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Thick braids rest on each breast while her interlocking fingers are clasped seductively behind her head. With eyes nearly closed, she looks as if she is either being pleasured or on heroin. Her jeans are unbuttoned; a sultry invitation. The peasant pigtails suggest...Institutional Power and Networked Power
Institutional Power An institution builds up and expands its power by controlling the flow of information and building a reputation around that information. A university, for example, controls which professors it hires, what research it publishes, and which students...![[Review] The Big Switch: Rewiring The World, From Edison to Google](https://i0.wp.com/el-oso.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/48285b.jpg?w=425)
[Review] The Big Switch: Rewiring The World, From Edison to Google
When we think about electricity the first name to come to mind is famed American inventor Thomas Edison, who filed the first of his more than 1,000 patents at the age of 21. In 1879, at the age of 32, Edison invented what today we call the light bulb. It was a...
The Expansion of Ignorance is Inevitable
In The Omnivore’s Dilema Michael Pollan reminds us that food is an inelastic good, which is to say that, obesity aside, there is a limit to how many calories a person can consume in a single day. Any more and we would explode. Once we all reach that caloric...
Un Indi-Tecno-Hispter Latino de Corazón
La frase escrita en la pared al otro lado de la calle dice: Ni indigenismo, ni oligarquía Viva la revolución obrera La calle principal, de concreto arrugado y lleno de huecos, se ramifica en un vasto laberinto tejido de callejones empedrados, bautizados con los nombre...
Cloud Intelligence
Seven Billion Brains on Planet Earth Every morning we – all seven billion of us – wake up with a certain amount of cognitive energy, our mental fuel tank for the day to come. We use up this cognitive energy every time our brain must process information and...In Which my Grandchildren Call Me a Ruthless Murderer
It was the briefest of observations, an exchange that lasted no more than two seconds, and yet it has stayed with me ever since. CB and I were on Boston’s Silver Line, on our way to the airport, and eventually to New York City. It was, apparently, a popular day...![[Podcast] Spring Forward, Fall Back](https://i0.wp.com/farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/3394490078_7c5aeec8c6.jpg?w=425)
[Podcast] Spring Forward, Fall Back
Despite my love of the tropics, I’ve come to appreciate some of the wonders that come with distancing oneself from the equator. Seasons, for example, and their undeniable sway over a city’s mood. In the weeks leading up to my departure from the United...Glimpse.org, Travel Writing, and Onbehalfism
When I travel to a foreign country I want to meet local people, taste local food, listen to local music, and read the local newspapers. When I meet people in another country from a different culture who speak a different language then – over time – I begin...Latest Photos
