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our adaptive tendencies

by | Jan 5, 2004 | pre-wp

And so we reach the finish line of another race to adapt. The National Theatre in London, premiered their stage version of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy. There’s no doubt that it’s one of the best works of fiction to be...

blogging as distraction

by | Jan 4, 2004 | pre-wp

Why William Gibson stopped blogging and why I’m both attracted and afraid of where it will take me: “I?ve found blogging to be a low-impact activity, mildly narcotic and mostly quite convivial, but the thing I?ve most enjoyed about it is how it never fails...

push back

by | Jan 2, 2004 | pre-wp

MediaChannel.org has launched its Media for Democracy 2004 in a bid to reclaim the integrity and rediscover the honesty of mainstream media. We are all living in the crosshairs of powerful media institutions. Their fire is “incoming,” into our living rooms...

requisite resolutions

by | Dec 31, 2003 | pre-wp

In a society so fixed on dates to dictate their emotions, this is the time of year when everyone thinks about how they will improve themselves and their lives in the time to come. In reality, we all do this everyday, but the dominent media of our society tell us that...

Economists grow the future feed

by | Dec 22, 2003 | pre-wp

As the old saying goes “Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.” (I don’t know if this is really an old saying, but it’s so apt that there is no way I thought it up – I must have heard it somewhere.) As this...