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Friday, July 11, 2008
Whole Foods Store Forced to Close.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Why facts won’t demolish the conspiracy theories
This column argues that conspiracy theories are drivn by a "crisis of causality." While I agree that mistrust contributes to conspiracy theories, I think the author underplays the normal human desire to ascribe great causes to great events. We don't like to think of the processes that govern our lives as being stochastic. It is not so much a distrust of causality but a desperate attempt to restore causal logic to the world we see around us that leads us to theorize about vast, hidden conspiracies. Given this, facts do make a difference by allowing us to tell a story and take measures to avoid becoming a character in that drama. I would expect conspiracy theories to flourish where we are unable to protect ourselves from the true causes of disaster -- or where people are ignorant of the facts. In other words, facts will help -- but control over our surroundings is also necessary to make conspiracy theories unattractive.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Flying With a Young Child This Summer? Here’s a Book To Buy.
b i t t e r s w e e t s [dot] o r g
One of my favorite sites of the late 1990s has been archived and reposted to the web. It's cheesy, of course, but I always liked it. It was so sweet and noncommercial; of course it couldn't last.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
#82 Hating Corporations
Stuff White People Like is a well-known piece of satire. I really like this one, especially: "When engaging in a conversation about corporate evils it is important to NEVER, EVER mention Apple Computers, Target or Ikea in the same breath as the companies mentioned earlier. White people prefer to hate corporations that don’t make stuff that they like." True of so many people I know...
Friday, July 04, 2008
“Metropolis": Key scenes from the famous movie rediscovered
This is wonderful news. I hope somone goes to work restoring these scenes (a full one fourth of the film was thought to be lost forever) and incorporating them into a new edition of the film.
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