online archive
9:00AM
MAY 9 2008
Fairness, idealism and other atrocities
From Mute, an essay on the immaterial aristocracy of the Internet: A historical account of the all-too-human actors vying for power over the net. From Ctheory, an article on watching the Posthuman Bildungsroman. They're global citizens, they're hugely rich, and they pull the strings: Call them the superclass. In an extract from his book Global Movement, Magnus Wennerhag outlines how the global justice movement differs from the '68 protests: it is more political and aimed at international institutions and a globalized democracy. Marriage, passion, and the individual: An excerpt from Elizabeth Fox-Genovese's Marriage: The Dream That Refuses To Die (and more). You are not your bookcase: Online profiles and painfully constructed "faves lists" have turned us into a bunch of unwitting snobs. The Original Black Man's Guide to the Press: Ten easy rules for spinning the white man's media. Do "local currencies" really help the communities that use them? An excerpt from Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition by Robert Pogue Harrison. More and more on Castles, Battles, and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History by Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll. PJ O'Rourke on fairness, idealism and other atrocities: Commencement advice you're unlikely to hear elsewhere. An excerpt from The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty by Laura K. Donohue.
