December 2008
24 posts
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Dec 31st
Dec 31st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Radiohead (33)  Kings of Leon (23)  Helms (18)  The Chemical Brothers (16)  Deerhunter (16)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 29th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Radiohead (33)  Kings of Leon (23)  The Chemical Brothers (16)  Deerhunter (16)  Helms (13)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 21st
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
“me: should I bring you anything from london? aditi: oh thats sweet bt im set,...”
– via text
Dec 20th
Dec 19th
“Only if the participants believe in the goal of the movement will they approach...”
– Elster (1988); The Cement of Society: Collective Action fucking obsession to algebrafy everything.
Dec 18th
“When all are motivated by relative levels of welfare, they end up being better...”
– sorry for so many Elster quotes. this makes my blood boil but i guess ill conceed. envy is an essential part of modern society, allowing for progression and keeping each other all in check. I guess its synonymous with competition, and why that is so part of modern culture. I still don’t like...
Dec 17th
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Ender’s Battleroom not that far away?
Dec 17th
“If social scientists forgot their obsession with grand theory, and looked...”
– Elster (1988); The Cement of Society: Collective Action and Social Norms
Dec 17th
“Elite Participationists prefer that few others cooperate. Their desire is to be...”
– Elster (1988); The Cement of Society: Collecctive Action and Social Norms
Dec 17th
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Oh Jj
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
The Notwist (20)  Kings of Leon (19)  The Appleseed Cast (13)  Blackfilm (10)  Telefon Tel Aviv (9)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 15th
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Black Swan and Capitalism II? the future looks bleak indeed
Dec 9th
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“some boys might get a girl to like them at the start of recess, and at the end the girl dumps them.”
Dec 9th
Public or Private?
Bad government intervention / decisions, often might just reflect the shortfalls of a working democracy and the mass people’s judgement. Bad private management reflects a failure in hierarchal management and a few highly educated people’s judgements. neither seems to be doing us any good. Maybe we have the wrong kind of masses or the wrong kind of top few people. the pendulum keeps...
Dec 8th
“At the present time, the social sciences cannot aspire to be more than social...”
– Jon Elster The Cement of Society 1989
Dec 8th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Burial (33)  Thee More Shallows (12)  Bonobo (11)  Plat (10)  Faithless (8)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 7th
Dec 7th
Dec 5th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
Evol Intent  DJ Tiësto  Emilie Simon  Tristeza  Emancipator  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 2nd