ML's tumblelog

Sep 8

“Technologically advanced consumer capitalism provides satisfaction along two contradictory but complementary channels: it promises novelty in the short run and predictability in the long run. Children, on the other hand, impose a sometimes tedious uniformity on daily life but introduce flux and contingency over the years. While the market encourages us to construct new and variegated identities, home and family act as centripetal brakes, drawing us through repetition and mutual dependence back to the unitary self. Because the market and the family provide such different goods, parenting cannot be about creating a team of sophisticated, discriminating consumers.” Rediscovering the Happy Family | Culture11

Trentenaire, marié, 2 enfants : Scène de ménage

Carolyn Quartermaine

J’ai visité le musée de la toile de Jouy hier et suis tombée en arrêt devant une de ses oeuvres, dont je n’ai pas retrouvé la photo. Mais j’aime beaucoup celles-ci aussi.

“Imagine what would happen if GM and Ford collaborated to invest in the components and architecture of a better public transport network — and then licensed it for free to cities, states, and countries. Imagine what would happen if pharma players directly invested in better hospitals and clinics — instead of in trying to own the relationship with doctors, and furiously outspending one another when marketing blockbusters. Imagine what would happen if Wal-Mart invested in town squares and parks — instead of just in featureless warehouses draining what little vitality remains in already bleak exurbs. Imagine what would happen if P&G and Unilever invested in people’s opportunities for education, global mobility, and meaningful, authentic relationships with others — instead of just trying to control distribution channels, and then push-market more stuff to you.”

I love Umair because he inspires me to do better.

How to Chrome Your Industry - Umair Haque

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“The latest cheap manufacturing site for European companies is not in Asia or eastern Europe but the United States, say top executives from some of the continent’s biggest companies. “It may sound like a joke but it can be cheaper than you imagine to manufacture there,” the chairman of one of Germany’s largest automobile groups told the Financial Times.
The reason is less the level of the dollar, which remains relatively low in spite of the euro’s recent plunge, but rather the huge level of incentives some US states are offering companies to set up factories in their region.” FT.com / World - Manufacturers turn to US

Sep 7

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Emma Cassi - blog

“An e-mail that says “Sent from my BlackBerry” gives the impression that you’re on the move but still chained to work, e-mailing from the elevator. An e-mail that says “Sent from my iPhone” conjures an image of a doofus who wants you to know he has an iPhone.”

Which is better, the iPhone or the BlackBerry? - By Paul Boutin - Slate Magazine

This is article from last year but I thought it was funny. (via bijan)

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“it can be extremely hard to understand the phenomenon until you’ve experienced it. Merely looking at a stranger’s Twitter or Facebook feed isn’t interesting, because it seems like blather. Follow it for a day, though, and it begins to feel like a short story; follow it for a month, and it’s a novel.” I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You - Clive Thompson - NYTimes.com (via fred-wilson)

Pandas du WWF à Bordeaux

Sep 6

“In less than a week, [Sarah Palin] displaced Chuck Norris as the American right’s favorite kitschy action star” A Girl and a Gun | Culture11