Creators of the World Unite
"Information Doesn't Want to Be Free" is more than a Creators' Rights for Dummies: it provides the elements for a class-based theory of creative production.
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
On Being Shocked
The mass media, it seems, will never run short of opportunities to numb us.
Precious Windows into an Opaque Period
Sarah Mellors reviews Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China’s Era of High Socialism
Edward Snowden as Socrates?
No group is more impressed with Edward Snowden than American college students.
Capitalism in a Bottle
Coca-Cola and Pepsi aren't really drinks manufacturers at all. For close to a century, they have made an extraordinary living from the power of suggestion.
#ISIS: Clickbait Ideology and Viral Violence
ISIS has done more than simply master the rules of that clickbait economy. It has also mastered the techniques necessary to convert some the viewers it attracts to its ideology.
A Reasonable Response to Ruin
Dora Apel goes on the offensive against the myriad myths and delusions peddled about the Motor City.
Hide and Seek: The Problem with Obfuscation
Brunton and Nissenbaum outline a variety of techniques of obfuscation that ordinary people can deploy to camouflage themselves.
Paul Ryan and the “Moral Case” for Capitalism
Paul Ryan has had to disavow Ayn Rand repeatedly, unreservedly, and, above all else, entirely.
The Politics of Health
James S. House's "Beyond Obamacare: Life, Death, and Social Policy" tackles head-on growing health inequality in America.
BILLIONAIRES AND SUPER-STORMS
The eye of the super-hurricane was reported to have come ashore at Cuixmala, where English robber baron Sir James Goldsmith built his Xanadu.
An Ethical Relationship with Place
A review of Karen Babine's reflections on ethical relationships with place
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