Epitaph for 'social networks'
"Myspace is not about friends." It's about using other people as a status symbol.
Certain ungodly annotations
Current working syllogisms
I. People have an affinity for tribalism.
II. And they're in love with power.
III. You usually attain certainty by forgetting the past.
4. Eternal truths only change when no-one is looking.
5. If you want an overarching metanarrative for today, try superficiality.
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Elsewhere
- Beijing Newspeak
- Ted Nelson · the man who coined the term "hypertext" doesn't have a blog; he barely has a webpage.
- Ignostic · I want his Lego
- Jon Swift · the only US political comment you'll ever need
- Jesus and Mo · the only philosophical webcomic you'll ever need
- RichardDawkins.net at the moment has a pretty good collection of links to reviews etc.
- The Scrivener · infernal anthropology, liberation theology
- Skeptico · will show you why details matter
- Unspeak · good book that tastes great on the web
- Mr. Vetinari · "Really, the abstract notion that thousands of people work together to coordinate violence, now in 2007, seems barbaric."
- FAQ of the British Humanist Organization
Film
- Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance · the only must-see film of this decade
- Jan Švankmajer, Dimensions of Dialogue · a theory of communication in 11 minutes
- Hubert Sauper, Darwin's Nightmare · drunk Russians will tell you the truth
- Godard, Week End · the thinking man's Death Race 2000
- Luis Buñuel, Nazarin · morality of the congenial nihilist
Books
- Ernest Gellner, Nationalism · compact and merciless on the industrial-national condition
- Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point · ennui of the bourgeois
- "The planning of the fly was an application of pure intelligence, morals not being concerned." —Mark Twain, Thoughts of God
- Steven Poole, Unspeak · bears mentioning twice
- Richard Robinson, An Atheist's Values · brilliant on several counts
- Zakes Mda, Ways of Dying · good for you
Random things
- Laurie Kerr, The Mosque to Commerce
- One
- Two
- Intelligence Report - Reframing the Enemy · you don't want to be politically correct, do you?
- R. Joseph Hoffmann in Free Inquiry, on religious statistics
- Jonathan Miller's A Rough History of Disbelief (two parts of three available)
- ...and its outtakes, the Atheism Tapes. (note listings both under "atheism" and "atheist" tapes)
Curiosa
- Wordie · like flickr without the photos (via Chain Bear)
- Gimcrack'd · stretchtext by mad webdesigners
- Achieve Unlightenment at the Oneness Unifarcity
- Tailsteak's guide to cognitive drawing in the service of eeevil
- Mad scientist's guide to quantum homeopathy
- A hundred proofs the Earth is not a Globe
- "Last night I experienced a terrorist attack on a virtual planet." —Warren Ellis
Feeds
RichardDawkins.net
PZ Myers
Unspeak.net
The Existence Machine
My nemesis
Bay of Fundie
Jewish Atheist
Physics and Physicists
The Frontal Cortex
Of Books and Bicycles
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heh, this amused me
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