Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation.
~ Charles MacKay
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Daily Archives: December 30, 2024
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University of Texas – San Antonio
www.utsa.edu | Wikipedia | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook
[Twitter] @utsa
[Instagram] https://www.instagram.com/utsa/
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Mere adequacy is never adequate.
~ John Lanchester
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Midday Music Fix
The Police – Every Breath You Take
Merlin Otello here with a related book recommendation: The Police: Every Album Every Song. My mother picked this up for me the last time she was in Los Angeles. I keep it on my coffee table in Toronto. Makes for a good conversation starter when extended family drops by over the holidays.
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Edith Cowan University
www.ecu.edu.au | Wikipedia
[Twitter] @EdithCowanUni
[Instagram] https://www.instagram.com/edithcowanuniversity/
[SoundCloud] https://soundcloud.com/edith-cowan-university
[Facebook] https://www.facebook.com/ECUjourney/
[LinkedIn] https://www.linkedin.com/school/edith-cowan-university/
[YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/edithcowanuniversity
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The more democratic the world’s societies are, the more idiosyncratic they will be, and the more their economic rules will diverge. But that is exactly what businesses cannot tolerate — at least not under globalization. Money and goods must be able to move frictionlessly and efficiently across borders. This requires a uniform set of laws. Somehow, democracy is going to have to give way.
~ Christopher Caldwell
via This Maverick Thinker Is the Karl Marx of Our Time
published by The New York Times on November 28, 2024
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Learning Object
via Deutsche Welle
Campus Life at
the University of Akron
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The working class isn’t a puzzle whose solution comes with a prize—it isn’t a means to the end of realignment and long-term power. It is a constituency comprising half the country, whose thriving is necessary for the good of the whole.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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