can there be “a waystation between ‘incompatible empires”?
Originally posted on Three Pound Brain:
So the whole idea behind Three Pound Brain, way back when, was to open a waystation between ‘incompatible empires,’ to create a forum where…
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Spinning World, Angry Planet -ecoshock
more info @ http://www.ecoshock.info/2015/04/spinning-world-angry-planet.html
Modeling the End of Civilization
“Working with a framework that incorporates mathematical analysis, social science, and observation of natural phenomena, the ‘Human And Nature Dynamical’ (HANDY) model projects “business as usual” could lead to the […]
The Fundamental Contradictions of the Contemporary World – Alain Badiou
Ana Tijoux’s shock
Alleys of Your Mind: Augmented Intelligence and Its Traumas
The Piracy Crusade: The Music Industry’s War on Sharing
http://files.newbooksnetwork.com/umassamherst/016umassamherstsinnreich.mp3 http://mcpress.media-commons.org/piracycrusade/
Shipboard Travels: A conversation between Charmaine Chua and Laleh Khalili (Part I)
Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
Following previous series on Charmaine’s slow boat to China, and introducing Laleh’s first contribution to The Disorder, the first of two posts on what…
Cooperative Alternatives to the Sharing Economy
“Given the mounting attention to the unethical labor practices in the so-called “collaborative sharing economy” with labor brokerages like Handy and Uber, what are the alternatives? Imagine for one moment […]
Embracing Zero: Satyajit Das on the end of growth
“When you look at human existence and you say, well, there hasn’t been that much growth for most of history, it can’t be that much of a problem to adjust […]
Bridging the Personal & the Political w/ Heidegger
http://www.againstthegrain.org/files/files/atg/atg_2015.04.28_heidegger_on_action.mp3 “We often act in isolation, or feel like we do. According to Scott Cameron, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger emphasized the social meaning and significance of individual actions. Cameron […]
Fantasy Islands Eco-desire in China & Beyond -Julie Sze
related BBC show on failed eco-cities: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/costearth/costearth_20150423-1113a.mp3
R.D. Laing Retrospective Sanity, Madness & Family
“It is just over 50 years since the publication of Sanity, Madness and the Family, R.D. Laing’s and Aaron Esterson’s groundbreaking study of ‘schizophrenia’ in 11 young women. Birkbeck Research […]
Raw Coverage from Streets of Baltimore
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Riots in Baltimore
Originally posted on Feminist Philosophers:
In the Atlantic: Now, tonight, I turn on the news and I see politicians calling for young people in Baltimore to remain peaceful and “nonviolent.”…
In Rome, Deniers Warn Pope of “Climate-Communist Science”
Originally posted on Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
The atmosphere was electric at a packed press conference as climate deniers called on the Pope to stop listening to “climate…
shenzhen speed as simultaneity
Originally posted on Shenzhen Noted:
Shenzhen Speed has been taken up as a metaphor to describe the pace of life in the city, including the velocity at which buses race…
Baltimore push-back against police terrorism
check out tweets/video from https://twitter.com/justin_fenton
Quash and prosper: How free market capitalism learned to quell dissent
Torre de David: Venezuela’s Tower of Dreams
“Torre David, a 45-story office tower in Caracas designed by the distinguished Venezuelan architect Enrique Gómez, was almost complete when it was abandoned following the death of its developer, David […]
