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Paul Krugman asks: “Could it be that traditional families aren’t as crucial to social cohesion as advertised?”
His conclusions are insightful, but I feel they are not exactly on the money. He concedes that social […]

Yesterday, two of my friends (on 2 different online communities) shared quotes. I wrote a blog post about one — but I am rather uncertain about whether I was able to get my point across coherently or not: How to […]

Celebrate yourself!
That sounds simple enough doesn’t it? Sure does — but then why don’t more people do that? My hunch is that they simply haven’t learned how to do it.
Let me give an example:

Many people […]

The first question that needs to be answered about socialisation is: What kind of society do we want?
The social order of most democratic societies today is governed by a constitution and written laws. In most […]

Mainstream media has traditionally been closely linked to “paid media” (advertising), because of the long-standing tradition of bifurcation in these traditional media channels — namely that “free content” is […]

The Mainstream Media Industrial Complex

The Times, They Are A’ Changin’ (feat. The Chieftains, Toumani Diabete, & Lisa Hannigan)

My friend Lars posted today about something a guy named Evgeny wrote about strolling — in other words: browsing — the web… and in particular, Lars said to Evgeny:

I disagree, profoundly.

Personally, I do not […]

That’s quite a mouthful. Of course such a declaration of independence speaks to the (United States) American mentality — but I think such a “cocky” attitude does not go over quite as well worldwide.
Nonetheless, […]

It’s the perfect metaphor for what I love about Silicon Valley. It’s not just individual hot startups of-the-moment; it’s that unique startup ecosystem that continually shoots up new companies no matter how frothy […]

The website is being called “Dialog über Deutschland” — and apparently it is severely understaffed. Suggestions are either not being posted at all or not until long after being submitted. It almost seems as if […]

Der Frauenhof in Frankfurt-Niederrad ist eins der wenigen erhaltenen Barock-Gebäuden im Raum Frankfurt:

Immobilien Nominations Post Forum

Native speakers of English probably speak several thousand words productively / actively (so-called “speaking” vocabulary).
I wish to investigate something else: How many words do non-native speakers of English […]

Either you’re with us or you’re against us

This is an Anonymous message from the Global revolution to politicians dictators and plutocrats all over the planet. Surprised by the global disobedience? Let us explain […]

Who cares about Google? Only morons and noobs still believe in that crap.
For those of you who still aren’t clued in: Google = 99 + 44/100% SPAM!

Song Nominations Post Forum

Edelman has published a their annual “Edelman Trust Barometer” report (for a quick summary, see also the FIR coverage [near the end of the podcast]) — and this year, they have noted that — amid a loss of trust […]