FREAKONOMICS Ripley, Amanda (2005) Unconventional wisdom, TIME, 5/2. 71 In Steven Leavitt’s new book FREAKONOMICS, he looks at some uncommon examples of what appears to work, but does not reward. WHY DO DRUG DEALERS STILL LIVE WITH THEIR MOMS? Drug … Continue reading →
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH/ A REVIEW The story line is one of a high school in the early 80’s. This reviewer’s interest is the character so wonderfully played by JENNIFER JASON LEIGH. She is a sophomore and a virgin. … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →MACRO –SYMBOLIC INTERACTION 2.0 / WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS/ COMMON KNOWLEDGE Abstract/ Common knowledge strongly suggests that everyone probably knows that everyone knows through shared interaction. The interaction due to technology allows the individual to be almost anywhere … Continue reading →
AMERICA: THE CONSEVATIVE FORTRESS Starr, Alexandra (2004) “America’s Right Turn” BUSINESS WEEK, June 7, p.26-27. Review of Mikelwait and Adrian Wooldridge (2004) THE RIGHT NATION: Conservative Power in America, (New York; Penguin Press) 450 pages. If you want to know … Continue reading →
BLOSSUM WORLD/ SMILEY SMILE/ BEACH BOYS 56THST.COM GOD/////////// OUR PRAYER MEANT FOR YOU GOD ONLY KNOWS ALL THIS IS THAT JOURNEY INWARD/////// IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I WENT TO SLEEP AND YOUR DREAM COMES TRUE THE DREAM///////// GOOD … Continue reading →
ALIENS AND US There may come a day when we meet Aliens. There have been movies that fictionalized this happening. So what might happen? Some very important humans meet the Aliens. So let’s develop some scenarios. They are friendly and … Continue reading →
END OF LOYALTY: A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT ABSTRACT: THREE PHENOMENON MAY IMPACT THE FUTURE. THEY ARE GLOBALIZATION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND AUTHORITARIANISM BASIC TERMS: Globalization means capital can move almost anywhere and labor can not move. Artificial Intelligence indicates that technology can … Continue reading →
STORMY MCDONALD MYSTERY/ HE DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE PLEASE TELL WIKIPEDIA/THEY HAVE THE STORY WRONG. Stormy McDonald died probably of a homicide on February 3, 1965. For the entire month of February in Tucson, Arizona, the big story was how … Continue reading →
Is this Nebraska football team finally different? Story by TJ Birkel • 5h • 3 min readIs this Nebraska football team finally different? Story by TJ Birkel • 5h • 3 min readIs this Nebraska football team finally different? Story … Continue reading →