Will Hutton ran an interesting article in the Guardian recently in which he discusses US economist Tyler Cowen’s book (which I’ll have to get my mits on) ‘The Great Stagnation‘. The thesis of the book isn’t difficult to summarize: I grew up in the 1960s and have experienced no such parallel transformations. Certainly, over the [...]
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The End of Progress
Posted in Philosophy, tagged critics of progress, death of progress, death of science, end of progress, end of science, fall of civilisation, stagnant civilisation on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Deleuzian Philosophy of Julian Assange
Posted in Philosophy, tagged anti-oedipus, anti-oedipus and assange, anti-oedipus and wikileaks, assange, assange and deleuze, assange's philosophy, deleuze, deleuze and guatarri, deleuze and wikileaks, julian assange, julian assange philosophy, julian assange's philosophy, wikileaks philosophy on December 19, 2010 | 35 Comments »
Well, I don’t know about you – but I’m getting really sick of the circus that is taking place around Assange. Even the more serious publications are taking interest in what is clearly a farce. What’s more, I’m now seeing typically affected quotes from that washed-up old pseudo-intellectual fart Hitchens turning up in the various [...]
Science and Libel
Posted in Philosophy, tagged academic libel, peer journal libel, peer reviewed libel, science and libel, science libel, scientist libel on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In certain courtrooms across the world a storm is brewing – one that could blow us all back to the dark ages. Every journalist knows how rotten and irritating libel laws are. No, I don’t mean the ones that prevent you from insinuating that Father Jim the Sex-offender is at it again – these are [...]
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