September 9, 2007
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Leveraging laziness
In his latest post, Stephen Lewis vists the subject of Labor Day by revisiting the work of Paul Lafargue: The real enemy of all mankind, according to Lafargue, is its own senseless compulsion to produce, the self-destructive compulsion to work. Forget about fighting for the right to work, Lafargue argues, one should struggle for the… Continue reading
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Power to the person
David Weinberger is having second thoughts about agreeing with my first thoughts about Facebook’s recent decisions about minimally exposing member profiles to search engines (or whatever it is they’re doing). Specifically, Having read and thought more, I find myself agreeing more with Gene and less with myself. I also like Larry Borsato’s post. I agree… Continue reading
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Citizen journal breaks a heroic story
A Chicago Tribune story begins, A car that got stuck on tracks in north suburban Glenview was hit by two Amtrak trains Saturday night, but no injuries were reported, authorities said. It ends, Glenview police were at the scene investigating, and details about the car and driver were not available, an officer said. But there… Continue reading