Archive for January, 2011

despre prostie

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

A doua emisiune pe tvri cu Pleșu și Liiceanu. Subiectu’ fiind prostia, sau definiția ei, sau a împrejurului ei. Actorii propun că se poate vorbi mai degrabă de simptome ale prostiei: solemnitate, hărnicie oarbă, inflexibilitate, încremenire în proiect. Subscriu fără rezerve la solemnitate și hărnicia oarbă ca semne ale prostiei (individuale). Cât despre inflexibilitate, rezerva [...]

the meaning of philanthropy

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

There’s a billionaire. And he’s a philantropist. His name is Soros. He talks at Davos about solutions for the humankind, he actually wrote some books about the structural crisis of capitalism. But guess what, his books still have a price, the billionaire philantropist can’t afford to publish them online for free. If you wanna find [...]

wherever you go, there you are

Friday, January 28th, 2011

One of the few films worth watching, Zeitgeist: Moving forward, has just been released. Actually it’s the best film ever. Um, in fact it’s the best way of spending one’s next two hours of lifetime in these ages. It should be included in the mandatory education program in schools. Better yet, it should run non-stop [...]