essence of memory
Some structural components of a theory of experience.
Jan 29
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» electric fields 2011
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Nov 19
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From Ossian Brown’s Haunted Air
» british talk
What the British say: “I hear what you say”
What the British mean: “I disagree and do not want to discuss it any further”
What is understood:”He accepts my point of view”
What the British say: “This is in no sense a rebuke”
What the British mean: “I am furious with you and letting you know it”
What is understood: “I am not cross with you”
What the British say: “With the greatest respect”
What the British mean: “I think you are wrong (or a fool)”
What is understood: “He is listening to me”
Oct 28
me too
Aug 19
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“Attempts to establish a definitive reason for what happened last week inevitably implode under the weight of their own dogma. With unrest sprawling over various nights in various cities with different targets and intensity, the situation is too complex for any one template.”
“When a group of people join forces to flout both law and social convention, they are acting politically. (The question, as yet unanswered, is to what purpose.)”
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“Cameron’s reference to “sick” parts of society has been confined to the rioting youths. Yet an atmosphere of impunity has been fostered from the top. Two weeks before the riots I signed up to a statement by the Compass pressure group calling for Britain’s “feral elite” – bankers, media phone hackers and MPs on the take – to be held to account. If any “clampdown” is to be carried out, it should not be confined to the so-called underclass.”
“As for blocking instant messaging and other forms of technology, I am told that when this was first raised at the Cobra emergency group, police chiefs, security officials and cabinet ministers made it clear this was unenforceable. Entire mobile networks would have to be taken down. William Hague, the foreign secretary, said this was the sort of the thing the government protested about when tried (unsuccessfully) by the Egyptian and Tunisian regimes. In situations such as these, the gulf between self-professed civil libertarians and authoritarians is narrowed.”
— John Kampfner in the Guardian
Jul 19
» picnic electronik
it be good
May 23
