December 2008
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“A disciplina da antropologia está dividida em... →
Put crudely, social anthropologists describe and compare the development of human cultures and societies, while evolutionary anthropologists seek to explain it by reference to our biological evolution. The two sides of the one discipline are struggling to unite.
November 2008
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Entusiastas da ufologia fazem pressão para que... →
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“To invert Karl Marx, investment bankers may have nothing to gain but their...”
– “A short history of modern finance”, The Economist
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“Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism?” →
Ludwig von Mises explains the special resentment of intellectuals, in contrast to workers, by saying they mix socially with successful capitalists and so have them as a salient comparison group and are humiliated by their lesser status. However, even those intellectuals who do not mix socially are similarly resentful.
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“How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart... →
De Philip K. Dick, e provavelmente escrito como um discurso para ser lido em uma universidade em 1978: “No meu trabalho de escritor fiquei tão interessado em falsificações que eu finalmente inventei o conceito de falsificações falsas. Por exemplo, na Disneylândia existem pássaros falsos que funcionam com motores elétricos que emitem grasnos e gritos quando você passa por eles. Suponhamos que...
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“PHOTOGRAPHY IS FOR JERKOFFS” →
Hilário. O texto original está aqui. Via kottke.org e avenues:
“1) Make sure you have a LOT OF FUCKING NATURAL LIGHT.
2) Make sure the natural light SOURCE is behind you
3) Make sure the flash on your camera is OFF. If you need a FLASH, it means you don’t have enough NATURAL LIGHT. (step 1)
4) Look through the viewfinder: Make sure that everything in your shot is symmetrical. If a tiny bit of...
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Assassinos de Stalin liquidaram Walter Benjamin? →
Uma outra teoria para a morte de Walter Benjamin circula desde 2001, mas eu não havia me deparado com ela até folhear um livro em que Slavoj Žižek comenta a hipótese. Ao invés do suicídio, Benjamin teria sido assassinado. Este é o artigo do The Observer que Žižek cita como referência.
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O melhor da Wikipedia
Tiberius Iulius Abdes Pantera, Zeno of Elea, Giampietro Campana, Count of St. Germain, Laplace’s demon, Theory of Everything, Loudness War, Homunculus, Logos, Irrumatio, Overton Window, Sokal Affair, Marsilio Ficino, Francis Bacon, Peter Principle.
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“Interpretação é a vingança do intelecto sobre a arte.”
– Susan Sontag
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O problema de Obama com os Clinton: desregulação... →
Instalado o clima de crise financeira, Obama bateu em seu oponente com duas mensagens. Primeiro, McCain votou a favor das políticas de desregulação. Segundo, Obama abraçou os antigos rivais Bill e Hillary Clinton para lembrar a todos da prosperidade dos anos 90. Agora o presidente eleito terá que enfrentar o paradoxo.
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Should we clone a Neanderchimp? →
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“Nonetheless, there is such a thing as too much critical distance, and the little...”
– Mark Dery, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Severed Head. (via cousas)
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Nau dos tolos: o declínio do Partido Republicano →
John Stuart Mill once dismissed the British Conservative Party as the stupid party. Today the Conservative Party is run by Oxford-educated high-fliers who have been busy reinventing conservatism for a new era. As Lexington sees it, the title of the “stupid party” now belongs to the Tories’ transatlantic cousins, the Republicans.
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Comissão rejeita emenda que reduzia carga... →
Do Josias de Souza: Quem sobreviveu aos debates, como o signatário do blog, ficou com a impressão de que, concluída a votação, produziu-se um monstrengo que, longe de reduzir, pode aumentar a carga de tributos.
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“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.”
– Robert A. Heinlein (via affremblequotes)
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“The Myth of Good Government” →
No country knows more about the failures of this type of central planning than China.
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Guerra Fria II →
Bush is handing Obama another volatile international crisis: Relations between the U.S. and Russia are at their chilliest in decades, and may have passed the point of no return.
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“Repensando Churchill” →
When, in a very few years, the pundits start to pontificate on the great question: “Who was the Man of the Century?” there is little doubt that they will reach virtually instant consensus. Inevitably, the answer will be: Winston Churchill. Indeed, Professor Harry Jaffa has already informed us that Churchill was not only the Man of the Twentieth Century, but the Man of Many Centuries.
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Encontrada no México uma lagartixa de 23 milhões... →
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Novo trailer de Watchmen →
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Rússia está pronta para comprar a Islândia →
They suspected that Russia was acting to further its geopolitical interests in the region in the guise of a white knight. “All connections to Russia are political”.
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“When you have a wolf, they take over your life in... →
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“Crianças-bruxos” da Nigéria buscam refúgio →
Mary is a pretty five-year-old girl with big brown eyes and a father who kicked her out onto the streets in one of the most dangerous parts of the world. Her crime: the local priest had denounced her as a witch and blamed her “evil powers” for causing her mother’s death. (via cousas, blogauti)
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