Monthly Archives: December 2006

New societies and old societies

TIME.com: Time’s Person of the Year: You — Dec. 25, 2006 — Page 1 America loves its solitary geniuses—its Einsteins, its Edisons, its Jobses—but those lonely dreamers may have to learn to play with others. Car companies are running open … Continue reading

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Free Market Doctrines: From analogy to ritual

A Renaissance of the Commons | Nick Lewis: The Blog Cultures, like people, can run out of ideas. They can exhaust themselves in the face of events and ideas they can no longer predict, explain or control. When they do, … Continue reading

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Left Behind Games: The moral frames of evangelical Christianity

Left Behind Games The storyline in the game begins just after the Rapture has occurred – when all adult Christians, all infants, and many children were instantly swept home to Heaven and off the Earth by God. The remaining population … Continue reading

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Framing the Civil War

On The Media: Transcript of “Paper Wait” (December 1, 2006) BROOKE GLADSTONE: So why not then stick to “sectarian violenceâ€?? What changed? BILL KELLER: You know, it’s kind of emerged as an issue, and then last Sunday we ran a … Continue reading

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Image schemas blends and new technologies

Column by PC Magazine: Our Modern World—Weirder by the Minute DIGITAL CAMERA ARM STRETCH. Okay, let’s get to the meat of this essay. Perhaps the weirdest societal change has to do with digital cameras and the practice of framing shots … Continue reading

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