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Mickey Z
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the Department of Homeland Security.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
This does not compute
Jerry Mander sez: “Computers, like television, are far more valuable and helpful to the military, to multinational corporations, to international banking, to governments, and to institutions of surveillance and control—all of whom use this technology on a scale and with a speed that are beyond our imaginings—than they ever will be to you and me.
“Computers have made it possible to instantaneously move staggering amounts of capital, information, and equipment throughout the world, giving unprecedented power to the largest institutions on earth. In fact, computers make these institutions possible. Meanwhile, we use our personal computers to edit our copy and hook into our information networks—and believe that makes us more powerful.
“Even environmentalists have contributed to the problem by failing to effectively criticize technical evolution despite its obvious, growing, and inherent bias against nature. I fear the ultimate direction of technology will become vividly clear to us only after we have popped out of the ‘information age’—which does have a kind of benevolent ring—and realize what is at stake in the last two big ‘wilderness intervention’ battlegrounds: space and the genetic structures of living creatures. From there, advocates don’t even pretend to care about the natural world. They think it’s silly and out of date.”
This quote—from 1991—is excerpted from In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations, which I am currently reading.
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Astoria celebrates Italy’s victory:
(More images tomorrow)
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Finally, by special request I’m posting an article I once wrote for a fitness mag. Click on “more” to see “The Fit Parade Top 40.” Sure, it’s a few years old and it’s written in “magazine style,” but it’s a start. If anyone has questions, let ‘em roll…
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