Politics and propaganda
A blog about complex systems
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Australian Indigenous oral histories may have been stable over millennia
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Interesting article on how the oral traditions of the Australian Indigenous peoples may literally have been passed down from the last ice a...
Friday, January 16, 2015
Indian Patent Office nixes HepC patent
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Gilead Sciences charges $84,000 for their hepatitis treatment Sovaldi. They've worked out patent deals with a lot of countries - but Ind...
Conspiracies versus conspiracy theories
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Dave Neiwert writes some really kick-ass stuff. Here's a piece from 2004 comparing conspiracies (which demonstrably exist) with America...
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Meme: all terrorists are Muslims
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It's difficult even to comprehend somebody honestly saying something this stupid, but our assumptions make morons of us all. Here are so...
David Brin on clash of memic systems
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With reference to Charlie Hebdo , David Brin weighs in with some pretty good thoughts.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
No fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder value
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Well, this is an interesting legal analysis . Not only is it the stupidest idea ever, the usual excuse that they're legally forced to m...
Neiwert on the Right's self-distancing from Breivik (2011)
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David Neiwert has been posting some of his older work on Facebook lately. This is a great one .
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