Tag: society
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Gang rapping: A "priviledge" of G20...
Another woman - this time a tourist from Switzerland - was raped in India. The woman was camping with her husband at a village in Datia district on Friday during a cycling trip when they were attacked by seven or eight men. The assailants overpowered the husband before gang-raping his wife. [1] You see, it…
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Mind washing on small children: The new hope...
You will be shocked at how much your child's education is directed... Take Japan for example. A country the citizens of which cannot quite understand why their neighbours hate them. A country which still wants nuclear energy, despite the fact that it is the only country which was hit by a nuclear bomb. The solution…
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Prudery: Can it be taught?
Iran news media, "dressed up" Michelle Obama in the Oscars ceremony. [1] Her dress was too much for them to show to their viewers. Without referring to the case of Michelle (I do not think her dress was all that provocative that such a move from the Iranian media was needed), these is a real…
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The German Who Didn't Give a Fuck
Ever thought of what might happen to you if you cross by a bunch of fans of Barcelona, while wearing a Real Madrid outfit? Our behaviour is almost constantly DEFINED by what the "others" do. This is how masses work. And if you are a clever individual who does not want to go with the…
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Hyperbolic discounting, extensive margin, rebalancing, New Thought. Or... how economic jargon reshapes Society
Competitiveness, debt hair cuts, rebalancing, debt ceiling, zombie banks, deleveraging, automatic stabalizers, extensive margin, hyperbolic discounting (1, 2), Oops (3), price caps, minimum wage... Economic jargon is something more than just a set of weird words used by weird economy people. They are a tool of re-defining society. As Orwell very intuitively put it in…
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