On heros becoming villains
It has been surreal to watch several of my early heroes become "villains" Matt Taibbi: got turned on to him after insightful reporting after 2009 (remember Goldman Sachs as giant squid) --…
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Filterworld, Flatworld
From a book review in last Friday’s WSJ:, for this book:…
Zizek (presciently) on virtual reality
From all the way back in 2004 (!), in “Conversations with Zizek”, between Slavoj Zizek and Glyn Daly: As a result, the taste of reality we get today comes from products, situations, or actions depriv…
The many nostalgias of Harry Potter
I had pre-ordered the illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which arrived this week (more on that later!) and made me think about the layers of feelings related to this … w…
Egregore
I've been "on the internet" for about two-and-a-half decades now, and ... I like to think that I've seen it all. Still, these are strange times. Neologisms abound. Confusion reigns.…
On catastrophe
From the blurb of a book by John David Ebert Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on the planet.…