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About Me (revised)

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Where my head’s at…
Just as a sort of semi-personal update, here’s the stuff I’m upto and into at the moment; The Essential Chomsky Spotify playlists – latest here Chaos theory Krugman’s Effective Frequency Applying critical theory and literary analogies from the 19th century to soci

Politics and the Internet
Politics is a sticky issue for me. I have massive left/right internal conflicts, but tend to take a libertarian view of the world. Sometimes borderline anarchistic, but not in a bad way, in the best way. I feel like I had to explain my stance before I begin to write what I’m about to write… Is the internet a good vehicle for democracy and ‘the voice of the people’? I don’t think so. Before you scroll straight to the comment box, let me explain. By opening up politics, you’ll bring in too many voices. Everyone’s opinion is slightly different, and trying to reach a common goal will still leave each voice slightly disapp

Krugman’s effective frequency
Beware, I’ve been reading. Not just normal reading either, potentially insightful reading. I’ve been reading all about Herbert Krugman. Now, here’s a quick Herbert Krugman lesson… Herbert Krugman was born sometime this decade, not sure when as he seems to be a bit like Lord Lucan. Could you fix it for me Jim, for Herb to find me and let me interview him a bit? He worked at General Electric in the 60’s and while he was there, he had a few thoughts about how television advertising affects the decision making process. More s

Fin de siècle and the Internet
Bit obscure, but stay with me. I studied English Literature at university and read a module called Fin de siècle, which was basically a group of books about both French and English society with a bit of philosophy thrown in for good measure. That’s probably the worst spark notes edition of Fin de siècle literature ever. Oh well. So, pulling back onto the tracks briefly, when I read these texts I was pretty blown away. Then when I got a bit geeky and started using the internet (surprisingly, I didn’t get geeky until about 18 months ago – I know, hard to believe) I realised that there were

Why real life matters
“As we leave behind the 20th century, it is almost as if we have come full circle back to the village where everyone potentially knows your business” Zetnep Tufekci, Wired Nov 09, P.113. This is true. And you know what is also true? The internet wont change our lives, it will add to our lives. It will contribute value, it will stick on, it will plaster over queasy relationships and it will make us all more knowledgeable, more aware, more… socially intelligent. I recently turned off push updates from Foursquare, mainly because Mich