Politics and Society
Containing posts discussing social issues and theory, political issues and theory, and the occasional affair with economics.
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The Farm Jews
A diasporic theology for North America. Continue reading
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The Heroics of “Back to the Future”
Pop culture analysis turns psychoanalytic. Continue reading
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The Image
I went to an amazing exhibit today. Public, Private, Secret at the International Center of Photography in the East Village. The exhibit consisted of a variety of visual media, mostly photo and video. A major theme was the refashioning of… Continue reading
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Letter to a Young Cooperator
Standing door duty at one of the breakout sessions at Personal Democracy Forum, a session titled “Labs for Social and Economic Empowerment”, I hear a familiar refrain: I’m a student, and very involved in my local cooperative movement. I wanted… Continue reading
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Some Trends Regarding Technology and Society
Some trends to think about: First, consider the shift from desktop and laptop computers towards mobile phones and tablets as most people’s primary source of computation, and their principal gateway to the internet. We interact with desktops via keyboard and mouse. A… Continue reading
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Robert and Amman
Robert: Good morning. Amman: Hello. Robert: Shall we begin? Amman: Yes. beat Robert: My people are worried, cousin. They sense that they are being misunderstood. Amman: I am aware. It is unfortunate, what happened last week. Robert: It was a murder.… Continue reading
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Two Kinds of Work
I was studying probability with Hannah, a classmate of mine, earlier tonight and our conversation found its way to the kinds of work we might want to seek out after we finish our program. We started talking and began exchanging… Continue reading
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The Purpose of New York
Everyone on the trains always look so sad… – Dianne Dianne is a particularly special friend of mine, from long ago and far away. She recently wrapped up her undergrad career at a particularly unfortunate safety school, and is in New… Continue reading
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