On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:16 AM, ss wrote:
> Overcriminalization of society already exists (in many places). The criminals
> stay out of jail. The world will feel like jail for anyone who doesn't belong
> I guess.
In the US it's a particular aberration of the free markets - they
build jails as pr
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:43:31AM +0200, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> A radical American pessimist's guide to the next 10 years I think. The
Of course. (Though "radical" he's not).
> author seems to have confused the concept of the world and USA, I have
It's quite obvious that he's writing abou
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>
> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-radical-pessimists-guide-to-the-next-10-years/article1750609/print/
>
> Douglas Coupland
>
> A radical pessimist's guide to the next 10 years
A radical American pessimist's guide to the next
On Tuesday 12 Oct 2010 10:54:59 am Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> 42) You'll spend a lot of time shopping online from your jail cell
>
> Over-criminalization of the populace, paired with the triumph of
> shopping as a dominant cultural activity, will create a world where
> the two poles of society are s
Hat tip: Eugen. I like a number of these, and several of them are a
product of the law of unintended consequences. I suspect ~100% of this
list is afflicted with some form of the disease described in #21. :)
Udhay
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-radical-pessimists-guide-to-the-next