelds were the more accessible answer for poorer players, given that buying a…
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The architectural historian Iain Borden says the emergence of hostile architecture has its roots in 1990s urban design and public-space management. The emergence, he said, “suggested we are only republic citizens to the degree that we are either working or consuming goods directly. Ben Quinn in The Guardian. Anti-homeless spikes are part of a wider…
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emergentfutures: 40 maps that explain the internet Paul Higgins: Really good collection Full Story: Vox
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“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Nightingale and the Rose (via lapitiedangereuse)
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nikitagale: ARE YOU A WOMAN-HATING MODERNIST? THEN EX MACHINA IS JUST THE FILM FOR YOU. #2OEDIPAL (at Arclight Cinemas Hollywood)
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paperdaf: Makes U Think…
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This terrifying video was filmed with the world’s first self-powered camera
This terrifying video was filmed with the world’s first self-powered camera 3dadditivism: This video isn’t just a little bit terrifying, it’s the product of a prototype camera that can continually power itself — without using a battery. When a camera sensor is exposed to light, the pixels use photodiodes to generate an electric current.
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Internet.org: delivering poor Internet to poor people
mostlysignssomeportents: Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org project bribes corrupt, non-neutral carriers in poor countries to exempt Facebook and other services of its choosing from their data-caps, giving the world’s poorest an Internet that’s been radically pruned to a sliver of what the rest of the world gets for free. Internet.org characterizes its goals as charitable and development-oriented.…
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mutualassureddistraction: The Betrayal by Technology: A Portrait of Jacques Ellul
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Artists are a type of worker. What makes our society different from those that came before is that now, because we are no longer hunter-gatherers or peasant farmers, if we want to eat and pay rent we have to go out and get jobs. What is the job of the artist? You might think that…