February 2012
26 posts
The Case for American Loneliness? One Solitary... →
infoneer-pulse:
Americans like to worry about being lonely. In 1950, David Riesman warned that Americans were so desperate to please and impress that they couldn’t really connect with others. In 2000, Robert Putnam fretted that Americans were isolated because they’d stopped joining clubs. Their books, The Lonely Crowd and Bowling Alone, were not only best sellers but sparked national...
Internet piracy suit asks: Can you even copyright... →
infoneer-pulse:
The porn industry says it loses billions of dollars a year to Internet piracy, and one of its prime tactics to recover some of that money is to send letters to alleged downloaders threatening to sue them, thereby exposing their identities — and browsing tastes — in public records.
Groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union say it’s...
January 2012
115 posts
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone...”
– Dr Seuss (via justbesplendid)
polystyreneboneka:
Army experience for girls: “Nehmind don’t know how to put on make up right. 1 min make up off. Now 3 mins make up on.” (repeat until satisfied)
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via youremysilverlining)
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in...”
– Emerson’s
ESSAY II Self-Reliance
(via what-is-this-i-dont-even)
