The word gentrification itself is about 50 years old and it was invented by
a Marxist academic (Ruth Glass) to explain the violent effects of class
transformation in the UK. If you are looking for discussion of why cities
don't simply change passively over time, there is a huge body of literature
t
A bit hard to believe that one needs to spell this out, but thanks for doing
so.
Ever since the term gentrification resurfaced (or was coined) in the 1970s, the
issue has been a prime concern of the left, at least in the US.
Working-class populations are driven out of their homes and neighborh
. Or old men in 20 room town-homes for themselves and their cachet of
trophy wives . :)
More seriously,
In piggybacking on the San Francisco discussion, gentrification has always been
a salient issue endemic to San Francisco - since I arrived 20 yrs ago. My
understanding is that its
We should not. The average nettimer earns 3x more than the average SF
evictee, and we like it that way.
Now back to the noble cause of helping the poor ...
Should we not be more concerned with the classic issues of wealth and
income distribution and Piketty's extremely vaiid point that Europe
The Metropolis: --- sensibilities control
On 17 May 2014, at 13:29, mp wrote:
>
> Education: --- mind control
> Academia knowledge control
>
> ?
>
> On 16/05/14 23:01, Eduardo wrote:
>>
>> Control and monopolies on the web: all slaves from Moore's Law
Dear all;
Gentrification has always been an issue to the people that suffer its
consequences, namely people from the lower classes, not old ladies
with eight-room apartments for herself and her cats. in Sao Paulo
this is very clear in the neighborhood of Belenzinho, East of the
city, where huge c
Dear Friends
Concerning the recent discussions on the evilness of Google and/or
Facebook as corporations (one thing) and the evilness of Google and
Facebook employees for causing major gentrification to speed up in
the Bay Area (an entirely different issue to me), can soebody please
explain to me
Education: --- mind control
Academia knowledge control
?
On 16/05/14 23:01, Eduardo wrote:
>
> Control and monopolies on the web: all slaves from Moore's Law
>
> Facebook - network control
> Google - search control (they
> ...Ben and Jerry's...
The comedic genius Chris Rock, once made a joke that said that men are only
as faithful as their options. The same applies to the ethical standards of
corporations.
Setting aside the fact that in the context of this conversation, our focus
is obviously on large corporation
original at:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/16/what-next-india-pankaj-mishra
(for 2 videos, pictures, and an absurd number of hyperlinks)
(Bwo GoaNet)
Narendra Modi and the new face of India
With the rise of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi culminating in this
week's election, Pankaj
> I wish we were talking about governmental bureaucracies rather
> than corporations when discussing the id of institutionalized
> evil.
>
> --dan
Save for the trifling detail that corporations, the big multinational
ones, are our new ruling institutions. Governmental bureaucracies merely
functio
Game of extensions - m/art - currency and probably not
Consider a work of art as a pure item of exchange, that is, a
form of currency based on an identification between exchange
value and unique object. As such, it participates in currency
exchange, instead of a standardized marketplace emphas
> Nothing "natural" about capitalism!
I didn't say it was. :-\
But it does exist now, and certain results will always tend to flow from
that fact.
> I liked this writer's article but...
No, the article wasn't perfect. The point is that it was the best thing
that's been written in the mainstrea
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