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‘information society’ — dependent upon understanding of sci/tech interdepence/definition?
In their article ‘The Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts: Or How the Sociology of Science and Technology Might Benefit Each Other’, Pinch and Bijker highlight the problematic nature of the description of the Science-Technology relationship, especially those descriptions which are a priori. They denigrate the common statement that science is about the ‘discovery of [...]
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remember remember the fifth of September?
Can anyone identify this monument? I wonder why not. (If you can, you are admirable, and somehow well taught in this regard. I couldn’t have identified it.) For a bit of a lesson (I read it this morning, but I know I read it in Zinn at one point as well), follow follow follow follow. [...]
final post #4010 #911 #hamlet #grief #antigone #enlightenment
The following was written by Thomas de Constantius, who is perhaps the last man in the world to sound the alarm. It is merely a dance attempt, and a quick one at that. This little girl was up on the fire escape somewhere around 10th street I think on Broadway. She had a conch shell, [...]
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groundhog gyges
A Ramis/Murray take on the Ring of Gyges: groundhog-gyges.avi Currently reading the Republic again. In Groundhog Day, Phil’s Ring is one of daily reincarnation. However, this wouldn’t be a Gyges Ring if he had to drink from Lethe each time. In this way he is like Er. LUCKILY, he keeps his memories between cycles, and [...]
Also posted in 4078, Education, film, Uncategorized Tagged afterlife, bill-murray, education, er, gyges, justice, republic, whatersaid 1 Comment
#metropolis, #benjamin, #daedalus, #goebbels
(If you are reading this through a feed, such as in the Columbia EdBlog site, you may not have full video functionality. I recommend viewing at the home site, perelandran.org/wordpress. Also, if you are planning on reading the entire essay, you may wish to begin a download of the main video now, as it is [...]
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