December 2008
24 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Radiohead (33)
Kings of Leon (23)
Helms (18)
The Chemical Brothers (16)
Deerhunter (16)
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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
me: should I bring you anything from london?
aditi: oh thats sweet bt im set,...
– via text
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.
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...
Ender’s Battleroom not that far away?
If social scientists forgot their obsession with grand theory, and looked...
– Elster (1988); The Cement of Society: Collective Action and Social Norms
Elite Participationists prefer that few others cooperate. Their desire is to be...
– Elster (1988); The Cement of Society: Collecctive Action and Social Norms
Oh Jj
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)
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Black Swan and Capitalism II?
the future looks bleak indeed
“some boys might get a girl to like them at the start of recess, and at the end the girl dumps them.”
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...
At the present time, the social sciences cannot aspire to be more than social...
– Jon Elster The Cement of Society 1989
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Burial (33)
Thee More Shallows (12)
Bonobo (11)
Plat (10)
Faithless (8)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
Evol Intent
DJ Tiësto
Emilie Simon
Tristeza
Emancipator
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