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Some critical theory, some public discourse, and some general nerdiness.
 
 
   
 
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
 
Foucault described discipline within the enclosures of school, prison, and the factory as the distribution in space and the ordering in time. The transition into Deleuze can be seen within the film terms of movement-image and time-image as well as the idea that control goes beyond these enclosures and always exists as modulations within the overall society.

Sunday, July 22, 2007
 
The origins of President Bush's ideology was shaped by the discontent he had during the 1960's as a college student. He mistook the progressive ideals of the counterculture on the college campuses for an elitism and self-indulgence that he was personally offended by. He then took that mistaken appearance and coupled that with the inherent conservative opposition to the 1960's in order to win the presidency backed by neoconservative thought that shaped his policies.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
 
The increasing ability of the Internet to record its own contents requires a centralized collection of servers in order to increase the storage capacity of search engines and other sites. This is a trend away from the decentralized way computers are connected as the Internet.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007
 
The development toward posthumanity is based on the gradual process where subjective being is treated as objects in reality. There is a reduction to biological systems and genetics that determine humans rather than free will. Therefore, the main form of relationships between humans as objects is that of discipline and the regulation of life rather than society.

Sunday, July 01, 2007
 
Here is an interesting early film made by Jim Henson that has a more adult subject matter. Coupled with the Muppets, The Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock, and other projects it shows the wide range of imagination and creativity that Henson had.

 

 
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