Without cutting across Doyle very correct points, below, about the
fantasy of the Matrix,
and without necessarily asking people to see it my way, I am still
suggesting that there is a matrix (small M) of human communication,
which is getting stronger with globalisation and with advances in
finance
Exactly, Patrick! Now, what about the ILO being headed up by someone from
Coca-Cola or Walmart? Not quite the same, of course-- but another of my
favourite institutions.
m
At 17:53 17/03/2005, you wrote:
(Michael L., I just sent this to my old buddy Alex and some WB warrior
listserves. I
The issue is tone. We have persuasively argued that literally
hundreds of millions have suffered senselessly (and many have died), as a
direct result of WB/IMF policies. Now someone yet more cruel has
come to impose yet harsher policies which will create yet more suffering
and deaths. It is not
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From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Davies
>But how do you know we're not already living in the Matrix?
>Kelley
The fact that the outside world appears outside my window reasonably
reliably and does not turn blue and disappear for no appare
World Development Movement blames European governments for Wolfowitz
nomination
http://www.wdm.org.uk/news/presrel/current/wolfowitz.htm
>But how do you know we're not already living in the Matrix?
>Kelley
The fact that the outside world appears outside my window reasonably
reliably and does not turn blue and disappear for no apparent reason,
suggests to me that it is not run by any IT department known to man.
dd
Patrick's dead right here. I'd add
1)
this shouldn't have been a surprise - the example of Robert MacNamara suggests
that the WB presidency is the traditional honour provided by the American
political system as a reward for presiding over a military
disaster.
2) it
takes Wolfowitz hims
> But how do you know we're not already living in the Matrix?
>
> Kelley
If you paid attention, you'd know that we live in the Matrix already.
;-)
Jim Devine
At 12:04 PM 3/16/2005, Charles Brown wrote:
is there a reason why a network of computers cannot exhibit similar
characteristics? (and now we can link this thread to jimD's godel
one! ;-)).
--ravi
^
CB: So far, except in a Matrix fantasy, it takes extensive human mediation
to plug comput
"Wolfowitz at the World Bank: An Empire without a Global Economic
Policy?" (A momentum to break open debtors' prisons that the
Washington Consensus built in the global south has been building up,
demonstrated by Argentina's ability to compel 75% of its creditors to
accept 35 cents on the dollar. T
What would happen if you attempted to sell the house and pay off the
mortgage before its maturity? You would have paid off more principle and
less interest, but the payoff due would come out the same as under the
conventional amortization scheme. The reason is that the interest
portion of each paym
(Michael L., I just sent this to my old buddy Alex
and some WB warrior listserves. Is the logic wrong?)
Alex, what
about those of us - I'm surely not the only one - who consider this
appointment a delightful turn of events?There are plenty of us:*
who would delegitimise the World Bank an
Here's a petition that will make you want to circulate a statement
commending the selection of Wolfowitz!
>>SIGN-ON STATEMENT ON WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION AS WORLD BANK
PRESIDENT.
>>>DEADLINE FOR SIGNATURE FRIDAY
18TH MARCH, 16.00 European continental time
Circulate widely to your
contacts
Les Schaffer wrote:
> in relation to a question raised on marxmail regarding any relationship
> between Godel's and Heisenberg's work: next to Goldstein's book at the
> Border's Bookstore math section stood an interesting work by Palle
> Yourgrau (philosopher at Brandeis) entitled "A World Withou
You have basically got it; all your points are right, but look at it from
the point of view of the depositors. Pretend you've got a $100,000 savings
account and you're living off the interest (this is an unrealistic example
but bear with me). If that rate of interest is 5%, then you're living off
Nation Magazine, March 16, 2005
The Mideast Comes to Columbia
by Scott Sherman
In December 2003 Rabbi Charles Sheer, the director of the Columbia/Barnard
chapter of Hillel, the Jewish campus organization, dispatched an e-bulletin
to alumni, students and supporters. There was much to report: In 2002
michael perelman wrote:
Mirowski says that Godel's proof rattled both Turing & Van Neuman,
making them turn from formalizing to matters such as game theory &
computers.
i grabbed a copy of Goldstein's book this morning in the bookstore and
gave it a fast read (good on history and philosophical co
It's not called the "General Accounting Office" any more. It's about
"Accountability."
Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/
> -Original Message-
> From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan
> Scanlan
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:3
Hi Louis,
Would you please send this out to the lists? My only comment would be to
note that Lenin was ruthlessly honest about the NEP in characterizing it
as a tactical retreat (in the face of low levels of development of
productive forces, the myriad needs of the masses, imperialist
encirclement/
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/prop-m17.shtml
Bush administration defends use of covert propaganda in US
By Bill Van Auken
17 March 2005
The Bush administration last week instructed US government agencies to
ignore a ruling by the comptroller general of the United States barring
the d
Charles Brown wrote:
>
> CB: As Carlos on Marxmail suggested might be pertinent to this:
>
> "The question whether objective truth can be attributed to human thinking is
> not a question of theory but is a practical question. Man must prove the
> truth, i.e., the reality and power, the this-sidedne
michael perelman wrote:
> Mirowski says that Godel's proof rattled both Turing & Van Neuman,
> making them turn from formalizing to matters such as game theory &
> computers.
>
probably true, but IIRC turing published his halting problem result
after 'undecidability propositions of principia mathe
Greetings Economists,
There are some interesting quotes from Steven Rose in the London Times about
his new book (which is not currently published in the U.S. so I can't
comment on directly). The interviewer makes this comment to start with;
Interviewer,
Steven Rose feels strongly about many thing
Greetings Economists,
The matrix is a fantasy about creating versimultudenous world to keep humans
busy thinking so they provide electricity. It is waste of time, resources,
and energy to make a plausible world wide amusement park for humans to lie
around (in the movie) to participate in. That's
Michael Perelman:
Mirowski says that Godel's proof rattled both Turing & Van Neuman,
making them turn from formalizing to matters such as game theory &
computers.
-clip-
CB: As Carlos on Marxmail suggested might be pertinent to this:
"The question whether objective truth can be attributed
[Larry Summers' travails are described with considerable -- some might say
excessive -- sympathy in today's NY Times. NB Rachel Donadio's sneering
references to "the values and pieties of the 60's" and "the guise of leftist
open-mindedness" together her genuflecting to "today's political and
econo
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