http://gadgit.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 22 May 2008 16:25:25 +0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/oh-this-was-so-interesting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/oh-this-was-so-interesting.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/oh-this-was-so-interesting.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 22 May 2008 16:25:25 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/link/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00fae8bbb032000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00fae8bbb032000b-50si" alt="BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Dalai Lama sees change in China" /></a> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/link/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00fad68a33d30004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00fad68a33d30004-50si" alt="BBC NEWS | UK | Tibet and China: 7 questions" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "Tibet's spiritual leader said he wanted a "middle way" of autonomy, despite calls for independence among Tibetans." I get the distinct impression that this bloke is some sort of a bourgeois humanitarian. The 'middle way' which he speak... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/oh-this-was-so-interesting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00fa9677c0d20003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> china news http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/parents-blamed-over-gang-culture.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/parents-blamed-over-gang-culture.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/parents-blamed-over-gang-culture.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 May 2008 19:05:13 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://according2ed.vox.com/library/link/6a00d4142545853c7f00e398f842de0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4142545853c7f00e398f842de0005-50si" alt="Parents blamed over gang culture" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Interesting isn't it. Whenever something goes right, everyone takes the credit. Whenever something goes wrong, discredit and culpability is localised (or 'microcosmicised'). “Det Supt Matthew Horne said some were only 13 when the crimes to... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/parents-blamed-over-gang-culture.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00f48d15a7260001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/from-state-capitalism-to-neoliberalism.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/from-state-capitalism-to-neoliberalism.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/from-state-capitalism-to-neoliberalism.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:37:12 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/link/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398dbd8da0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398dbd8da0005-50si" alt="From state capitalism to neoliberalism" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/from-state-capitalism-to-neoliberalism.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398dbd8910003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/and-the-winner-for-the-best-platform-for-terrorism-goes-to.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/and-the-winner-for-the-best-platform-for-terrorism-goes-to.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/and-the-winner-for-the-best-platform-for-terrorism-goes-to.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:54:16 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/link/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398d31fc50002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398d31fc50002-50si" alt="Is Europe becoming a platform for terrorists?" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> No. 'Global Apathy', 'Self-absorption', 'Americocentrism', and 'Ignorance', and the division of humanity via 'nation-states', is. The above question by the BBC is just another instance of the microcosmicised and self-absorbed mindset that i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/and-the-winner-for-the-best-platform-for-terrorism-goes-to.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398d31fef0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> news america http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/pope-on-football.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/pope-on-football.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/pope-on-football.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:31:57 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/link/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398d0d5d10005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398d0d5d10005-50si" alt="Pope backs football life lessons - bbc" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> “Pope Benedict XVI says football has a crucial role to play in teaching young people the important lessons of life - honesty, solidarity and fraternity.” But the Pope seemed to have forgotten to mention the ‘important lessons’ football gives... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/pope-on-football.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398d0bd900001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/generosity-may-be-in-the-genes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/generosity-may-be-in-the-genes.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/generosity-may-be-in-the-genes.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:46:00 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/link/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c611710004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c611710004-50si" alt="Generosity &#39;may be in the genes&#39; - bbc" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Firstly, as I have already mentioned in other essays, such studies basically serve to take self-control away from humans as opposed to impressing upon them the need to be altruistic instead of being opportunistic and self-absorbed if they are n... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/generosity-may-be-in-the-genes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c621220003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> society http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/on-voxs-qotds.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/on-voxs-qotds.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/on-voxs-qotds.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:13:35 +0800 “What's your favorite carol or holiday song?” “What is the best present you have ever given?” “Write your own Wikipedia entry for yourself (or share the link if you already have one).” “What's your favorite kind of homemade cookie? Share the r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/on-voxs-qotds.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c54c580005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> blogging america http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/the-royal-ideal.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/the-royal-ideal.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/the-royal-ideal.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:32:41 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/link/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c4cadf0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c4cadf0001-50si" alt="Thailand&#39;s revered king" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> There’s something seriously wrong with these people who worship, wave hankies, get teary-eyed and curtsy in the face of ‘royalty’ – same thing applies to that strange breed of humans called ‘fans’ who make millionaires out of people for kickin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/the-royal-ideal.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c4cbcf0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> celebrities society http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/how-the-super-rich-just-get-richer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/how-the-super-rich-just-get-richer.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/how-the-super-rich-just-get-richer.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:39:09 +0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/link/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c2ac610004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c2ac610004-50si" alt="How the super-rich just get richer" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I'll put it plainly. The 'super-rich just get richer' by ensuring, with the aid of other organs of the elite, the pervasiveness of perspectival idiocy and gross ignorance amongst the non-rich and super-rich caste. ‘Wealthy’ and ‘Super-ric... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/how-the-super-rich-just-get-richer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398c2ac620004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> celebrities society http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/burma---sympathy-for-the-devil.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ed-infinitum) http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/burma---sympathy-for-the-devil.html?_c=feed-rss http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/burma---sympathy-for-the-devil.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:22:35 +0800 The loss of life, the loss of freedom, the loss of democracy, the arrest and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi amongst others…...are not enough for a self-absorbed people to fight for change. If it is only economic hardship or necessity affecting i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://gadgit.vox.com/library/post/burma---sympathy-for-the-devil.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e54f5b8be2b00e398bd44820001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics society