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“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.”
Whiskey is the drink… the Taliban is pissed off about it and so are the police… but hey, Scotch is a good drink and its a lucrative business for 1920′s prohibition-style bootleggers in Pakistan. I wonder if there are any Pakistani speakeasys? read more about “Bootlegging, Pakistan-Style” here.
Yeah well they have a pretty cool new ad I thought I should share. The stop-motion-paper-cut-out thing is really blowing up right now but I think The Vancouver YMCA did a good job with it. It’s inspiring, just depressing enough to make you feel something & the colors are nice. Oh and yeah, where did community go?
We really believe there should be more CS-inspired art in this world, here’s a few good ones. If you know of any Carl-Art collecting dust some where we would love to see them… I’m dead serious. Hopefully, TMY’s private Sagan collection will be showing in a city near you.
“Oh, I think one decent person with enough commitment, and enough integrity, and enough concern for their neighbors can turn the world upside down.”
Mitch Snyder, founder of the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV), A D.C. homeless shelter that happens to be the largest in the United States, starved himself for 51 days in Lafayette Park (across the street from the White House) – forcing R. Reagan to allocate funds for the renovation of his decrepit building.
Watch ‘Promises To Keep‘, a documentary chronicling the formation of the CCNV.
1961 Playboy photo from left to right – George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom (not really a charrette but certainly a “group of designers”)
“The word charrette may refer to any collaborative session in which a group of designers drafts a solution to a design problem. While the structure of a charrette varies, depending on the design problem and the individuals in the group, charrettes often take place in multiple sessions in which the group divides into sub-groups. Each sub-group then presents its work to the full group as material for future dialogue. Such charrettes serve as a way of quickly generating a design solution while integrating the aptitudes and interests of a diverse group of people.” – WikiPedia
No, not another city-wide coup de main like in New Orleans, but a film this time! Could the identity of the mysterious Banksy be revealed? Keep your eyes open, you wouldn’t want to miss this.
I don’t usually post TED talks but this is a good one and it’s only 3 minutes long. Derek Sivers breaks down the anatomy of a social movement… just watch it you’ll like it.
