Tag archive for ‘Futurism’
WoW as Cybercultural hub
If you don’t already read We Make Money Not Art , they’ve recently posted some interesting impressions from 23C3 (which sadly I couldn’t attend). Of particular scholarly interest I think are the notes from Joi Ito’s presentation on World of Warcraft and MMORPGs.
I can’t help but feel drawn back to McLuhan (from The Gutenberg Galaxy: [...]
Can Future Generations Have Rights?
Our Obligation to Future Generations, by Wilfred Beckerman
(c) Wilfred Beckerman, I hope he doesn’t mind me reposting it here. I found it fascinating.
The growing concern during the last three decades with the impact of economic growth on the environment has led to a widespread belief that we are failing to respect the constraints on our [...]
Have you done your bit for the world trade deficit?
Please sir
tell me why
there’s no black Superman,
KKK Kryptonite?
“God only makes caucasian superheroes.”
Please sir
tell me why
we stick a Man on The Moon
when life on Earth’s so cheap.
“Son, we gotta do our bit for the world trade deficit.”
Please sir
tell me why
if ‘God is love’ I’m so dysfunctional.
Please sir
tell me why
there’s so much vagrancy.
“layabouts get a job.”
Well there’s [...]
The future isn’t what it used to be
Tags: grim+meathook+future, future, gmf, israeli-arab conflict, middle east, war
I’m writing this post instead of studying for my exam tomorrow. Which is as good an excuse as any.
Today in Advanced Social Psychology, we had a guest lecturer; Sociologist Mr. Ahmed Chijazi from Neve Shalom who gave a talk about Interaction of Identity in the Jewish-Arab Conflict. [...]