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Entries from April 2008

local nomads

April 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The special report “Nomads at last” in the April 12th issue of The Economist comes with a series of articles about how mobile technology is changing the fundamental fabric of today’s society, ranging from work attitudes to the effects it may have on language evolution. Altogether a collection worth reading.
About a year ago, [...]

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Tags: City

the whole world is going oriental

April 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Listening to Duke Ellington quote Marshall McLuhan, making the incredibly deep thinking of the cultural philosopher accessible to his audience is priceless. In “the whole world is going oriental” the Duke found inspiration to create some of the most advanced jazz fusion of the 60’s by unifying themes from around the world without concern [...]

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Tags: Immigration