December 2010
4 posts
“It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our...”
– Robert Fulghum
“And now I want to tell you about my late Uncle Alex. He was my father’s kid...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
Assange on the "why" of leaking secrets
“You may want to read The Road to Hanoi or Conspiracy as Governance ; an obscure motivational document, almost useless in light of its decontextualization and perhaps even then. But if you read this latter document while thinking about how different structures of power are differentially affected by leaks (the defection of the inner to the outer) its motivations may become clearer.
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Interview: Michel Houellebecq →
Some views expressed by his main character [..] led to charges of misogyny and racism, which Houellebecq has yet to live down, to his evident dismay. “How do you have the nerve to write some of the things you do?” I asked him. “Oh, it’s easy. I just pretend that I’m already dead.”