February 2012
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‘No man is an island.’ Our values, our attitudes, and our customs...
– theodor adorno
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While the concepts of complete fulfillment and unrestrained enjoyment fostered a...
– max horkheimer, eclipse of reason (1947)
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The point is that today the apparatus to which the individual is to adjust and...
– herbert marcuse, “some social implications of modern technology” (1941)
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The Puritan wanted to be a person with a vocational calling; we must be. For to...
– max weber, the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism
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January 2012
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taxkateoplis: Romney's Tax Returns Show How Laws... →
kateoplis:
From the NYTimes:
Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, made $27 million in 2010. They held millions of dollars in a Swiss bank account and millions more in partnerships in the Cayman Islands. His family’s trusts sold thousands of shares in Goldman Sachs that were offered to favored clients when…
How Does Google See You? →
landlessness:
This is really interesting. According to Google, I’m interested in movies, video games, and sports (specifically hockey). I’m also a male, age 18-24. Well, they got some of it right.
i am a male aged 25-34 interested in music of all kinds, shopping, and people in society. from what i’mve seen, everyone interested in people and society is labeled male?
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Anonymous asked: i think you are so incredibly pretty and i wish i knew you in person and not just through social network sites. you interest me very much so and i would love to get to know you. shame shame
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If one acquires the habit of contemplating vast horizons, overall views, and...
– emile durkheim, the division of labor in society
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To encourage him she turned on her side. A gambit she could always count on -...
– saul bellow, “what kind of day did you have?”
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The picture of another man that a man gains through personal contact with him is...
– georg simmel, “how is society possible?”
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The Joy of Quiet →
youmightfindyourself:
By PICO IYER NY Times Published: December 29, 2011
ABOUT a year ago, I flew to Singapore to join the writer Malcolm Gladwell, the fashion designer Marc Ecko and the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister in addressing a group of advertising people on “Marketing to the Child of Tomorrow.” Soon after I arrived, the chief executive of the agency that had invited us took me aside....
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