Metaphors at War in Cyberspace
Selil on the evolving cyber-literature: "Whether we are part of the military, intelligence, corporate, counter culture, or civilian communities we bring a certain set of expectations and thinking to the idea of cyber warfare. Unfortunately those...

90-9-1
How users participate in social communities: The 90-9-1 Principle is an often discussed concept that has been used in countless conversations about online communities and social strategy. Until now, there hasn't been a single collection of...

Object Oriented Aesthetics?
I delivered my paper critiquing Graham Harman at the SLSA conference the other day. But here I want to address one of the ways in which I have been stimulated by Harman’s ideas.In one of his recent posts, Harman usefully critiques the correlationist...

The Most Beautiful Women 2: The Beautiful Women of Eastwick
Moving into the most beautiful women of the new TV season, the first stop has to be ABC's Eastwick.The series is based on the 1984 novel by John Updike and of course the 1987 film adaptation of the novel that starred Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan...

Claude Lévi-Strauss obituary | Science | The Guardian
Claude Lévi-Strauss obituaryFrench anthropologist whose analysis of kinship and myth gave rise to structuralism as an intellectual force

Einstein's 'Spooky Physics' Gets More Entangled | LiveScience
Quantum entanglement is just spooky — even Einstein thought so. As if particles (as in particle physics) have telepathic empathy. (weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force)

The Fun Theory
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely differThis site is dedicated to the thought that...