Crises of Capitalism… Animated!
August 26, 2010 | by Dylan | Comment
I love the title of this. you could put ‘Animated’ after anything and make it sound fun. David Harvey carefully suggests that it may be time to look beyond capitalism and The RSA does a magnificent job of making it playful and digestible.
If a Marxist perspective makes you squeamish then you may want to divert your ears and eyes. But hey, remember, being educated and using your brain to discern good ideas from bad ones is what makes you a good human… and plus, it’s Animated!
Tags: 21st century enlightenment > capitalism > david harvey > marx > the rsa
Bombs Away
April 30, 2010 | by Maxwell | Comment
“Here lies the present paradox: work has totally triumphed over all other ways of existing, at the same time as workers have become superfluous. Gains in productivity, outsourcing, mechanization, automated and digital production have so progressed that they have almost reduced to zero the quantity of living labor necessary in the manufacture of any product. We are living the paradox of a society of workers without work, where entertainment, consumption and leisure only underscore the lack from which they are supposed to distract us.”
This is a Test
February 20, 2010 | by Keegan | Comment
This video is far too appropriate. Need I say more? via Mr. Gareth
Tags: Bombs Aren't Cool > Hip Hop > KK Rockwell > Li'l Rodney C > old school
Bombs Away: Why Extinction is OK :)
January 23, 2010 | by Maxwell | Comment
We, like the majestic dinosaurs of past prehistoric eras, share commonalities that most time go unnoticed. Our species will invariably fail. This disturbing truth is not so disturbing if one considers history. Extinction is natural. Virtually none of the species that existed during the Cretaceous period are active today. Put simply, their evolutionary development was retarded by competition from other species or, in our case, a lack of foresight. We cannot see our imminent demise in the future simply because our collective consciousness hasn’t evolved. We continue to exist happily in a state of mental lethargy.
Humans have eaten more grass than any other animal, ever. Our population is exploding while other less dominant species can’t find any grass to eat. Soon we (humans) wont have any grass to eat either. This is why you should not take more than you need.
“Once organisms get really good at sex, once they evolve the plumbing and passion for it, there gets to be a danger: so many competent DNA-exchanging beings may be born that they will improvidently gobble up all the food or nutrients or prey, and then almost everyone, including their close relatives, will die. This must have occurred innumerable times in the history of life.” – Carl Sagan
Bombs Away
January 10, 2010 | by Keegan | Comment
“The world would not be moving so fast if it didn’t have to constantly outrun its own collapse.”
- The Invisible Committee