August 2010
The End of Human Specialness →
infoneer-pulse:
The defining idea of the coming era is actually the loss of an idea we never had to worry about losing before. It is the decay of belief in the specialness of being human.
As an example of what that would mean, consider the common practice of students blogging, networking, or tweeting while listening to a speaker. At a recent lecture, I said: “The most important reason to stop...
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“Except for the fact that Malcolm’s father was murdered by white...”
– Adam Serwer
the rest, here.
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"Beck Reimagines Whiteness—And the Media Can’t... →
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cool. thx. glad it's a "real" accomplishment. dude...
Obama deserves the credit he is likely to claim for drawing down troops on schedule and moving towards a vastly reduced U.S. role in Iraq. No, the war inside Iraq isn’t over yet and American forces aren’t all gone yet. And I’m perfectly willing to give credit to the Bush administration for the SOFA it eventually negotiated (which I’ve previously called Bush’s...
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[way to play ball] in a multitude of races where... →
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"Worry isn't work. Being stressed out isn't work.... →
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The task of ... bringing the war to an acceptable... →
bonus: more re President Obama and foreign policy, here.
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“… if memorials, such as those for the WTC, Pentagon and Oklahoma City, are...”
– Maisha Wester
more, here.
Bonus: ways people deal with Katrina grief
Also: there appears to be an oak tree memorial in Biloxi. And, people there are trying to raise money for a fountain to honor the volunteers who helped in the aftermath of the hurricane. There appears to be a foundation that...
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The Obama administration announced that it will... →
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“…there’s been such a long period of time where I haven’t been able to communicate where my mind is, where my consciousness is, where my ideas are …”
—Lauryn Hill
MTV via RR
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[The Andersons … have spent the past 10-and-a-half... →
Here’s the blog about the project. No post in while there, but looks like someone was moving in on the idea?
If you're digging #thesmithian, recco us by... →
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“… There’s a line Sly Stone says when he’s been in some awful situation...”
– Nick Kent
more, here
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“a politics of self-correction may not be enough to heal us, to recover us from...”
– more from E.L. Doctorow, here.
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iTunes will boost the amount of time users are... →
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2rell asked: First and foremost, I admire and respect you for all success with being an editor and journalist and I've looked up to you, professionally, since your reign at Vibe Magazine. I will tell you that I'm most envious of your interviews with Janet Jackson, because I love her if you couldn't tell by my name. I guess a question I would have would be how is Janet in person?
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a liberal black man spends 5 hours at the Beck... →
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"I want gender parity but don’t want to achieve... →
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"Kids are more confident about using tools like... →
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is the iPod over? →
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