There is a documentary about the physicist Richard Feynman mentioned in
Mike's post with a considerable amount devoted to his interest in the Tuvans
and the Tuvan form of singing. It wasn't clear from Mike's post, but I
believe that Feynman's interest--almost obsession--with Tuva began with the
I saw the Feynman film. I am not sure whether to trust my memore but thought
that he began with seeing a postal stamp.
Mathew Forstater wrote:
There is a documentary about the physicist Richard Feynman mentioned in
Mike's post with a considerable amount devoted to his interest in the Tuvans
At 08:01 03/03/00 -0800, Jim Devine wrote:
Does anyone on pen-l have anything to say about the succession struggle at
the IMF?
I think that it's interesting that in an era when the US political elites
consider affirmative action -- not to mention quotas -- in hiring to be
totally beyond the
The New York Times Editorial Page endorses [US Presidential canditidates
John] McCain and [Al] Gore, saying "each of these two men communicates a
greater capacity for overarching presidential leadership than his
opponent" and praises all the candidates for "reviving public interest in
the
Paul LaFargue said philanthropy is the capitalist making gifts at retail of
whatever he stole at wholesale.
Louis Proyect
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Jim Devine wrote,
Why? because it awakens the public's interest in a fundamentally
meaningless process.
Jim,
What do you *mean* by a "fundamentally meaningless process"?
Elections in the U.S. are fraught -- overladen -- with "meaning".
Couldn't the problem be better stated as _too much
Perhaps we could substitute "a process without substance" for Jim's
expression. "Sound and Fury signifying nothing."
Timework Web wrote:
Jim Devine wrote,
Why? because it awakens the public's interest in a fundamentally
meaningless process.
Jim,
What do you *mean* by a "fundamentally
Rod Hay wrote,
Perhaps we could substitute "a process without substance" for Jim's
expression. "Sound and Fury signifying nothing."
Or signifying something other than what they purport to signify. It seems
to me that U.S. presidential elections are extremely important as a
substitute for
There's a book about Feynman's visit to Tuva by Ralph Leighton, "Tuva or Bust".
I've got it but have never read it.
I couldn't remember its name and author so did a web search. All and more is
explained about Feynman and Tuva at http://www.scs-intl.com/traderindex.html.
Can't vouch for its
I wrote:
Why? because it awakens the public's interest in a fundamentally
meaningless process.
Tom asks:
What do you *mean* by a "fundamentally meaningless process"?
Elections in the U.S. are fraught -- overladen -- with "meaning".
Couldn't the problem be better stated as _too much meaning_
Jim Devine wrote:
. Gore is a Clintonized Democrat, while Bush and McCain are
different versions of Clintonized Republicanism, where of course, Clinton
is a Reaganized Democrat (and a spitting image of Bush the Father, the
"kinder, gentler" version of Reagan).
I still think that just as the
Heres a hypothesis that may help explain the failure of wages to take
off during this expansion: workers have accumulated unprecedented levels
of personal debt, and this restrains their ability to negotiate for
higher wages.
Now for the story behind this hypothesis. It all goes back to 1986,
Newsbytes
Thursday, February 24 9:49 PM SGT
EU Squeezes China On Foreign Ownership
BEIJING, CHINA, 2000 FEB 24 (NB) - By Martin Stone, Newsbytes. European
Union (EU) negotiators are reportedly seeking the right to 51 percent
foreign ownership of Chinese telecom firms as part of talks
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