January 2011
10 posts
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Internet authoritarianism
So Evgeny Morozov has been arguing against the “Internet -> Freedom!” connection for years. It must be gratifying for him to see his theories finally becoming conventional wisdom. (Though, of course, sad because of the events that proved him right)
The internet can be a tool of censorship and control as much as it can be used for liberation and revolt. Its very design - root...
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Idea
The question of love is the question of: “how do I relate to beauty?”
Through consumption? Through reverence?
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We need a Groupon for volunteering →
Jim Gilliam is brilliant and interesting.
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The thing about adventure
Been settling into school.
Downloaded every PDF found on Latte to dropbox for reading on my iPad.
Clean room. Cooking food.
Not leaving Grad too much. Too cold.
The thing about adventure is that it’s very cold right now. I’m investing in homework now so that I will have more free time in the future.
Still want to catch up ith a whole host of friends. It’s hard.
Going...
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The best thing I've found today →
Cover of “I am trying to break your heart” by wilco. But it sounds completely different.
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Idea.
Got me an iPad from my family. Been using it a lot.
iPad is great at consuming: media, rss, tweets, video, games, etc.
Not so good at creating - no camera. Awkward keyboard.
Hopefully I can set up the iPad as my dedicated consumption device so that my laptop becomes a dedicated production device.
I need to create more media (thoughts, comments, emails, essays) I need to consume less media.
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This is just ridiculous
A friend of mine from High School graduated recently from Brigham Young University. Though she is from Thailand (and not a Mormon), she applied there because it’s known for taking international students. 4 years later, she graduated. Thing is, she had to leave the country and get a horrible job back at home because no one would take her in the US without a green card.
Anti-immigration...