History repeats itself yet again.

This is a great post comparing the internet and blogging to the time when pamphleteers’ were finding another way to get the message out, bypassing mass media and it’s controllers.
∞Fouroboros
In praise of the auto-didact
Thomas Paine.
In 1995, Wired’s Jon Katz wrote a very prescient article on the power and possibility of the Internet, and, [...]

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What in the world does Egoboo mean?

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Egoboo is a colloquial expression for the pleasure received from public recognition of voluntary work.
The term originated in science fiction fandom, originally simply used to describe the “ego boost” someone feels on seeing their name in print. As a reliable way [...]

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Five (5) lessons to make you think about the way we treat people.

1 – First Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady.
During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one:
“What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Surely this was some kind of joke. [...]

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