:: Douglas Rushkoff – Weblog :::
Faith = Illness. Why I’ve had it with religious tolerance.
4/30/2006 12:48:00 PM | Link

So what’s a nice Jewish boy like me writing such a seemingly sacreligious comic book for Vertigo? My last column in Arthur magazine may cast some light on this issue.Okay, so let’s get into this God game. I think it’s time to get serious about the role God plays in human affairs, and evaluate whether it’s appropriate to let everyone in on the bad news: God doesn’t exist, never did, and the closest thing we’ll ever see to God will emerge from our own collective efforts at making meaning. Maybe I’m just getting old, but I no longer see the real value in being tolerant of other people’s beliefs. Sure, when beliefs are relegated to the realm of pure entertainment, they pose no real danger. So, a kid believes U2 is really a supergroup on par with The Beatles or The Who. That’s *his* problem, and it doesn’t really do a lot of harm to anyone except those of us who still stop by MTV occasionally to see what might be playing.

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This is worth a read.

FrederickLane.com — 2006-04-26 Lost in MySpace:
The 2006 Hawley Foundation Lecture

Lost in MySpace:Social Networking, Student Privacy,and Self-Protection

Frederick Lane
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this looks like an interesting talk.

FOCUS ON SPY-CAM LANDLORDS By LEONARD GREENE – New York Post Online Edition: news:
y 1, 2006 –
Landlords are resorting to a new weapon in their war with tenants over rent stabilization – hidden cameras trained on an occupant’s door “The whole building is paranoid now,” said Bryan Lurie, who last week found a camera hidden inside an electrical box outside his $360-a-month West Village studio apartment. “My friends told me I should have my apartment swept for bugs.”
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the growth of surveillance culture is amazing. sure the landlord owns the building, but… does he have a right to look into your abode with a spycam?

BOYHOOD STUDIES – Encyclopaideia:
A Working Index of Male Initiation/Passage Rituals

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and you thought boys had it simple…..