28 Sep 06
Originally posted by PalynkaIts a bit like the babel fish though, who become responsible for many and bloodier war because without a restriction on the flow of information between groups, those who may be predisposed to war are often given 'proof' of their disenchantment.
One of the best presentations of development data I've ever seen.
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=hans_rosling&flashEnabled=1
How long would you have to look at the logrithmic scale on the wealth comparison chart to realise that even though the wealth peak is moving towards a bell curve distribution, you are still talking bout 20% having 74% of the wealth. And even if you explode the individual clusters, the means do provide a reality check on world scale inequity. As more information flows, will people be impressed with hope to find more satisfying solutions, or will they be depressed into being resigned to see that for many any notion of wealth will always be a distant unreachable dream.
28 Sep 06
Originally posted by kmax87I don't get your first sentence. What non-biblical war between groups are you talking about?
Its a bit like the babel fish though, who become responsible for many and bloodier war because without a restriction on the flow of information between groups, those who may be predisposed to war are often given 'proof' of their disenchantment.
How long would you have to look at the logrithmic scale on the wealth comparison chart to realise that even thoug ...[text shortened]... resigned to see that for many any notion of wealth will always be a distant unreachable dream.
One of the problems of development is the search for magical formulas applied to whole regions (South East Asia, Subsaharian Africa, Middle East) and that not only ignore the diversity within those groups, they stink of paternalism and arrogance.
28 Sep 06
Originally posted by PalynkaBabelfish are a neat little interpreter fish that you slip into your ear. Its a creature in the series the Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe and the comment I made about 'many and bloodier a war' was a wry comment made in the book about the effects of having everyones thoughts freely accessible to everyone else.
I don't get your first sentence. What non-biblical war between groups are you talking about?
One of the problems of development is the search for magical formulas applied to whole regions (South East Asia, Subsaharian Africa, Middle East) and that not only ignore the diversity within those groups, they stink of paternalism and arrogance.
29 Sep 06
Originally posted by kmax87Try Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; an interesting discussion follows the introduction of the babelfish about the non existence of God. An interesting aside at the creation/evolution debate. One of those books that if it tickles your funny bone you won't put it down and people will hear you break out uproariously for no apparent reason, while you read it.
Babelfish are a neat little interpreter fish that you slip into your ear. Its a creature in the series the Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe and the comment I made about 'many and bloodier a war' was a wry comment made in the book about the effects of having everyones thoughts freely accessible to everyone else.