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Entries from March 2008

open to (new) experiences

March 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Clustering of like-minded individuals is not a new idea, but new research based on the mapping of personality types reveals one very interesting trend about the group called “Open To Experience People”: they are far more distributed than any of the other groups.

In his post The Personality Map, Richard Florida presents these [...]

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Tags: City · Cosmopolitan · Global Citizen · Immigration

capitalism gone wrong

March 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The latest book from Benjamin R. Barber, “Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Shallow Citizens Whole” presents a timely critic to capitalism, not as an economic theory, but as a flag to incite mass consumption where there are no real needs. Barber explains about capitalism:
…in the beginning of capitalism — in [...]

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Tags: Blogs · Corporations

the story of stuff

March 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The greatest documentary I’ve seen since “The Corporation” is delivered by Annie Leonard, an expert in sustainability, in a video.
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, [...]

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Tags: Corporations · Globalization · Statistics · Workers

city boundaries and sprawl

March 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Mexico City is such a big city that most inhabitants would have problems defining its boundaries. Most people could probably name 2 or 3 access routes, but defining its boundaries is an exercise better left to city planners. A couple of months ago, I had the opportunity to transit through a new highway [...]

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Tags: City